"The attempt was then made to deprive the people of the constitutional right to keep and bear arms. . . . the day had passed when the rights and liberties of the people could be trampled upon with impunity...."

The New Orleans Bulletin, “The attempt was then made to deprive the people of the constitutional right to keep and bear arms. This was frustrated by the events of the 14th September, where the citizens of Louisiana asserted their manhood, and taught their oppressors that the day had passed when the rights and liberties of the people could be trampled upon with impunity. . . . Every scheme of villainy which has been concocted by the Radical leaders, since the people resolved to maintain their rights at all hazards, has come to nought….”, Dec. 25, 1874