"and among those which they share in common is the right to bear arms for their defense and protection."

   "But on this point I do not mean to be misunderstood. I fully endorse the constitutional right of the people to bear arms for their self defense. . . . . Democrats have all the rights which Republicans have, and among those which they share in common is the right to bear arms for their defense and protection."--U.S. Senator D.W. Voorhees*, Terre Haute, Aug. 23, 1864, letter to Brig. Gen. Henry B. Carrington. [Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg General Advertiser, Bloomsburg, Columbia County, Penn'a., Saturday, September 17, 1864. Vol. 18.--No. 29. Volume 28 Pg. 2]

* - Daniel Wolsey Voorhees, (September 26, 1827 – April 10, 1897), was a lawyer and United States Senator from Indiana, who was leader of the Democratic party and an anti-war Copperhead during the American Civil War. He graduated at Indiana Asbury University, (now DePauw University), Greencastle, Indiana, in 1849; was admitted to the bar in 1850, and began to practice in Covington, Indiana, whence in 1857 he removed to Terre Haute. In 1858-61 he was U.S. district-attorney for Indiana; in 1861-66 and in 1869-73 he was a Democratic representative in Congress; and in 1877-97 he was a member of the U.S. Senate.