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Lewis Tappan: “Hence the moral difference between the two sections of our republic must arise from other than natural causes.”

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Hence the moral difference between the two sections of our republic must arise from other than natural causes.
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Lewis Tappan

Editor's note · Context

Tappan asserts that the moral differences between the North and South stem from factors beyond natural conditions.

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