anterresis

1. 525. ANSWERS TO OBJECTIONS (ANTERRESIS).
4. In the course of arguments advocating any cause, it is common to reply to objections, and refute them, if possible. (De Mille)

1. "The boy emperor of Austria, expelled from his most important territory, has the right, it is said, to cal in the Cossacks to cut the throats of his own subjects. If this be admitted, there is an end to all responsibility of governments to their people." -COBDEN. (De Mille)

1. In this passage, as in the following, the objection is stated, and met by an instantaneous refutation.
"Another gentleman has said the Catholics have got much, and ought to be content. Why have they got that much? Is it from the minister? Is it from the Parliament, who threw their petition over the bar? No; they got it by the great revolution of human affairs, by the astonishing march of the human mind-a march that has collected too much momentum in its advance to be now stopped in its progress." -CURRAN. (De Mille)