Jefferson davis supported slavery. in his speech, he mentions a counterclaim by senator seward that “the white laborer among us is not enslaved only because he cannot yet be reduced to bondage.” does davis directly address the counterclaim? a- no, by stating: “… dislodge the democracy from the possession of the federal government, and assigns as a reason the friendship of that party for what he denominates the slave system.” b- no, by stating: “…white men have an equality resulting from a presence of a lower caste, which cannot exist where white men fill the position here occupied by the servile race.” c- yes, by stating: “…white men have an equality resulting from a presence of a lower caste, which cannot exist where white men fill the position here occupied by the servile race.” d- yes, by stating: “… dislodge the democracy from the possession of the federal government, and assigns as a reason the friendship of that party for what he denominates the slave system.”