ers of, provided for by state, 119; flourishing in spite of adverse laws, 125; no part of Ohio law, 138; and the common law, 208; worse than paganism in persecu tion, 257, 258.
Christianity part of common law, re pudiated by eminent jurists and statesmen, 28; subterfuges re- sorted to, to uphold idea, 154; Jefferson's research and argu- ment against 208-223; Supreme Court of Ark. approved of, 414; affirms, 414-416; Supreme Court of Ohio denies, 419-424, 460-469; why not an American doctrine, 419; Supreme Court of Mo. af- firms, 427; Supreme Court of Cal. denies, 507. Christian religion, preference for, detrimental to itself, 128, 134; institutions of, to be protected, 416.
Christian morality, to be enforced on all, 347.
"Christian politics," 509. Christ's kingdom not of this world,
Christ needs no help from Cæsar, 93, 94, 98, 114, 737.
Church influenced state to make Sabbath laws, 77, 732, 756. Christ, author of religious liberty, 144; and the Sabbath, 236. Church and state, relics of, 15; separation of, 64; not separate in Md., 71; union of, favored by latest popes, 74, 75, 513; union of, fosters inequality, 102, 103, 108; union of, prohibited by Con- stitution, 143, 249; Holiand, ex- ample of separation, 202; union of, always dangerous, 272; destiny of America if united, 253. Church attendance required
Civil laws, alleged necessary to sup. port religion, 99, 291, 345, 348, 352, 427, 650, 742, 743- Civil power, appeal to, shows reli- gious cause a bad one (Frank- lin), 743, 750, 778.
Civil rights, independent of reli gious opinions, 134, 154. Civil Sabbath, depends upon ballots, 352. Civil-Sabbath argument, a last re- sort, 232; a "miserable excuse," 386; disproved, 33-58, 99, 246-248, 372-374, 575-578, 603, 615, 624, 629, 637, 650, 732, 741, 742, 751- 756.
Civil magistrate, not to intrude in religion, 114.
Civil laws and blasphemy, Adams on, 206.
Clarke, Dr. Adam, quoted, 30; per- secuted, 692.
Clark, Thomas, on persecution,
Clergy and Sunday legislation, 246, 347, 352, 366, 367, 373, 378, 379, 562, 577, 732, 742; leaders in Sun- day agitations, 269, 286, 378, 562; arrogant and domineering, 289; corrupt, 292.
Clifford, Justice, on legislative lim- its, 473.
Coalition between church and state. Madison on, 202.
Coercion, not apostolic, 55; illegit imate, 250, 251; tyrannous, 252; violates conscience, 266; by Con- gress, 299; Augustine on, 411; contrary to gospel, 737.
Colorado, Supreme Court of, de- clares Sunday law invalid, 520; constitutional provision of, garding religion, 526; Sunday law of, 562.
Colcord, W. A., summary by, of King case, 676.
Cole, Robert, 680-683.
Coleman, Rev. W. J., on disfran- chising infidels, 348. Columbian exposition and Sunday closing, 286, 370.
Coluquitt, Senator, 370, 374. Combinations, religious, always dan- gerous, 239. 292, 293; remon- strance against, 271. Commandments, ten, not subjects for civil enactment, 58. Common law, see Christianity part of common law.
Compact, the social, 224;: nature of,
Compact with the U. S., of N. M., 542; of N. D., 546; of Wash.,
Compulsory worship, an abomination to God, 63.
Compulsory support of religion, a tyranny, 134.
Compulsory Sunday observance, im- plies compulsory church attend- ance, 264.
Confederate Constitution, contained recognition of God, 343, 344. Congress, cannot determine sacred time, 27; defining religious duty, 154, 155; not to intermeddle in religion, 237, 244, 250; and Sun- day mails, 241; and religious leg- islation, 242, 245, 247; and the Constitution, 248; setting ex- ample in religion, 258; and or. thodoxy, 264; and religious ques- tions, 288; and the clergy, 289; attitude against religious legisla tion approved, 293, 294; and re- ligion, 299; not to legislate on religion (a resolution from Vt.), 301; another resolution, 303; commended for observing Sunday, 312, 313; not to break Sabbath, 312; memorial to, by National Reform Association, 341; expres. sion of, on "God in Constitu- tion," 346; first Sunday legisla tion by, 373; why religious legis- lation in, 375; list of religious measures introduced since 1888, 402-408.
