"A militia when properly formed are in fact the people themselves...and include all men capable of bearing arms...To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of the people always posses arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them...The mind that aims at a select militia, must be influenced by a truly anti-republican principle."

Melancton Smith (7 May 1744 - 29 July 1798)

Additional Letters From The Federal Farmer, 1788.

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