Substantial and honest prosperity is gradually taking the place of that wealth, which, as in all other slave countries, was concentrated in the hands of a few, and was extorted from the labor of a wretched, degraded and dangerous population.
He contrasts the honest prosperity of free labor with the wealth derived from slavery.
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Up--quit yourselves like men: and may Almighty God direct and bless your efforts!
By abolishing slavery you will become the architects of your own fortune, and of your country's greatness.
In the place of your present contempt, and degradation, and misery, honor, and wealth, and happiness court your acceptance.
Do you pant for liberty and equality, more substantial than such as is now found only in your obliterated and tattered bills of right?