Richmond P. Hobson Speech Analysis

Richmond P. Hobson, a representative from Alabama, was known for a prohibitionist. In other word, the supporter of temperance movement. The temperance movement was active since 1820 to 1966, and its goal was the “moderation” and “complete abstinence” from the alcoholic drinks (“Temperance Movement”). At that time, a lot of conflicts were associated with alcoholism. Many prohibitionists formed during this time, so most of the prohibitionists have intense feelings to enact temperance. The religion was widely considered as the catalyst of the temperance movement. During 1820s to 1830s, the religion had gained great popularity in the United States. As a result, the requests for prohibition have grown (“Prohibition”). Various people were involved
Hobson Argues for Prohibition.” He chose this day because he have to express his opinions in the House of Representatives (Hobson). Before the voting was started, the people were required to have a speech. Therefore, the speech was presented on this day. While Hobson was giving his speech, his audience were total of four hundred and seventy-two representatives from the House of Representatives. The audiences have received degrees from the college, and, more significantly, they have the same identity as Hobson have (Hobson). As Hobson delivers his speech, the education that the audiences have received provided good understanding. In addition, Hobson and the audiences have developed a profound relationship. It made the audiences to be consensus to
Nowadays, temperance movement still exists; however, the extent of the movement was only in religion. Plus, Hobson’s speech reached to a very limited extent to those who were separated from the movement. At this point, the temperance movement was only a wishful thinking. An idiom says, “The successful event always happened at the right time, in the right place, and with the right people.” In 1900s, the religion was popular in the United States, and the United States was one of the countries that has the strongest emotion to ban the alcohol; however, most men do not welcome the prohibition because they needed alcohol to comfort themselves. As a result, the temperance movement was against by the men, and it was slowly to