8-20-1863: “tyranical and unconstitutional laws have been enacted and enforced–the rights of the people to Keep and bear arms has been infringed . . . it is our fixed purpose to bring the perpetrators of these atrocious outrages and their accomplices to a sure and condign punishment hereafter.”

The Holmes County Farmer, “tyranical and unconstitutional laws have been enacted and enforced–the rights of the people to Keep and bear arms has been infringed . . . it is our fixed purpose to bring the perpetrators of these atrocious outrages and their accomplices to a sure and condign punishment hereafter.”, Aug. 20, 1863