Congress, N. Y. Provincial, resolu- tion by, 81.
Conklin, Day, trial of, for Sunday work, 719.
Connecticut, early Sunday law of, 42-45, constitutional provision of, regarding religion, 527; Sunday law of, 564.
Conscience, entire liberty of, 13;
Pa. law concerning, 48; must be free, 62, 63; rights of, most valu- able, 81; not overridden by Sun- day work in post-office, 239; and majorities, 240; controlled by oth- ers, 250; of Jew regarded equally with that of Christian by Consti- tution, 254; endangered by Sun- day laws, 253; rights of, assailed under pretext of holiness, 255; forcing, 266; protected by Con- stitution, 272; rights of, not to be interfered with, 422, 748. Constantine, and religious oppres- sion, 256; character of, 270; first Sunday law by, 753. Constitutionality of Sunday laws,
Constitution of U. S., 143, 761-772. Constitutions and rights, 25.
"Constitutional Limitations," quot- ed, 29, 192, 243, 430, 773- Constitution, religious liberty should be guaranteed by, 101, 118; pre- amble to, 143; Bancroft on, 144; attitude toward religion, 144; no bill of rights, 145; comments on (Va., N. C., Mass.), 146-148; proposed amendments to, 149-151; amendments, 152-157; and treaties, 162; and religious legislation, 242; and religion, 244; framers of, re- lation to church and state, 249; intent of framers, 257; and man's relation to God, 257; against re- ligious legislation, 267, 268; pro- tects conscience, 272; and reli- gious questions, 289; knows noth- ing of orthodoxy, 298; freedom of from religious bias, 300; and Sab- bath question, 304, 306, 310; Sev- enth-day Baptists' view of, 314; religious liberty provisions of, 318; and Sunday, 320, 314-327; amendment proposed by National Reform Association, 341; federa- tion and confederation, 343; amendment proposed by Blaine, 349; Constitution and constitu- tional legislative acts beyond courts, 449; guide for legislation,
Continental Congress, ordinance of 1787, 136.
Contract, social, see compact, social. Contracts, Sunday, 412, 413, 421, 565, 646.
Controversy, religious, government not to decide, 237; before Con- gress, 303, 304, 307. Convention, Baltimore, Lord's Day, 312; American anti-Sunday law, 328.
Cooley, Judge Thos. M., foreword, 21; quoted, 29, 192, 243, 430, 477,
Cook, Rev. Joseph, Sunday a reli gious day, 246, 732. Corliss, J. O., 366-368.
Corruption of religion, by legisla tive touch, 114.
Cotton, Rev. John, and Roger Will- iams, 261; and early New Eng- land laws, 267.
Court, decisions of, cited, Supreme, of Ohio, 412, 419, 424, 460; Su- preme, of Ark., 414; appeal from Hempstead Circuit, 414; Supreme, of N. Y. cited, 414; Supreme, of Mo., 425; Supreme, of Cal., 434; Cincinnati Superior, in favor of religion in public schools, 460; U. S. Supreme, legislative limita- ions, 470; Supreme, of Wis., 478; U. S. Supreme cited, 775. Crafts, Rev. W. F., on Sabbath
laws, 77, 99, 124; Cardinal Gib- bons to, 228; before Federation of Labor for Sunday rest, 230; re- ligion essential to Sunday rest, 246; Sunday law rider to Panama exposition bill attempted, 353; cited, 367; quoted, 368, 378, 379, 432, 575, 732, 742, 756; Sabbath laws seem religious, 373. Cranston, Bishop, on Christian na- tion idea, 513.
Creed, not to be recognized by civil law, 21.
"Critical Period of American His- tory, 1783-1789," 699. Crockett, Senator, speech of, 354; on day of Sabbath, 357.
Cruze, Davis, trial of, for Sunday work, 675.
Curlett, W. G., trial of, for Sunday work, 725.
Cursing, laws against, 222.
DANGERS to be guarded against, 122, 131, 202, 236, 239, 249, 253, 699. Daniells, A. G., 389. Day, time of beginning and ending, in colonial times, 38, 41; sancti- fying by law, 45, 53; of rest sanc- tioned by nations, 234; Lord's Day Convention, Baltimore, 312; one-in-seven law in Cal., 352; of Sabbath, Senator Crockett on, 357; the impossible, 756. Dead-letter laws, danger from unre- pealed, 131.
