10-8-1869: “They know that under the law they have a right to bear arms, and, if need be in self-defence, to use them. . . . They know that his or any other man’s secret, unlawful attacks they have a right to resist with force and arms..."

Wilmington Journal, “They know that under the law they have a right to bear arms, and, if need be in self-defence, to use them. . . . They know that his or any other man’s secret, unlawful attacks they have a right to resist with force and arms, even so far if need be, as “to meet murder with death.””, Oct. 8, 1869