Monday, December 1, 2008

Text Analysis: Kentucky Resolution 1799

Who is writing?

The representatives of the commonwealth, the general assembly.

Who is the audience?

All the sister states.

Who do the writers represent?

The people of Kentucky

What is being said, argued, and/or requested?They think that the

Alien and Sedition Acts are against the constitution.

How is it being said, argued, and/or requested?Strongly

opinionated; Proclaiming.

What proof and/or justification is being used to legitimize the request?

"That although this commonwealth as a party to the federal compact; will bow to the laws of the union, yet at the same time declare, that it will not now, nor ever hereafter, cease to oppose in a constitutional manner, every attempt from what quarter soever offered, to violate that compact"

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