Lewis Tappan: “The attributes of the Deity may be discussed, but not the rights of the master.”

He is terrified by the echo of his own threats, and the very proposal to dissolve the Union and leave him to his fate, throws him into paroxysms.

If you admit the greatest happiness of the greatest number to be the true test of national prosperity, then, beyond all controversy, the British West Indies are now infinitely more prosperous than at any previous period of their history.

In the place of your present contempt, and degradation, and misery, honor, and wealth, and happiness court your acceptance.

The institution which oppresses you is suffering from the decrepitude of age, and is the scorn and loathing of the world.