Friends and fellow citizens: I stand before you tonight under indictment for the alleged crime of having voted at
the last presidential election, without having a lawful right
to vote. It shall be my work this evening to prove to you
that in thus doing, I not only committed no crime, but,
instead, simply exercised my citizen's rights, guaranteed to
me and all United States citizens by the National
Constitution, beyond the power of any State to deny.
-Susan B. Anthony, "Speech After Being Convicted of
Voting"
In the introduction to "Speech After Being Convicted of Voting," how does
Susan B. Anthony encourage audiences who may be hostile to her argument
to continue to listen?