“Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made Heaven and earth. . . . our last right, the right to bear arms, about to be taken from us, then, and not until then, we arose in our might, asserting man’s birthright . . ."

Sermon Delivered in New Orleans, “Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made Heaven and earth. . . . our last right, the right to bear arms, about to be taken from us, then, and not until then, we arose in our might, asserting man’s birthright . . . The first act of our asserted freedom was to give God thanks.”, Sept. 20, 1874