"Among the numerous advantages promised by a well constructed Union, none deserves to be more accurately developed than its tendency to break and control the violence of faction Liberty is to faction
what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires. But it could not be less folly to abolish
liberty, which is essential to political life, because it nourishes faction, than it would be to wish the
annihilation of air, which is essential to animal life, because it imparts to fire its destructive agency."
James Madison, Federalist No. 10, 1787
When Madison uses the word faction, he is MOST likely be referring to
A)
abolition groups
B)
immigrant groups
C)
political parties.
D)
educated northerners.