Lewis Tappan: “You may change two and a half millions of domestic and implacable…”

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You may change two and a half millions of domestic and implacable enemies into faithful friends and generous protectors.

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Lewis Tappan

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Tappan suggests that the South has the potential to transform its enemies into allies through fair treatment of slaves.

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

Unite then, we beseech you, with one heart and one mind, for the legal, constitutional abolition of slavery.

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

Up--quit yourselves like men: and may Almighty God direct and bless your efforts!

Lewis Tappan: “You may change two and a half millions of domestic and implacable enemies into faithful friends and generous protectors.”