2-7-1868: “Resolved, 4th. That the freedom of the press, the right of trial by jury and the right of the people to bear arms are indispensable to the enjoyment of liberty, and every infringement of these rights is destructive to our happiness and prosperity as a people and abhorrent to the feelings of freemen.”

Wilmington Journal, “Resolved, 4th. That the freedom of the press, the right of trial by jury and the right of the people to bear arms are indispensable to the enjoyment of liberty, and every infringement of these rights is destructive to our happiness and prosperity as a people and abhorrent to the feelings of freemen.”, Feb. 7, 1868