In the eighteenth century the public had a claim on privately owned weapons for public purposes. Appendix R Sketches of American Policy , Noah Webster, 1785. Influential pamphlet widely circulated before the Constitution Convention in 1787. Pamphlet second only to the Federalist Papers in influence encouraging ratification of the Constitution. Chief Justice Salmon Chase rules secession is illegal.
Individual secession is implied in the district court's ruling in Emerson .
The context of the time on the militia was military organization. The context of the time on the militia was military organization. See the NRA in Perpich below. The immediate issue in this case was federal and state jurisdiction to try noncompliance with militia orders. The context provides much enlightenment on the militia institution.