Edmund Burke's Speech on Conciliation with the American Colonies: Delivered in the House of ...

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A. Introduction : page

I. Purpose of the study of Burke's Speech on Conciliation . 1

Introduction

INTEODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE BRIEF

The Thing of the Oreatest Importance in the Comprehending of Burke's Arg^nment. — Burke's Speech on Conciliation is an answer to Lord North's " project " (paragraph 10), entitled Propositions for Conciliating the Differences with America^he text of which is given in the note on paragraph 10, page 140. Burke's argument can not be comprehended without a thorough knowledge of this " project." The student should master its meaning. The following diagram gives the simple plan of Burke's Speech : '

Conciliation

(agreed to by

both North

and Burke).

r North's method ^ (wrong).

Burke's method (right).

Burke contrasts the two methods.

The First Beading of the Speech. — It is well-nigh impossible for a student to succeed in making a correct brief of Burke's Speech on Conciliatio7i without having first familiarized himself with the Speech by giving it ''several careful readings. The student is advised to give the Speech at least one very careful reading, examining the notes upon each paragraph as he reads it, in order to understand such expressions as "the grand penal bill," " the object," " the statute of Henry the Eighth," etc.

The Making of the Brie£ — The skeleton brief here given is so arranged as to induct the student gradually into the making of the complete brief. The brief of the Introduction to the Speech is given in full as a model. The student should compare it carefully with the first fourteen paragraphs of the Speechh/obBGrymg how the paragraphs are reduced to sentences by finding the central thought of each. ^Occasionally a paragraph will contain two or more separate and important thoughts. ^If the student will carefully compare the Introduction with the brief of the Introduction, he will have no trouble in completing, by his own efforts, the brief of the remainder of the Speech on Conciliation.

The System of Numbering in the Brie£ — In the brief of the Speech —

1. The larger divisions of the Speech have been

marked in bold-faced capitals, thus : A, B, C, etc.

2. Subdivisions of 1, thus : I, II, III, etc.

3. Subdivisions of 2, ordinary capitals, thus : A, B,

C, etc.

4. Subdivisions of 3, Arabic figures, thus : 1, 2, 3, etc.

5. Subdivisions of 4, small letters, thus : a, b, c, etc. The following will illustrate the scheme of numbering :

A.