9-13-1874: “It is left to Louisiana to be the only State where a man cannot walk the streets openly bearing arms. It is evident Badger intends to seize every white man’s gun and pistol while the negroes openly parade theirs...."

The New Orleans Bulletin, “It is left to Louisiana to be the only State where a man cannot walk the streets openly bearing arms. It is evident Badger intends to seize every white man’s gun and pistol while the negroes openly parade theirs. How long will this thing last?”, Sept. 13, 1874