Problem: Based on Green (Ch 5) and Reid and James (Ch 3: Ashley, Ormsby, Lincoln, Nevada Constitution), briefly answer the following: What was Clement Laird Vallandigham referring to when he argued that no new territories should be added to the U.S., and instead Congress should "work to get back the 'states that were absent before we make provisions for new States.'"? What were some of William Ormsby's reasons for seeking the creation of a Nevada Territory independent of Utah or California (and implicitly, Nevada statehood)? What is the "paramount allegiance" clause and why is it important? What were some of the main influences on and features of the Nevada constitution?