11-1-1876: “The Constitution guarantees to ever citizen the right to keep and bear arms. Our own Supreme Court has construed this to mean any of those arms which are used in war. . . ."

The Weekly Clarion, “The Constitution guarantees to ever citizen the right to keep and bear arms. Our own Supreme Court has construed this to mean any of those arms which are used in war. . . . There is no doubt that Sprott had a perfect right to advise the negroes to carry their arms “nearer” the public meeting.”, Nov. 1, 1876