7-9-1874: “The right to bear arms is one of the very few privileges left to us, and the right to bear them in self-defense is one that no government can take from us. . . . Let us turn our attention from base ball..."

The New Orleans Bulletin, “The right to bear arms is one of the very few privileges left to us, and the right to bear them in self-defense is one that no government can take from us. . . . Let us turn our attention from base ball and other interesting games and sport for a time, and prepare ourselves to meet whatever danger the future may have in store for us.”, July 9, 1874