Lewis Tappan: “You will be cheered by the approbation of your own consciences, and by…”

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You will be cheered by the approbation of your own consciences, and by the plaudits of mankind.

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Lewis Tappan

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Tappan assures the audience that their moral choices will be recognized and praised by society.

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Once establish a FREE PRESS, and the fate of slavery is sealed.

In both instances the increase has been chiefly owing to immigration; but the ratio shows the influence of slavery in retarding immigration.

You both know and feel that slavery has rendered labor disgraceful among you; and where this is the case, industry is necessarily discouraged.

Lewis Tappan: “You will be cheered by the approbation of your own consciences, and by the plaudits of mankind.”