What type of fallacy or faulty reasoning is used in this

passage?

ad populum

begging the claim

genetic fallacy

hasty generalization

I could not find the passage that is missing in your question but I will tell you something more about them so you can find it by yourself.

If we are talking about fallacy or faulty reasoning in the text it is considering ''wrong moves'' showed in an argument.

Argumentum ad populum is considering argument that is including other peoples beliefs and opinions. If many people are believing in something it is considering as truth. Beginning the claim is considering assuming the truth on an conclusion in the argument and it is an type of circular reasoning. Genetic fallacy is considering argument based of history of someone or something, source of it or origin instead of considering some current situation and meaning of it. Hasty generalization is considering beliefs of the larger population rather than information that it have about something.

A) Ad populum

Explanation:

Yet the men who framed this declaration were great men-high in literary acquirements-high in their sense of honor, and incapable of asserting principles inconsistent with those on which they were acting.