'Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man against his own bosom? Congress shall have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birth-right of an American...the unlimited power of the sword is not in the hand of either the federal or the state governments, but where I trust in God it …showed first 75 words of 843 total…

…showed last 75 words of 843 total…and effects on the public. These groups influenced the public, forming sympathizers that eventually aided in enlargement of the protesting groups. A statement by E.R. Murrow recognizes these factions justification to revolt: 'We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason if we ... remember that we are not descended from fearful men who feared to write, to speak, to associate and to defend causes which were, for the moment unpopular.'