4-21-1856: U.S. Senator Clement C. Clay, Jr.; "Does not the constitution guaranty to them, in common with the people of Massachusetts, the right to bear arms, and freedom of transit into or out of the States or Territories? . . ."

U.S. Senator Clement C. Clay, Jr., “Have not their hirelings entered that Territory with arms–not fitted for sport, but war; not designed to kill game, but men? . . . Does not the constitution guaranty to them, in common with the people of Massachusetts, the right to bear arms, and freedom of transit into or out of the States or Territories? . . . The entrance of armed men from Missouri or Massachusetts into Kansas is no invasive aggression if they go as law-abiding citizens; and the character in which they go is not to be prejudged, but determined by their acts after they enter…”, April 21, 1856