Lewis Tappan: “For our part, WE APPLAUD the transaction, and none in our opinion can…”

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For our part, WE APPLAUD the transaction, and none in our opinion can condemn it, who have not a secret sympathy with the Garrison sect.

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Lewis Tappan

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Tappan openly supports violent actions against those inciting insurrection, reflecting his strong abolitionist stance.

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The institution which oppresses you is suffering from the decrepitude of age, and is the scorn and loathing of the world.

Do you pant for liberty and equality, more substantial than such as is now found only in your obliterated and tattered bills of right?

In the place of your present contempt, and degradation, and misery, honor, and wealth, and happiness court your acceptance.

Now is the time, fellow-citizens, to assail the foe.

Lewis Tappan: “For our part, WE APPLAUD the transaction, and none in our opinion can condemn it, who have not a secret sympathy with…”