5-14-1874: “He must needs turn loose upon us another herd of thieves, organize a court and a jury system that will afford them . . . They have not forgotten that they are freemen; they know their ” right to keep and bear arms;”

The New Orleans Bulletin, “He must needs turn loose upon us another herd of thieves, organize a court and a jury system that will afford them, if need be, ample protection with his clemency, and a willing Senate at his back as a last and unfailing shield for them, and then tells us you shall not protect yourselves. . . . They have not forgotten that they are freemen; they know their ” right to keep and bear arms;”, May 14, 1874