Hie  sophists  return  to  the  argument  with  new  and  various  dilem-
aiMb.  They  are  not  satisfied  that  congress  had  the  power  to  enact
the  restriction  contained  in  the  Missouri  compromise  of  1820.  Grant
that  they  had  noL  Yet  tbe  people  of  Kansas  have  the  right  now
to  establish  a  free  state.  But  congress  had  constitutional  power  to
enact  that  restriction.  It  was  identical  with  the  ordinance  of  1787.
