To this baffling question Douglas lamely replied that the inhabitants of a territory, by " unfriendly legislation, " might make property in slaves insecure and thus destroy the institution.
对于这个令人费解的问题, 道格拉斯笨拙地回答说, 一个领土的居民,通过“不友好的立法” ,可能会使奴隶的财产变得不安全, 从而破坏该制度。