At once the south rejected the doctrine of popular sovereignty, and demanded, as a constitutional right, that slaves moved into a territory must be protected like other property, whether the people of the territory wish it or not.
Sherman outlines the South's rejection of popular sovereignty, asserting a constitutional right to protect slave property in territories.
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