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7941 The National Sunday Law [RLL], p. 161.1 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

… my argument has shown, if anybody needs protection in this matter, assuredly it is ourselves),—suppose, then, we come to Congress asking for protection in the …

7942 The National Sunday Law [RLL], p. 164.5 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

… the argument of the Seventh-day keeper is unanswerable. I am inclined to think that the Judge uses the word there in the sense of fairly, rightly, or feasibly …

7943 The National Sunday Law [RLL], p. 164.9 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

“This argument is founded on the assumption that mankind are in the habit of working too much, and thereby entailing evil upon society; and that, without compulsion …

7944 The National Sunday Law [RLL], p. 165.2 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

… , the argument against the law which he may make who has already observed the seventh day of the week, is unanswerable.”

7945 The National Sunday Law [RLL], p. 165.6 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

… unanswerable argument. But Judge Cooley employs here the only means by which an unanswerable argument can ever be answered: and that is, “on authority.” That …

7946 The National Sunday Law [RLL], p. 166.1 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

… unanswerable arguments. So we refuse our assent to Mr. Cooley’s answer to that which he himself pronounces an unanswerable argument.

7947 The National Sunday Law [RLL], p. 166.2 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

Senator Blair.—It does not follow that there is no unanswerable argument in support of Sunday laws, I take it.

7948 The National Sunday Law [RLL], p. 166.4 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

Senator Blair.—There is authority for the Sunday laws. It does not follow because the Sunday laws are supported by authority that therefore there is no sufficient argument upon which to base them.

7949 The National Sunday Law [RLL], p. 166.6 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

… only argument in favor of a bad law that there is authority for it. But there may be good authority for the Sunday law.

7950 The National Sunday Law [RLL], p. 167.2 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

Mr. Jones.—But it is bad. Is there any good answer to an unanswerable argument?

7951 The National Sunday Law [RLL], p. 176.7 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

… for argument’s sake that that phrase in the commandment is indefinite, it must be admitted that the Lord, when he wrote it, intentionally made it indefinite …

7952 The National Sunday Law [RLL], p. 183.2 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

… further argument is needed to show that the Sunday laws of all the States, and the principles of the decisions of the Supreme Courts which sustain them, are …

7953 The National Sunday Law [RLL], p. 184.1 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

… my argument before the Senate Committee, I admitted the right of the Government to make Sunday laws for the public good. The effort was not only made by the …

7954 The National Sunday Law [RLL], p. 190.1 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

… the argument which I made, in that, Immediately following the words which you have italicized I proved that Sunday work does not disturb the rest or the worship …

7955 The National Sunday Law [RLL], p. 191.2 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

… additional argument, but one which rests on the living experience of thousands of people every seventh day, conclusively showing that your whole theory …

7957 The National Sunday Law [SL18], p. 3.1 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

… definite argument that I designed to present. I do not speak of these interruptions and counter-arguments by way of complaint, but only to explain why this …

7958 The National Sunday Law [SL18], p. 4.2 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

… . The argument is submitted to the American people with the earnest hope that they will give thoughtful consideration to the principles involved. The positions …

7959 The National Sunday Law [SL18], p. 5.1 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

The bill proposed by Senator Blair, and upon which the argument was made, is as follows:—

7960 The National Sunday Law [SL18], p. 8.1 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

… Unanswerable Arguments, 165, 166; The Authority for Sunday Laws, 167-172; No Authority for Sunday Laws, 173-183; Appendix A, 184-191; Appendix B, 192.