<span> believe that the Union can only be preserved by maintaining inviolate the Constitution of the United States as our fathers have made it. That Constitution guarantees to the people of every State the right to have slavery or not have it…each State being left free to decide for itself. The framers of that Constitution…well understood that each one of the thirteen States had distinct and separate interests, and required distinct and separate local laws and local institutions. • What is an historical idea or event that supports Douglas’s point of view?</span>
A historical event that supports his point of view, is The Lecompton Constitution. The Lecompton Constitution was the second of four proposed constitutions for the state of Kansas
The difference between the Articles of Confederation and the Declaration of Independence is that the Articles of Confederation was adopted by the Americans soon after the American Revolution whereas the Declaration of Independence was a document that stated the separation of the American colonies from Great Britain.