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Patrick Henry Speech To The Virginia Convention Pdf

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Mr. Henry,—Mr. Chairman.—We have now come to the ninth section, and I consider myself at liberty to take a short view of the whole. I wish to do it very briefly. Give me leave to remark, . We have a set of maxims of the same spirit, which must be beloved by every friend to liberty, to virtue, to mankind: our bill of rights contains those admirable maxims. {} Now, sir, I say, let . (“Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” Speech) No man, Mr. President, thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very honourable gentlemen who have just . Patrick Henry Speech in the Virginia Convention, 18 June Mr. Chairman.—Gentlemen say, that the King of Great-Britain has the same right of making treaties that our President has here. We are come hither to preserve the poor Commonwealth of Virginia, if it can be possibly done: Something must be done to preserve your liberty and mine: The Confederation; this same despised Government, merits, in my opinion, the highest encomium: It carried us through a long and dangerous war: It. Our Declaration of Rights tells us, “That all men are by nature free and independent, &c.” (Here Mr. Henry read the Declaration of Rights.). Patrick Henry’s speech to the Second Virginia Convention ‘Give me Liberty or Give Me Death’() Judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen had been pleased to solace themselves and the house?. Patrick Henry’s “Speech in the Virginia Convention” (“Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” Speech) No man, Mr. President, thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very honourable gentlemen who have just addressed this House. But different men often see the same. The following year, Henry gave perhaps his most famous speech of his career. He was one of the attendees of the Virginia Convention in March of The group was debating how to resolve the crisis with Great Britain—through force or through peaceful ends. Henry sounded the call to arms.