The Arkansas advocate., 1836-03-04
Constitutional Journal.

hiE undersigned proposes to publish in =n tlis tefsiiot iiieicna, Ark. Ter. week. " newspaper, to be styled < 7he Consiiu- ftoadt Jeaiaai,'' In presenting his claims to the patronage ot the public, lie can, ii ad- vance tae nothing more than to .,rc;;ss ,,,, his, part, his most faithful excrtions to render bis paper a vehicle of useful and entertaining knowledge.
 itis q fact, sadly attested by past experi. ence, that the character of tho press has par taken too much Of the bitterness and rancour of partizan feeling, which hes unfortunately peryaded our whole country. In the great political canYass which has agitated the land. the malevolent and angry passions of our na- tere, seem to have been too frequently exer- elsed and in many cases, disregard ofthe eourtesies of social intercourse, ha. been tho consequence.
 Situated as we are, no reason can be per- eeivsd, why the people of Arkanrhs should be- come III any manner, party to the struggle Tor power, which is now going on. At this time, they have no voice in the selection of Chief Magistrate, and instead of wasting strength in u controversy, which, in any as- peet must prove improbable to them, the en- ergies of us all should be united in the pro- motion of OUT peculiar and local interests. N are seeking tc become a member of tho great eonfederacy of the United States, and to be placed upon an equality with the soyo- reign States of the Union---the right to this equality is guarantied to us by the constitution of the United States, and 1t shall be the busi- ness of the "JouRsAL" to assert and maintain IL.
 No man can cast his eye over the map of our Territory, without perceiving the natural advantages of our geographical position,--- Bonnded on the cast by the mighty stream, winch has not inappropriately been termed the great Father of Waters, and three other great rivers stretching ont their arms, through region of unsurpassed fertility, with tho countless lakes and navigable bayous, which dot almost every township, the truth forces itself upon Us, that VIC have only to be truo to ourselves to attain the most elevated orado in the scale of national prosperity. The stock and grain of tine North, and the great staple of the South, produce an identity, instead of diversity of interest, between the different parts of our Territory, To cultivate a kind and brotherly feeling, and to deyelope the re- sources of our wgole country, is as obviously the interest of us ail, as 1t is gratifying to the heart of every true Putrlot and philanthropist.
 The Editor of the Journal will sedulously aim to suppress all local or sectional jealousy. He has higher aims in tho establishment of a paper, than to endsayour to array one portion ofthe community against another. He thinks tllat the time has arrived, when there should be union of feeling, as there certainly IS of interest, among all the people of Arkansas. The general course ofhis paper will be dl- rected to the promotion of what he conceives obe the welfare Of tlle whole Territory, He e.
 ure he believes to Dc right, regardless of tho source of it's cmanation, and to hold up to public scorn, the corruption of public men, no matter in whom found.
 ". T. YEOMAyS.
 Jan. 6, 1896.
 l p'3- The Constitutional Journal will be published on super royal sheet, with new materials, Ut $4 per annum payable ip ad.