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Slavery is detested; we feel its fatal effects; we deplore it with all the pity of humanity.
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Tompkins expresses a strong moral stance against slavery, highlighting its detrimental impact on humanity.
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I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it.
I know it is claimed, by men in the slave States, that slavery is necessary to the highest development of human society; but I think the experience of members of Congress is, that slavery does not always produce this beneficial result.
The spirit of the master is abating: that of the slave rising from the dust; his condition mollifying; the way, I hope, preparing, under the auspices of Heaven, for a total emancipation.
This time-honored compact was annulled, the barrier between freedom and slavery broken down.
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