4-23-1852: “Then they propose to deprive the people of their lawful arms under a pretence of lending them to Kossuth. The constitution expressly secures to the people the right to bear arms, but what is that right practically good for when there are no arms to be had?”

Carroll Free Press, “Then they propose to deprive the people of their lawful arms under a pretence of lending them to Kossuth. The constitution expressly secures to the people the right to bear arms, but what is that right practically good for when there are no arms to be had?”, April 23, 1852