On the issue of slavery in the territories, John C. Calhoun asserted that
a. Congress could and should prohibit slavery there.
b. the Missouri Compromise line should be extended to the Pacific Ocean.
c. the Constitution protected the right of citizens to move from place to place and to take their property with them.
d. the topic should be ignored for a few years in order to let congressional tempers cool down.
e. the South should secede and take the western territories with them.
c
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