Read this excerpt from Davis’ Inaugural Address. Which two statements support Davis’s claim that the southern states had the right to secede?


A. The vote Southerners had taken at the ballot-box to secede was just as important as the laws of the Union.
B. The purpose of the laws of the Union had been to ensure justice, peace, protection, and well-being of the people.
C. The government of the Union had changed from what it was intended to be.
D. The right on which the states acted had been given in the Declaration of Independence.