9-23-1874: "that one by one their dearest rights had been trampled upon, until finally, the right, to keep and bear arms, a right guaranteed by the constitution of the United States, has been denied.”

The Grange Advance, “the people of that city had been subjected to outrage upon outrage by an usurping State government; that one by one their dearest rights had been trampled upon, until finally, the right, to keep and bear arms, a right guaranteed by the constitution of the United States, has been denied.”, Sept. 23, 1874