Let not, we beseech you, the freedom of the slave proceed from the armed invader of your soil, nor from his own torch and dagger--but from your peaceful and constitutional interference in his behalf.
Tappan urges for a peaceful approach to emancipation rather than relying on violence or invasion.
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Unite then, we beseech you, with one heart and one mind, for the legal, constitutional abolition of slavery.
Do you ask that your children may be rescued from the ignorance and irreligion to which they are now doomed, and that avenues may be opened for you and for them to honest and profitable employment?
In the place of your present contempt, and degradation, and misery, honor, and wealth, and happiness court your acceptance.
By abolishing slavery you will become the architects of your own fortune, and of your country's greatness.