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Crissy
04-11-2008, 01:15 PM
1765, "If this be treason..." speech?
My Google skills are seriously lacking today, as I am only finding his speech from 1775.
Do any of you happen to have a link saved? Or can I easily find something in print?

Thank you!

Karenciavo
04-11-2008, 01:36 PM
Did you try googling "Caesar-Brutus speech"? I've never seen the whole resolution against the Stamp Act, I've only ever read this bit, "Caesar had his Brutus--Charles the first his Cromwell--and George III--may he profit from their example." Then the speaker of the House of Burgesses shouts treason and Patrick Henry says, "If this be treason, make the most of it."

Trivium Academy
04-11-2008, 01:52 PM
Try this book link, free
http://books.google.com/books?id=Rt8gAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA150&lpg=PA150&dq=Speech+in+the+Virginia+Convention,+1765&source=web&ots=6r1Weipn82&sig=4gJ1FFuMCgx6tmmQbemGZz7b_kY&hl=en#PPA24,M1
check pages 22-25 for P. Henry's resolutions and the speech (or objection) he made re: Stamp Act.

You can download the book for free and print the pages out.

Eliana
04-11-2008, 02:15 PM
I've only ever seen things which describe the speech and quote the climax.

Here is a page from a Patrick Henry site (http://www.redhill.org/ph/life/1765_2.html)which has 6 different contemporary descriptions of the speech. You could try emailing them to see if they know if the whole thing is recorded anywhere, but I know I have never seen it.

Crissy
04-11-2008, 03:09 PM
Thank you all for your help.
Jessica, the ebook you linked will work perfectly.