Read the passage from Webster’s speech, then answer the question.
This quote shows that Webster wanted

South Carolina to revolt.

sectional tensions to be resolved.

sectional tensions to increase.

Massachusetts to be stronger than South Carolina.

In early times, no States cherished greater harmony . . . than Massachusetts and South Carolina. . . . Shoulder to shoulder they went through the Revolution, hand in hand they stood round the administration of [George] Washington.

–Daniel Webster,
1830