- Given that the majority of members within a discourse community would, at the very least, have similar values and beliefs then it could be hypothesized that their warrants would be influenced similarly.
- The gap in Morgan’s “The Race Question in the United States” is that the audience may believe blacks have earned the right to vote and have reached an intellectual and cultural level to do so wisely.
- Claim – Blacks are too weak and inferior of a race to have the right to vote.
- Reason – A key reason Morgan uses to convince the reader of his claim is the apparent sign of weakness and subservience shown by the blacks. He further goes on to state that blacks were unable to free themselves from slavery without aid from white men.
- Evidence – Morgan backs this reason up with a comparison to Native Americans, stating that they had the bravery and will to overcome slavery and oppression alone. These actions from the natives incurred respect from the colonialists and eventually earned them freedom according to Morgan.
- Warrant – In Morgans belief, blacks are and always will be an inferior race unfit to have political power. To give them such power is to degrade America.
- Counterargument – It is stated that it was the hope of the abolitionists that the right to vote would instill in the blacks a desire to improve themselves and move away from race aversion.
- Rebuttal – Morgan says in response to the counterargument that the exact opposite has come out of the addition of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. Blacks have brought about more race aversion and begun using their political power in resentful ways.
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