Which feature of government does montesquieu argue for in his book de i'esprit des lois (spirit of laws)

Reynolds's political map of the united states shows free states, slave states, and areas open to be free or slave after the repeal of the missouri compromise. reynolds’s political map of the united states showing comparative area of the free and slave states following the repeal of the missouri compromise. southern states are gray. northern states and california are red. territories to the west are green. kansas is not filled. by reynolds [public domain], via wikimedia commons how is the compromise of 1850 reflected in the map?