What is the main message of this speech?
A. The Union must be preserved and protected, and there are many reasons why the
states that wish to secede from the Union should take the time to reconsider.
B. When people grow tired of the existing government, they can and should exercise
their constitutional right of amending or changing it.
C. Certain citizens have been denied constitutional rights, and amendments must
therefore be written into the Constitution.
D. One section of the country believes slavery is right and should be extended, while the
other believes it is wrong and should not be extended.