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Calumny and vituperation held high carnival in the legislative halls of this great nation.
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Tompkins highlights the rampant slander and vitriol present in legislative discussions during his time.
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It is daily threatened by men who are interested in slavery.
Have we not reason to suspect that too many of our countrymen have ceased to be virtuous?
When the entire abolition of slavery takes place, it will be an event which must be most pleasing to every generous mind, and to every friend of human nature.
It will not be conceived, from these observations, that it is my wish to hold these unhappy people (negroes) in slavery.
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