What was Lincoln's purpose for including the following paragraph in his speech?
I think, and shall try to show, that it is wrong, wrong in its direct effect, letting slavery into Kansas and Nebraska-and wrong in its prospective principle, allowing it to
spread to every other part of the wide world, where men can be found inclined to take it.
A. To explain why he thinks repealing the Missouri Compromise is wrong
B. To show that Douglas doesn't know what he's talking about
C. To emphasize how the crowd doesn't understand the issue
D. To show that the government is not applying the bill properly