Question

In his farewell address, George Washington stresses the importance of maintaining one nation by preserving the unity of the states. He acknowledges a counterclaim to his position: The country may be divided by those seeking to emphasize regional differences. Does Washington effectively provide evidence to rebut the counterclaim?

A - No, he states: “They tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection.”
B- Yes, he states: “While, then, every part of our country thus feels an immediate and particular interest in union, all the parts combined cannot fail to find in the united mass of means and efforts greater strength. . .”
C- Yes, he states: “They tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection.”
D- No, he states: “While, then, every part of our country thus feels an immediate and particular interest in union, all the parts combined cannot fail to find in the united mass of means and efforts greater strength. . .”

Answer 1

I think that the answer is b

Answer 2

D.Yes, he states: “While, then, every part of our country thus feels an immediate and particular interest in union, all the parts combined cannot fail to find in the united mass of means and efforts greater strength. . .”
From the statement above, we could only infer that the statement is just an opinion. Evidence should have some sort of hard data, either it's a quantitative or qualitative data.