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Royal Marines, the Second Virginia Convention met March 2. Richmond in what is now called St. Johns Church instead of the Capitol. Williamsburg. Delegate Patrick Henry presented resolutions to raise a. Virginia in a posture of defense. Henrys opponents urged. Congress latest petition for. On the 2. 3rd, Henry presented a proposal to organize. Virginia county. By custom, Henry. Conventions. president, Peyton Randolph of Williamsburg. Henrys words were not transcribed, but. Henrys closing words Give me. Henrys first biographer, William Wirt of Maryland, was three years old in 1. An assistant federal prosecutor in Aaron Burrs trial for treason. Richmond in 1. 80. United States, Wirt began. Henrys death. From the recollections of men like Thomas Jefferson, Wirt reconstructed. Henrys life, including the remarks presented below. St. Johns Church, Richmond, Virginia. March 2. 3, 1. 77. MR. PRESIDENT No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as. House. But different men often see the same subject in different lights and. I hope it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen if. I do, opinions of a character very opposite to theirs, I shall. This is no time for. The question before the House is one of awful moment to this. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of. It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive. God and our. country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of. I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my. I. revere above all earthly kings. Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of. Is this the part of wise men. Are we disposed to be of. For my part. whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided and that is the lamp. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And. 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. House Is it that. Trust it not. sir it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and. Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that. Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation the last arguments to. I ask, gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if. Can gentlemen assign any other. Has Great Britain any enemy, in this quarter of the. No, sir, she has. They are meant for us they can be meant for no other. They are sent. over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have. And what have we to oppose to them Shall we try. argumentSir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we. anything new to offer upon the subject Nothing. We have held the subject up. Shall we. resort to entreaty and humble supplicationWhat terms shall we find which. Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive. Sir, we have done everything that could be done, to avert the. We have petitioned we have remonstrated. Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted our remonstrances have. In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be. I repeat it, sir, we must fight An appeal to arms and. God of Hosts is all that is left usThey tell us, sir, that we are weak unable to cope with so formidable. But when shall we be stronger Will it be the next week, or the. Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard. Shall we gather strength by irresolution. Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance, by lying. Sir, we are not weak if we make. God of nature hath placed in our. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations and who. The battle, sir, is not to the. Besides, sir, we have. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery Our. chains are forged Their clanking may be heard on the plains of BostonThe. war is inevitableand let it come I repeat it, sir, let it come. It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace. Peacebut there is no peace. The war is actually begun The next gale that. Our brethren are already in the field Why stand we here idle What is it. that gentlemen wish What would they haveIs life so dear, or peace so. Forbid it. Almighty God I know not what course others may take but as for me, give. Source Wirt, William. Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry. Philadelphia 1. 83. The Worlds Great Speeches, Lewis Copeland and Lawrence W. Lamm, eds., New York 1.
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