I will venture the assertion, that there can scarcely be a man found in the State of Ohio, that was born there, who possesses intellect capable of cultivation, that cannot read; while a very large portion of those ignorant men in the slave States were "to the manor born.
Tompkins asserts that most men born in Ohio possess the ability to read, contrasting this with the ignorance prevalent in slave states.
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