Margaret Smith Speech Analysis

Henry’s “Speech to the Second Virginia Convention” and Smith’s “Declaration of Conscience” were given for a single purpose. Henry and Smith both saw the need for unity, but their speeches had both similarities and differences. Their style of writing, want for interconnection, and why they wanted the country to come together are some of the main points of the speeches.
Patrick Henry and Margaret Smith had a comparable style or approach to their speeches. Henry states in his speech “Mr. President: No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism.” He is showing that he is an advocate for freedom, yet still being respectful as he addresses the President. He also says “I shall speak forth my sentiments freely and without reserve. This is
Henry wanted the convention members to unite for war against Britain. “We must fight! I repeat it sir, we must fight!” “The war is inevitable - and let it come!” Henry believed the only way for the colonies to be free from Parliament’s tyranny, they would have to go to war. The only way to win the war, to him, was the people of the colonies uniting against their common enemy. Smith, on the other hand was wanting peace within the nation. “I do not like the way the Senate has been made a rendezvous for vilification, for selfish and political gain at the sacrifice of individual reputations and national unity.” She dislikes how people are too busy labeling and tearing eachother down to see that they do not realise they shouldn’t be fighting each other at all. Smith goes on the say “ As an American, I want to see our nation recapture the strength and unity it once had when we fought the enemy instead of ourselves.” She wants the internal war of the country to be put to rest. Henry and Smith both strove for Unity through their speeches, yet both speeches and resemblances and variations. They both used a similar “avenue” of writing to talk about the topics at hand and they wanted the country, or in Henry’s case, colonies to come together. The only exception was that Henry was after war, while Smith was after