Source: Patrick Henry, Remarks at Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 5, 1788, https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hlaw:@field(DOCID+@lit(ed0038)). Mr. Chairman, I am much obliged to the very worthy gentleman for his encomium. I wish I was
Source: Patrick Henry, Speech on a Resolution to Put Virginia into a State of Defense, in Selim H. Peabody, comp., American Patriotism: Speeches, Letters, and Other Papers which Illustrate the
Mr. HENRY: I have thought, and still think, that a full investigation of the actual situation of America ought to precede any decision of this great and important question. That
I take this oppo. to acknowledge the receipt of A Benezets Book against the Slave Trade. I thank you for it. It is not a little surprising that Christianity, whose
Mr. HENRY. Mr. Chairman, I am much obliged to the {44} very worthy gentleman for his encomium. I wish I was possessed with talents, or possessed of any thing that
Mr. HENRY. Mr. Chairman, I am much obliged to the very worthy gentleman for his encomium. I wish I was possessed with talents, or possessed of any thing that might enable me
