10-15-1874: “It arose on the issue that the constitution had guaranteed every citizen the right to bear arms. . . . This was an issue of personal right under the federal constitution….”

New Orleans Republican, “It arose on the issue that the constitution had guaranteed every citizen the right to bear arms. There was an organized resistance to certain policemen who came–as was charged–to deprive citizens of that right. This was an issue of personal right under the federal constitution….”, Oct. 15, 1874