Senator Margaret Chase Smith was independent-minded, strong-willed, and one of the first independent women. At the height of McCarthyism and the red scare--a dark moment in politics--Senator Margaret Chase Smith wrote the Declaration of Conscience to fellow citizens and members of Congress. She urges them to stand up and be accountable for the red-baiting of innocent people, and to recognize what they’re doing to the United States. She believed they were defaming their own country with the name-calling, shaming, and rhetoric that they used towards each other.
With the exception of using emotive language to rouse patriotism, Senator Smith avoids making false or hyperbolic statements that appeal to pathos. Instead, she keeps her statements and
