9-23-1846: [Religious Wars on American soil] “bearing all the features of a citadel; every man within its limits is under arms, and many of the boys are bearing huge pistols..."

New-York Daily Tribune, [Religious Wars on American soil] “bearing all the features of a citadel; every man within its limits is under arms, and many of the boys are bearing huge pistols and knives upon their persons–numbers of the women, it is said, are keen for the right, and express themselves ready to bear arms…”, Sept. 23, 1846