"Speech in the Convention"

      This week in class, we have been focusing on speeches. We have read a sermon, and also an oratory. One of them was titled "Speech in the Convention". This speech was given by Benjamin Franklin at the 1787 Constitutional Convention. He gave this speech to the colonial representatives that were present at the convention. He wanted to persuade them into unity as well as into agreeing on the the Constitution.  At the time, Franklin was already eighty one years old, yet he was still fighting for what he believed in.

      Throughout the speech, Benjamin Franklin maintains a calm as well as a reasonable and logical tone. He is considered the "Father of the Constitution" because he was among the oldest and most experienced representatives present at the convention. He explained how the older he got, the more he began questioning other people's motives. Franklin explains how he may not agree with everything in the Constitution, however because he wants it to work, he is willing to put aside his doubts and urges the other delegates to do the same. Franklin stresses that the only way their Constitution is going to work is through unanimity and the well-administration of its laws.