Stephen A.Douglas argued,in his Freeport Doctrine,during the Lincoln-Douglas debates that

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In the Freeport Doctrine, Stephen A. Douglas argued that slavery would stay down if the people voted it down, regardless of the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case. He believed that popular sovereignty, the idea that the people of a territory should be able to decide whether or not to allow slavery, was more important than the Supreme Court's rulings. This position was a direct challenge to the Dred Scott decision and to the pro-slavery forces in the Democratic Party.

Stephen ADouglas Argued,in His Freeport Doctrine,during the Lincoln-Douglas Debates That