"An occasional recourse to the revolver or rifle has never been so uncommon in this country as to excite great attention, except when its occurrence could be tortured to suit a partisan purpose. . . ."

New York Sunday Herald, “The Right of Revolution. . . . An occasional recourse to the revolver or rifle has never been so uncommon in this country as to excite great attention, except when its occurrence could be tortured to suit a partisan purpose. . . . Deprived of the right to bear arms, they were no longer freemen.”, Sept. 26, 1874