There are, no doubt, many good and humane men in slave States, who deprecate these wrongs; but they dare not utter a word--every mouth must be stopped, every lip must be sealed, every voice must be hushed, all must be silent as the grave--the most inexorable despotism reigns supreme.
Tompkins acknowledges the existence of humane individuals in slave states who are silenced by oppression.
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Instead of supporting freedom, does it not advocate slavery and oppression?
If slave labor, then, is profitable, slaveholding is equitable.
There can be no other reason than the one given by George Mason eighty years ago: slavery produces a most pernicious effect upon manners.
Their philanthropy was without regard to complexion; they abhorred slavery, as based on injustice and cruelty; and more, as dangerous to our liberties.
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