12-2-1858: Washington, D.C. Common Council, “Mr. Powell looked upon this bill as an attempt to abridge the rights of the people, he did not see what authority the Council had to pass a law prohibiting a man from carrying a gun through the streets on the Sabbath."

Washington, D.C. Common Council, “Mr. Powell looked upon this bill as an attempt to abridge the rights of the people, he did not see what authority the Council had to pass a law prohibiting a man from carrying a gun through the streets on the Sabbath.”, Dec. 2, 1858