Death, penalty of, for non-attend-
ance at church on Sunday, 33; for blasphemy, in early laws, 34, 36; for Sunday desecration, 37; for various offenses, 207, 223, 265, 267.
Debates on the Federal Constitu- tion, 150, 151.
Decisions, see court decisions. Declaration of Independence, 17, 23, 29, 85; the forerunner of, 139; complete text of, 757-760. Declaration of rights (Va.), 81, 552; of various States, 523-555. Defining religious duty, Congress, 255.
Definition of religion, 136, 137, 153,
Deity and legislation, 254. Delaware, Sunday law of 1795, 56; constitutional provision of, re- garding religion, 528; Sunday law of, 567.
Democracy, principles of, 167. Democratic-equal-rights platform,
Democratic-Republican platform, 166. Democratic platform, 170. Demon, the persecutor becomes, 266, 267.
Despotism, religious, how it begins, 239, 244, 250.
Destruction of state religious es tablishments not injurious to re- ligion, 203.
Dickinson, Don M., brief of, in King case, 703.
Discrimination against religion, 430. Disestablishment of religion in Va.,
Disfranchisement of infidels, 348. Dissenters' petition, 91.
District of Columbia, law against blasphemy in, 206, 207; Sunday- rest bill for, by Breckinridge, 367; adopted old Md. law, 369; Sun- day bill by Johnston, 398; Court of Appeals on Md. Sunday law, 514; Md. (District) Sunday law unconstitutional, 516; Sunday laws of, 568.
Disturbing the peace by lawful oc- cupation, 664, 665.
Dobbins, testimony of, 683, 684. Dockery, Congressman, 371.
Dodd, John A., trial of, for Sunday work, 724.
Donatists, against religious persecu tion, 276.
Dortch, J. H., trial of, for Sunday work, 673.
Dortch, William, trial of, for Sun- day work, 673.
Draper, historian, 384.
Drury v. Defontaine, 421. Duty to persecute error, 260, 780. Dyer, Mary, hanged, 697.
Fiske, John, on Sunday prosecu tions, 59; American dangers, 239; reierence to Cotton and Roger Williams, 261; Inquisition diabol- ical, 267; on Sunday law opera- tions in early times, 699.
122, 123; in religion, 168; demo- Findley, cratic platform on, 170; peculiar to America, 199; in free exercise of religion, 243; not intended by the convention, 415. Equality of all religions, before the law, 163; in party platform, 168; under Constantine, 450, 465. Equality, violation of, by religious legislation, 122, 200, 451, 452. Equality in religious rights salutary, 127; all have equal right to main- tain opinions, 135. Equivalent, what is the, for en- forced Sunday rest, 740-742. Europe pleased at Va.'s Act for re- ligious freedom, 132..
Everett, Edward, letter from Madi-
Evils of religious legislation, 91-105;
illustrated, 102; enumerated, 115,
Examiner," San Francisco, 171. Exemptions of Sabbatarians in State
Sunday laws, Ark., 559, 560; Conn., 565; Ill., 578; Ind., 579; Iowa, 581; Kan., 582; Ky., 584: Maine, 587; Mass., 590; Mich., 594, 595; Minn., 598; Mo., 599: Neb., 601; N. J., 607, 608; N. Y., 612; N. D., 618, 619; Ohio, 620; Okla., 622, 623; R. I., 629; S. D., 633, 634; Va., 641; W. Va., 646; Wis. 647, 648.
Exemptions of Sabbatarians,
granted in Sunday laws of Ala., Colo., Del., Fla., Ga., Hawaii, Idaho, La., Md., Miss., Mont., Nev., N. H., N. M., N. C., Ore., Pa., Porto Rico, S. C., Tenn., Tex., Utah, Vt., Wash., Wyo. See pages 557-649.
Exemptions in Sunday law, why
made, 123, 124, 369; do not pro- tect rights, 317, 400, 729. Exemptions of Mennonists and Sab batarians, 123.
Ex parte Newman, 350; points in case, 434; reference to, 507. Exposition, Columbian, Sunday clos ing of, 286, 370; St. Louis, Sun- day closing of, 378; of James- town, 379.
FAIRCHILD (Pres. Oberlin College), 652; on right of private judgment,
Farrow, Mr., on Sunday mails peti- tion, 185.
Federation, of Catholic Societies and postal laws, 348; Sunday-rest as- sociations, 379.
