The Constitutions of all the slave States guarantee, in the most solemn and explicit terms, the Liberty of the Press; but it is well understood that there is one exception to its otherwise unbounded license--Property in human flesh is too sacred to be assailed by the press.
Tappan critiques the hypocrisy in the constitutional protections of the press when it comes to slavery.
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Do you pant for liberty and equality, more substantial than such as is now found only in your obliterated and tattered bills of right?
In the place of your present contempt, and degradation, and misery, honor, and wealth, and happiness court your acceptance.
Unite then, we beseech you, with one heart and one mind, for the legal, constitutional abolition of slavery.
By abolishing slavery you will become the architects of your own fortune, and of your country's greatness.