The document claims that if the government takes away the people rights it is their duty to it

The Declaration of Independence claims that if the government becomes destructive and/or toxic the people have the right and duty to "alter or abolish it and to institute new Government". This means that the people have the right to overthrow the government and change it if they feel as if the government is doing more harm than good.

after the senate and the house passed different bills and deadlock threatened, a compromise bill was worked out with the following provisions: (1) missouri was admitted as a slave state and maine (formerly part of massachusetts).