Lewis Tappan: “The characters of public, and even of private men, may be vilified at…”

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The characters of public, and even of private men, may be vilified at pleasure, provided no reproach is flung upon the slaveholder.

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Lewis Tappan

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Tappan notes the double standard in public discourse, where slaveholders are protected from criticism.

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It is also a matter of notoriety, that the price of slaves has been and still is such as to confine their possession almost exclusively to the rich.

Once establish a FREE PRESS, and the fate of slavery is sealed.

Has it ever happened that the mass of any people were rich enough to keep, for their own convenience, such expensive laborers--as southern slaves?

If we are permitted to apply this rule in testing the moral condition of the South, the result will not be favorable.

Lewis Tappan: “The characters of public, and even of private men, may be vilified at pleasure, provided no reproach is flung upon the…”