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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In 1837, Governor Clarke, in his message to the Kentucky Legislature, remarked, "By the computation of those most familiar with the subject, ONE THIRD OF THE ADULT POPULATION OF THE STATE ARE UNABLE TO WRITE THEIR NAMES.
We ask your attention to the injuries inflicted upon you and your children, by an institution which lives by your sufferance, and will die at your mandate.
We know that this result is so startling and unexpected, that you will scarcely credit the testimony of figures themselves.
Once establish a FREE PRESS, and the fate of slavery is sealed.