The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-08
Carrying Of Concealed weanor.

Reflection on the subject is BERN.
ming To show where laws agains, h.
Carrying of concealed deadly wcanop.
viii lead 10. and gradually press and
people are beginning to speak on, on
the subject of this foolish legislation
To say that a ~peaceable and welrds.
posed man in this country never need.
TO carry weapon is To sey TIA, This i
Utopia; and 10 say shat a law apains,
the pistol viii lie regarded in tho
slightest by the v%icions. is In he,r,va
sweet sim plicity which could I've cr
travagantiy admired ii 1T did moi nl,co
the good at the mercy of the bad. ON
this subject the Wilmington STR has
highly sensible editorial, from which
we extract as follows:
As TO carrying concealed wcanons
we have this 10 say: il would he -.
tremely fortunate If there were no
weapons in the world and All me-,
were good and pure and lust, I'm,
there are thousands Of BAD. crucl
devlllsh men IN the world. ard weanopS
al defence are absolutely necessary
The law TO punish for CARRYING con.
cealed weapons will probable prove =
dead letter 10 a very great extent. The
law~abiding will obey whilst ters a.
thousands will still have their nistcts
concealed about their persons. The
result Will be the good and law-abiding
VIII be at the mercy of the vicious and
Nlnttlctive. southern society since the
wal is peculiar, and it is not ALWAYS
sale To walk about our towns and vii.
liages unarmed. Within n few weeks
two persons al Charlotte were assaulted
by negroes on their way home at NIGHT
We DO not believe that any Law against
carryln. concealed weapons can be
generally enforced in the South We
admit that it is very desirable that,
such a law should be enforced. bur il
will not be done
This is precisely our position IN The
subject. Gen. Robt. Toomls. of Geor-
GA, goes a little further. as witness the
following from the Atlanta Constitn.
ton. Of Tuesday
We met Gen. Toombs at the Kimball
House last night. and he tackled us ON
the question of carrying concealed
weapons
w hat in the hare you ali making
such a fuss about carrying concealed
weapons for 4 says the general.
well general, it is to keep people
from killing one another we replied.
Yes" says he, lit will have lust
the opposite effect. Everybody is cx-
pected to lay aside his pistol, and the
first thing you know some d-n coward
regards neither law nor honor.
will shoot you in the back. 1t is all
wrong, sir! A man ought to carry arms
when he thinks his life is in danger.
1t IS not wrong for him to do so, and
so far as | am concerned, | will do it
| want to defend myself.
"My life is worth more than all the
sentiment you can put into such a
question as that. | consider the right
OF self-defense irrevOcable, and when |
the right of self defense, | can
use anything | can get or find that will
be available. | hear some fools talk
ing about abolishing pistols, putting
hem under restriction like you do
oisons. ] hold that a man has the
light to use poison to defend himself.
suppose a man had a vial Of vitriol in
lis hand. and was attacked by some
in such a manner as to excite the
ears Of a reasonable man that he would
Kill him, don't you think he would he
justified in using his vitriol by throw.
ng it into his assailant's eyes 7 The
ruth is, the way to protect human life
S to let every man who is the aggres-
or know that the man ne attacks is
bile to defend himself, and it will pre-.
'ent difficulties. They say nobody but
coward will carry weapons. That's
lie. know plenty of men who carry
hem, and know they are not towards.
t is generally the towards who want
on to lay them aside, SO as to give
hem an advantage over you"
We copy and say all this. not for the
urpose of inducing people to violate
he law, for all should respect it, but
ecause it makes good reading and
lst for the purpose Of showing now
allacious is the argument in favor Of a
rohibitory law in the case Of deadly
'eapOns.- Charlotte Ojserrer.