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If we are permitted to apply this rule in testing the moral condition of the South, the result will not be favorable.
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Lewis Tappan
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gutenberg.orgLewis Tappan: “If we are permitted to apply this rule in testing the moral condition of the South, the result will not be favorable.”
Editor's note · Context
Tappan suggests that applying moral tests to the South would yield unfavorable results regarding its moral condition.
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