8-20-1873: “We consider that freedom of speech, of suffrage, of religion, the right to bear arms, and to be exempt from a standing army or an established church, are inducements which the most ignorant foreigner is most apt to understand.”

New Orleans Republican, Official Journal Of The State Of Louisiana, “We consider that freedom of speech, of suffrage, of religion, the right to bear arms, and to be exempt from a standing army or an established church, are inducements which the most ignorant foreigner is most apt to understand.”, Aug. 20, 1873