10-2-1874: "conformity to sound doctrine and true principles of republican freedom and constitutional construction, embarrassed the national Democracy . . . assertion of the right to bear arms to overturn an acknowledged usurpation..."

The Memphis Daily Appeal, “the south, by exacting a conformity to sound doctrine and true principles of republican freedom and constitutional construction, embarrassed the national Democracy and led to its defeat . . . assertion of the right to bear arms to overturn an acknowledged usurpation, which is impoverishing and depopulating our country?” . . . “tends to a little more activity in the sale of arms, especially of revolvers, while a Presidential election always accelerates the sale to a considerable extent….”, Oct. 2, 1874