5-25-1854: “Democracy of 1846, vs. Democracy of 1854. . . . fire arms, for the use of the family . . . And how stands the the case now? . . . no fire-arms . . . not even the Bible . . . Are not the people ready to exclaim “Good Lord deliver us” from such Democracy.”

Carroll Free Press, “Democracy of 1846, vs. Democracy of 1854. The Democracy of 1846, denounced the Whig tax law for taxing a man upon all he is worth . . . fire arms, for the use of the family . . . The people were alarmed, became aroused, and threw off the galling yoke of the Whigs, and placed upon their necks the light and easy yoke of the self-styled Democracy! And how stands the the case now? . . . no fire-arms . . . not even the Bible . . . Are not the people ready to exclaim “Good Lord deliver us” from such Democracy.”, May 25, 1854