9-15-1875: "an alien Governor denied to them the right to bear arms. . . . they were and of a right ought to be free, and sent the announcement in leaden missives to their tyrants….”

The New Orleans Bulletin, “Far-seeing wisdom, enlightened by the experience of former statesmen, embodied in the fundamental law of the land these principles which they fondly believed would stretch their authority over every generation . . . they were made to endure indignity after indignity until, presuming upon their tameness, an alien Governor denied to them the right to bear arms. . . . they were and of a right ought to be free, and sent the announcement in leaden missives to their tyrants….”, Sept. 15, 1875