... it for their benefitit is, again assert, the right of freeman to learn the us« of arms for the defence of his country’s liberties (hear, hear, and loud cheers). Mr. Grattan reminds me that this was the first resolution of the Volunteers (hear, and cheers) ...

... attended at the place of inquiry to conduct the case on behalf of the complaining parties, and rudely laid hold of him by the arm for the purpose of dragging or rather putting him out of the room. 1 find statement to that effect in the Freeman’s Journal ...