When the Alien and Sedition Act was passed, it caused many conflicts in America. Both argument gives powerful persuasions as to why they believe what they think is right by including the powerful use of rhetorical devices, strategies, tone, and their use of language to prove their side. Timothy Pickering Upholds the Repressive Laws believes the Alien and Sedition Act is constitutional whereas The Virginia Legislature Protests believes it’s unconstitutional. Using powerful rhetorical devices/strategies helps enhance the author’s intention to have an effect on their audience. In “ Timothy Pickering Upholds the Repressive Laws“ and “The Virginia Legislature Protest (1798), both authors uses multiple rhetorical devices/strategies such as, an
