Rhetorical Analysis Of Speech By Ferry

In his speech, Ferry talks about France’s political parties and it turns out that through his dialogues, he is an imperialist. He believes that France should explore and conquer new nations. He is clearly biased towards imperialism ideas, and even opposes those who disagree. Ferry’s audience consisted of Europe’s political parties and politicians.

The recent developments made France’s need for colonies more urgent. Ferry asserts that other countries started exporting more goods than France. He further laments that had France set up many colonies, the country could have been in a better position of sending more of their products and services to the countries it would be colonizing. According to him, Europe was a particularly rich and hardworking

Country which needed the export markets. In addition Ferry states that there were other countries that had no markets where they could export their goods. Further, he argues, that one of the main challenges at that time for that great industry, was as a result of the free trade treaties of 1860. The free trade treaties of 1860 was a trade treaty between Great Britain and France that lowered tariffs between the two nations. However the challenge of the treaty was that it lacked export markets.
Ferry says that France is comprised of a superior race and that gave them a right to be above the other countries that consist of inferior races which resulted to a lot of criticisms.

According to his critics it was unfair for Ferry to make such remarks in a country which had had declared the rights of man. In addition, his critics argue that his remarks are only meant to give justification to slavery. However ferry answers their criticism by asserting that the law allowed him to impose regular commerce upon them, and that superior races had a right, because they had certain obligations. From Ferry's point of view France had a duty to civilize inferior races. On this point he receives more criticism from honorable M. Camille Pelletan. Pelletan such jeered in his own refined and clever manner. Additionally, he questioned how civilization could be imposed with cannon-balls. He dismissed Ferry's arguments as another form of barbarism. He questions whether the populations, with the inferior races, had the same rights as France did. Further he questioned whether the inferior races where not masters of their own houses. Pelletan in his argument also raised the question as to whether the inferior races had called upon France in their nations. He concluded his argument by claiming that if Ferry policies were to be followed then France would be acting against the will of the inferior races and instead of offering civilization it would be offering civilization it would be offering

violence.
Ferry points out the humanitarian and civilization side of the question of imperialism. He particularly points out politics and patriotism. Ferry borrows a remarkably precise formulation from a distinguished M. Pelletan. He supports imperialism as a system that consists of seeking out compensation in the orient with a circumspect and peaceful seclusion which is actually being imposed upon them in Europe. Ferry also insists that superior races have a right to colonize the inferior races because they have a duty. He says in his arguments that the policy of colonial expansion was inspired by the fact that a navy such that of France cannot do without safe harbors, defenses, supply centers on the high seas.