We hazard little in the assertion, that in no civilized Christian community on earth is human life less protected by law, or more frequently taken with impunity, than in the slave States of the Federal Union.
Tappan claims that the legal protection of human life is severely lacking in slave states, emphasizing the dangers of slavery.
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By abolishing slavery you will become the architects of your own fortune, and of your country's greatness.
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?
Up--quit yourselves like men: and may Almighty God direct and bless your efforts!
Now is the time, fellow-citizens, to assail the foe.