Donnelly wrote this for the normal people, and is speaking for the people’s rights in this article. The government was giving nothing to the hard working. Lease spoke of a personal story about her family loosing land, which was pathos and an emotional way to convince readers to agree with the Populist Party. According to The Omaha Platform: Launching the Populist Party, the authors believe the power should be with the people. Even the way this document is formatted shows it’s logos and logic. The preamble expresses the feelings more, the platform expresses what actions should be taken to change the government (their demands), and the expression of sentiments explains more resolved feelings. It is organized and each point is supported. This party also wanted to protect their property from big corporations. When talking about corporations the words, “tramps and millionaires” is used to sway emotions towards those words. The author targeted people who were suffering economically, so it was convincing to me and probably people then, because everyone wants help and a voice when they are in need. This is significant to our history because of it’s impact on people’s opinions surrounding freedom, and how much power the government and people should have.
(sorry it is late, hopefully you will grade it still!)
