11-8-1860: Gov. Joseph E. Brown, “They are the sons of freemen, and they have a right to be free; many of them are descended from revolutionary sires, who shed their blood to secure liberty to their posterity. These men have political rights inherited from their ancestors, which are inalienable. They have the right to bear arms..."

Gov. Joseph E. Brown, “They are the sons of freemen, and they have a right to be free; many of them are descended from revolutionary sires, who shed their blood to secure liberty to their posterity. These men have political rights inherited from their ancestors, which are inalienable. They have the right to bear arms, and thousands of them know how to use them.”, Nov. 8, 1860