Thomas Jefferson tells us that man is an imitative animal; therefore, if the assertion of the gentleman from Mississippi be correct, we must wonder why slaveholders do not relieve themselves of their negroes, that they may become equally noble, proud, prosperous, and elevated, with the non-slaveholder.
Tompkins critiques the logic of slaveholders by referencing Thomas Jefferson's view on human imitation and questioning the rationale behind slavery.
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