Section: English Language & Composition

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What issue does Douglas feel will "dissolve the union"?

1. Continuing slavery
2. Allowing negroes to vote
3. Allowing negroes to own property
4. Abolishing the doctrine of popular sovereignty for a single issue
5. Electing Lincoln instead of himself

While Answer 5 may be correct in a roundabout way, Answer 4 more closely answers the question as Douglas alludes to a "bigger issue" than slavery, then frames his argument FOR states' rights using slavery as an example.