We have already quoted a Southern paper, which declares that the moment "any private individual attempts to lecture us on the evils and immorality of slavery, that very moment his tongue shall be cut out and cast upon the dunghill.
This quote illustrates the extreme measures taken against those who speak out against slavery in the South.
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Up--quit yourselves like men: and may Almighty God direct and bless your efforts!
Do you pant for liberty and equality, more substantial than such as is now found only in your obliterated and tattered bills of right?
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