Lewis Tappan: “But, fellow-citizens, what, in such a catastrophe, would be your condition?”

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

He is terrified by the echo of his own threats, and the very proposal to dissolve the Union and leave him to his fate, throws him into paroxysms.

You will be cheered by the approbation of your own consciences, and by the plaudits of mankind.

By abolishing slavery you will become the architects of your own fortune, and of your country's greatness.