This particular passage harkens back to a more pure and idealistic time in politics that would be viewed as absurd today. She is calling on non-voters to persuade their congressmen and senators to do what is morally right because a woman's persuasion is enough to change the mind of a political ideologue. Meanwhile, in today's climate, even when pressured by voter opinion polls and constituent calls to their offices, politicians act in self-serving ways to the detriment of the nation at large.

After reading this it reminds me a lot of the true crime shows about serial killers and cult leaders. The rough upbringing, the torture, and the psychosis that follows. The way he speaks about what he claims to have seen could be believable to those who seek the same comfort the person speaking does. Nat Turner speaks about what he feels called to do with such conviction that it almost consumes him. He really thinks and believes that what he has done was called upon him by "God".

Edwards seems to be drawing a line between godly people and sinners (people not leading a godly life), expressing God's disdain for sinners to the point that they should feel grateful for each day they're not cast into hell. This sort of fear-preaching has proven to be successful to the point that Evangelical preachers use it to this day, warning of the perils of living an ungodly life (by their standard), and retroactively attributing that sort of life to major catastrophes.