The Arkansas advocate., 1836-03-18
Constitutional Journal.

| VIE undersigned proposes to publish in
 x the toWnot Helena, Ark. Ter. week Y newspaper, to be styled :. Ihe Consiisa- hondf JoafEas.8 In presenting his claims to
 the patronage ot the public, he can, in ad-
 vance donothIng more than to promise on his i part his most faith9ui exertions 10 render bis paper d vehicle of useiui and entertaining knowledge.
 l ltis fact, sadly attested by past expori- ence, that the character of the press has par taken too much Of the bitterness and lancour of partizan feeling, which has unfortunately pervaded OUT whole country. In the croat political canvass which has agitated the land, the inaleeolant and angry passions oi our na- ture, seem to haze boon too frequently exer- elsed; and in many cases, | disregard ofths courtesies of soe.al intercourse, has been the consequence.
 Stuated as we are, no reason can be per- ceivsd, why the people ef ATkanrhs should be- come m any manner, party to the struggle Tor power, which ia now going on. At this time, they have no voice in the selection of Chief Magistrate, and instead of wasting strength Tn controversy, which, in any as- pect must prove improbable to them, tue en- erges of LIS all should be united in the pro- motion of our peculiar and local interests. We are seeking to become member of tho great confederacy of the United States, and to be plaeed upon all equality with the sova- reign States of the Union---the right to this equality is auarantiedto Us by the constitution of the United States, and 1t shall be the busi- ness of tic JOURNAL to agsert and maintain t.
 No man can cast his eye over the map of l our Territory, without percelving the natural advantages of ollr geographical position.-- Bounded on the east by the mighty stream, which has not inappropriately been termed 1 the great ratiler or Warers, and three other greatriyera stretching ont their arms, through a region Of unsurpassed fertility, with tho countless lakes and naYigahle bayous, which dot almost every township, the trnth forces itself upon us, that Me have only to be truo 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 ofthe South, produce m identity, instead of l Q diversity of interest, between the different parts of our Territory. To cultivate kind and brotherly feeling, and to devclope the re- sources of our wgole country, is ss obviously the interest of us all t X gral t Sic Sic heart cfevery true patriot and philanthropist.
 The Editor of the Journal will seduously
 aim to suppress all local or sectional jealouay.
 He has higher aims in tue establishment of a
 paper, than to sndeaRour to array one portion
 ofthe community againat another. Hcthnks
 that the time has arrived, when there should
 be q union of feeling, us there certainly is of
 interest, among all the people of Arkansas.
 The general course Of his paper will be d. rected tothe promotion Of wlss he conceives 1 to be the welfare of the whole Territory. He 1 pledges himselfto advocate whatever meas ure he believes to be right, regardless of the source of It's emanation, and to hold up to public scorn, the corruption ofpublic men, no matter in whom found.
 ". T. YEOMANs.
 Jan. 6, 1896.
 0r Ths Constitutional Journal will be
 published on super royal sheet, with new
 materials, It s4 per annum payable in ad- ] vance.