Field, Justice, opinion on Sunday laws, 350; on Newman case, 434. Filmer, Sir Robert, 82.
Finch, quoted, 211, 420.
Fitch, Rev. James, referred to by Pres. Taft, 385.
Fitzhugh, Justice of Peace, 671. Flippin, Judge, tries Sabbatarians, 6,9.
Florida, constitutional provision of, regarding religion, 529; Sunday law of, 570.
Flower, B. O., on Sunday enforce- ment in Tenn., 707-716.
Ford, Charles O., trial of, for Sun- day work, 723.
Fortescue, cited, 214.
Forum," the, quoted, 700.
Foster and Elam v. Neilson, 162. Franklin, Benjamin (" hang gether "), 90; on religion and civil legislation, 743, 750, 778. Fourteenth Amendment to Consti tution, 157.
Free discussion, essential to settle- ment of questions, 234, 776. Freedom, establishment of religion in Va., 131; an act for, 132; Eu- rope pleasure in, 132; later in- terpretation of by Jefferson, 133; Northwest Territory, 136; America's struggle for histor- ical, 139; of religion by platform, 166-168; hostility to, 314.
Freemen of America, saw conse- quences in principle, 122.
French, Rev. Dr. (boycott), 375, 376.
Frightened at shadows," 346. Fritz, William H., trial of, for Sun- day work, 662.
Fritz, William, trial of, for Sunday work, 721.
GALILEO, persecuted, 74.
Gallinger, Senator, quoted, 775-778. Garrison, William Lloyd, address of, on religious liberty, 328; speech at Boston convention, 335; note on, 340.
Gault, Rev. M. A., government to set up moral law, 238; advocates persecuting principle, 347. Gazette, Weekly Ark., 354. Genealogy of Sunday laws, 756. Gentry, W. L., trial of, for Sunday work, 658.
Georgia, Sunday law of 1762, 51; constitutional provision of, re. garding religion, 529; Sunday law of, 571; persecution of Sabbata- rians in, 718-720.
ferson, 86, 187, 188. Gladstone, William E., on American Constitution, 145. "Globe-Democrat (St. Louis), on Sunday enforcement in Ark., 663. in the Constitution, 343, God" 344, 346, 403-408. Goldsmith, quoted, 522, 779. 'Good, greatest, to greatest num- ber," fallacy of, 326.
Government, instituted to secure rights of man, 23; properly secu- lar, 94; not to propagate religion, 137; no right to meddle with reli- gion, 146; without liberty an evil, 147; not founded on Christian re- ligion, 162; not to determine reli- gious questions, 163, 237; founded on principles of religious liberty, 168; limited in power, 191; proper object of, 234; to set up moral law as standard, 238; not to define divine law, 239; proper business of, 247; not to settle religious controversies, 237, 244, 250; not to interfere in religion, 292. Graham, Rev. E. B., advocates pol- icy of persecution, 347, 485. Granger, Hon. Gideon (P. M. Gen.), on Sunday mails, 178. Grant, U. S., on religious liberty, 169, 203; on equal rights, 236; on separation of church and state, 169, 236, 778.
Graphic-Herald," 377.
Gray, Senator, 373.
Great Britain, plan of accommoda- tion with, 81; early laws against Sabbath-breaking, 223. "Great Controversy," quoted, 522.
Hertell, Judge, 322. Heyburn, Senator, speech on John- ston Sunday bill, 773- Hiscock, Senator, 374. History, a bit of (American strug- gle for religious liberty), 139; of Sunday legislation, 751. Hoadley, Gov. George, in Cincin- nati school board case, 460. Hobart, Lord Chief Justice (Eng.), Parliament and natural equity, 25; natural and statutory laws, 187; natural equity, 474. Hobbs, M. F., 367, 369, 432. Holt, Alexander, trial of, for Sun- day work, 662.
Holt, Lord Chief Justice, legislative
IDAHO, Constitutional provision of, regarding religion, 529; Sunday law of, 575; who responsible for enactment of, 576; Governor Hawley on, 773-
Idleness, enforced by Sunday laws, 56, 741, 775.
Illicit connections between state and church, 101, 109.
Illinois, memorial of assembly, on Sunday mails, 275; constitutional provision of, regarding religion, 530; Sunday law of, 578. Illustration, law and liberty, 323. Imposters, religious, laws relating to, 223.
Inconsistency, of Blair Educational bill, 365; of Johnston Sunday bill, 400, 755-778.
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