The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-08
Constitutional Journal.

SOHSLiluJl0slal JOurnaI. ME undersigned proposes to publish in
 \ tue town of Helena, Ark Ter. Il week 1 " newspaper, to be styled !. 7he Constitu. fioHni faafisai. iii presenting lis claims to the patronage Of the public. he cun, Ill ad- vance denothing more than to promise on his part, hls most faithful exertions to render his paper vehicle of useful and entertaining know ledge.
 Itis fact, sadly attested by past expori- encc, that the character of the press has par taken too much of the bitterness and rancour ot partizan feeling, which has unfortunately pcrvaded our whole country. In the great political canvass which has agitated the land, the nlalevelent and angry passions of our na- ture, seem to have been too frequently exer- cisedi aud in many cases, q disregard ofths eoHftesies of social intercourse, has been ths consequenee.
 Situated as we are, no reason can be per- ceived, why the people of Arkanrhs shouldbe- come fn any manner, party to the struggle Tor power, which IS now going on. At thIs ' tune, they have no voice i'll the selection of s= Incl Magistrate, aifd instead osf osf wasting strength in u controversy, which, in any as- pcct must prove improbable to them. the en- ergies of Us all should be united in the pro- motion of our peculiar and local interests. We arc seeking to become q member of tho great confederacy of the United States, and to be placed upon an equality with the sove- reign States of the union-the right to this equality IS auarantedto Us by the constitution of the United States, aud 1t shall be the bus- ness of the ssJouRNALn to assert and maintain it.
 No man can cast liie eve over the map of our Territory, without perceiying tho natural advantages of our geographical position.-- Bounded en the east by tho mighty stream, which has not inapproprately been termed the great Father of Waters, and three other great rivers stretching out tl.fir a rms fhrnnok | region of unsurpassed fertility, with tho countless lakes and navigable bayoils, which dot almost every township, the trnth forces itself upon us, that we have only to be true to ourselves to attain the most elevated grade in the scale of national prosperity. The stock and grain of the North, and the great staple of the South, produce an identity, instead of a diversity of interest, between tlae different parts Of our Territory. To cultivate n kind and brotheriy feeling, and to deyelope the re- sources of our wgole country, is as obviously the interest of us all, us it is gratifying to tho heart ofeVery true patriot and philanthropists The Editor of the Journal will sedulously aim to suppress all localor sectional jealousy | He has higher aims in the establishment 5f t paper, than to endcavour to array one portioti ofthe community against another. He thinks 1 that the time has arrived, when there should be union of feeling, as there certainly is of interest, afilong all the people of Arkansas. The general course of his paper will be d. rected to the promotien of what he conceives to be tie welfare of the whole Territory. ffa pledges himselfto advocate whatever meas- ure he believes to be right, regardless of tho source Of it's emanation, and to hold up to public seorn, the corruption of public men, no matter n whom found.
 ". T. YEOMANs.
 Jan. 6, 1886.
 o. The Constitutional Journal will bo published on super tdyal sheet, with new materials, at S4 per annilm payable in ads vance.