Alas! their language has been re-echoed again and again by public meetings in the slave States; and we proceed to lay before you overwhelming proof that in the expression of their murderous feelings towards the abolitionists, they have faithfully represented the sentiments of their constituents.
Tappan warns that the violent sentiments expressed by slaveholders are widely shared among their constituents, indicating a dangerous societal norm.
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