4-17-1850: U.S. Senator Foote on the floor of the U.S. Senate, “Now, Mr. President, I say again, that I do now, and I shall always, wear arms for defence, whenever I suppose myself in danger.“

U.S. Senator Foote on the floor of the U.S. Senate, “Now, Mr. President, I say again, that I do now, and I shall always, wear arms for defence, whenever I suppose myself in danger.“, April 17, 1850