On the record
The action of the Federal Government is, we know, controlled by the slave interest; and what testimony does that action bear to the military weakness of the South?
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Lewis Tappan
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Tappan critiques the influence of the slave interest on the actions of the Federal Government and its implications for Southern military strength.
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