This politician expressed confoundment at the arrest of two itinerant Baptist preachers and anonymously paid bail to secure the release of John Weatherford. This politician’s written “language of asperity” caused a draft to be assigned to Richard Henry Lee instead. George Clark visited this politician at Scotchtown to request 25 barrels of gunpowder. A governor denounced the “deluded followers” of this politician, who had demanded compensation for ammunition taken in the Gunpowder Incident. The opening of Daniel Webster’s “Seventh of March” address resembles this politician’s desire to be seen as “not a Virginian, but an American” in an earlier speech. This politician urged a jury to award one penny to James Maury (“MOR-ee”) in the Parson’s Cause. He began a speech with the line “If this be treason.” For 10 points, name this orator who quipped “Give me liberty, or give me death!” ■END■
ANSWER: Patrick Henry (John Dickinson noted Henry’s “language of asperity” in an early draft of the 1774 Petition to the King to repeal the Intolerable Acts. Scotchtown was Henry’s plantation. Lord Dunmore was responsible for the Gunpowder Incident.)
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