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Patrick Henry’s address to the Second Virginia Convention calls upon the House to wage war against oppressive British rule instituting it not only as a necessity, but also as an obligation demonstrating loyalty towards their nation and God. Henry’s proficiency in persuading the congressmen directly reflects his use of repetition asserting that they are at the hands of time while providing justification for what may appear to be an extreme measure by announcing that they have put forth every possible effort to prevent war. Henry states that, if we wish to be free; if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending; if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained; we must fight! Implicating that it is of their responsibility and of honor to gain independence from British domination. This also establishes Henry’