"RESOLVED

question 52

Multiple Choice

"RESOLVED ...That this assembly most solemnly declares a warm attachment to the Union of the States,to maintain which it pledges all its powers;and that for this end,it is their duty to watch over and oppose every infraction of those principles which constitute the only basis of that Union,because a faithful observance of them,can alone secure its existence and the public happiness.... That the General Assembly doth particularly protest against the palpable and alarming infractions of the Constitution,in the two late cases of the "Alien and Sedition Acts" ... ;the first of which exercises a power no where delegated to the federal government ... ;and the other ...exercises in like manner,a power not delegated by the constitution,but on the contrary,expressly and positively forbidden by one of the amendments thereto...."
Why did James Madison begin the 1798 Virginia Resolution (Document 4) with this phrase: "That this assembly most solemnly declares a warm attachment to the Union of the States"?

• A) To introduce his support of the Alien and Sedition Acts as a matter of patriotism
• B) To make clear that Virginia's denunciation of the acts was not the result of anti-unionism
• C) To undermine the power of the president
• D) To imply that all states should agree with the president under any circumstances because he is the leader of the United States