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We wish to impress upon you the danger and corruption to which you and your children are exposed from the institution, which, as we have shown you, exists by your sufferance.
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Lewis Tappan
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gutenberg.orgLewis Tappan: “We wish to impress upon you the danger and corruption to which you and your children are exposed from the institution…”
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Tappan warns non-slaveholders about the dangers and corruption that the institution of slavery poses to their families.
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You will be cheered by the approbation of your own consciences, and by the plaudits of mankind.
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.
The institution which oppresses you is suffering from the decrepitude of age, and is the scorn and loathing of the world.
Up--quit yourselves like men: and may Almighty God direct and bless your efforts!