10-26-1867: "Nobody is permitted to enjoy the right of bearing arms guaranteed to all citizens by the Constitution of the United States . . . It is an attempt under the guise of preserving the public peace to destroy the rights of citizens and make a privileged body of the police and their friends and the State militia.”

The Tri-Weekly Standard, “Nobody is permitted to enjoy the right of bearing arms guaranteed to all citizens by the Constitution of the United States, except the Maryland militia. . . . It is an attempt under the guise of preserving the public peace to destroy the rights of citizens and make a privileged body of the police and their friends and the State militia.”, Oct. 26, 1867