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Their argument is, that political power in the hands of the poor and laboring classes is always attended with danger, and that this danger is averted when these classes are kept in bondage.
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Lewis Tappan
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gutenberg.orgLewis Tappan: “Their argument is, that political power in the hands of the poor and laboring classes is always attended with danger…”
Editor's note · Context
Tappan critiques the belief that political power in the hands of the poor is dangerous, arguing that this belief is used to justify slavery.
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The influence of slavery on population is strikingly illustrated by a comparison between Kentucky and Ohio.
The very advertisements in your newspapers show that, for a vast proportion of the comforts and conveniences of life, you are dependent on Northern manufacturers and mechanics.
Hence multitudes will be without regular and profitable employment, and be condemned to poverty and numberless privations.
Slavery is maintained by you whom it impoverishes and degrades, not by those upon whom it confers wealth and influence.