We speak of the murderous feelings of the slaveholding community, just as we speak of the politics, the manners, and the morals of any other community, freely acknowledging that there are numerous and honorable exceptions.
Tappan discusses the violent tendencies within the slaveholding community while acknowledging that there are honorable individuals among them.
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Now is the time, fellow-citizens, to assail the foe.
The institution which oppresses you is suffering from the decrepitude of age, and is the scorn and loathing of the world.
By abolishing slavery you will become the architects of your own fortune, and of your country's greatness.
Do you ask that your children may be rescued from the ignorance and irreligion to which they are now doomed, and that avenues may be opened for you and for them to honest and profitable employment?