But I fancy I hear some of my audience say it is just in this circumstance that you and your brother Abolitionists fail to make a favorable impression on the public mind. Would you argue more and denounce less, would you persuade more and rebuke less, your cause would be much more likely to succeed. But, I submit, where all is plain there is nothing to be argued. -- This paragraph addresses one of the primary questions elicited by the speech: doesn't this type of chastisement hinder his cause? For Douglass, this type of argument is specious. It serves only as distraction from the necessary discourse. For him the truth is plain. Slavery is unjust and he will substantiate his position with logical arguments.