Refer to explorations in literature for a complete version of this speech. jefferson davis supported slavery. in his speech, he mentions a counterclaim by senator seward who “describes the institution of slavery as degrading to labor, as intolerant and inhuman…” does davis directly address the counterclaim? a.  yes, by stating: “…slave labor…removes from us all that controversy between the laborer and the capitalist, which has filled europe with starving millions and made their poorhouses…”b.  no, by stating: “…slave labor…removes from us all that controversy between the laborer and the capitalist, which has filled europe with starving millions and made their poorhouses…”c.  no, by stating: “…the white laborer among us is not enslaved only because he cannot yet be reduced to bondage.”d.  yes, by stating: “…the white laborer among us is not enslaved only because he cannot yet be reduced to bondage.”