That every new concession we made to the south on the subject of slavery, for the sake of getting protection for our manufactures and other industrial interests, only impaired and postponed our chance of getting that protection.
Mann warns that concessions to the South regarding slavery only weaken the North's position.
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Or, to enlarge the scope of the question: What must you think has caused Virginians in general to neglect their superlative advantages for manufacturing industry?--to disregard the evident suggestions of nature, pointing out to them this…
The wickedest white man, in a company of slaves, bears a charmed life.
But the impious hand of man divorces these twin capacities, wherever it denies knowledge.
Cast it off, West Virginians, whilst yet you have the power; for if you let it descend unbroken to your children, it will have grown to a mountain of misery upon their heads.
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