Gov. Horatio Seymour, “The right to keep and bear arms cannot be infringed . . . In this country our courts declare such laws to be void, and they will not enforce nor permit them to be enforced by the executive nor any other power..."

Gov. Horatio Seymour, “The right to keep and bear arms cannot be infringed . . . In this country our courts declare such laws to be void, and they will not enforce nor permit them to be enforced by the executive nor any other power, although they trench upon the rights of but one citizen standing against the whole people. Not only are the powers of the majority acting through their representatives checked in these respects, but the majority, in fact, are not allowed to control the most powerful branch of Congress, the Senate…”, Nov.-Dec. 1878