On the record
Thus, the distribution among the States of the surplus revenue, and of the proceeds of the public lands, was made according to this same iniquitous rule.
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Lewis Tappan
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Tappan criticizes the distribution of surplus revenue and public land proceeds as being based on an unfair rule favoring slave states.
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Out of the slave region, patriots and philanthropists, and Christians of every name and sect abhor and execrate it.
Unite then, we beseech you, with one heart and one mind, for the legal, constitutional abolition of slavery.
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.