Every measure of policy may be advocated, except that of free labor; every question of right may be examined, except that of a man to himself; every dogma in theology may be propagated, except that of the sinfulness of the slave code.
Tappan argues that nearly all topics are open for debate except for the rights of enslaved individuals.
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In the place of your present contempt, and degradation, and misery, honor, and wealth, and happiness court your acceptance.
Now is the time, fellow-citizens, to assail the foe.
You will be cheered by the approbation of your own consciences, and by the plaudits of mankind.
Unite then, we beseech you, with one heart and one mind, for the legal, constitutional abolition of slavery.