On the other hand, many of the young and enterprising among you will flee from the lassitude, the anarchy, the wretchedness engendered by slavery, and seek their fortunes in lands where law affords protection, and where labor is honored and rewarded.
Tappan predicts that young people in the South will leave for better opportunities elsewhere due to the negative effects of slavery.
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You will be cheered by the approbation of your own consciences, and by the plaudits of mankind.
Do you pant for liberty and equality, more substantial than such as is now found only in your obliterated and tattered bills of right?
Out of the slave region, patriots and philanthropists, and Christians of every name and sect abhor and execrate it.
By abolishing slavery you will become the architects of your own fortune, and of your country's greatness.