The Arkansas banner., 1844-08-14
From Me IFasiington Glohe.
REPUBLICAN, GOVERNMENTS IT EAIIITREa

FAILURE?
 In speaking of the "ignorance'' of Mir. Featherstonhaugh, in our article few days since, VIC spoke with reference to his scientific pretensions. He has made as much parade over his requirements ln science, s.geoIogy,n &c, as the whigs have over his compliment to Clay, and with as little reason. But we had not at the date of our former article. then received his ssTravels.n which has been since furnished by Mir. F. Taylor, and could only conjecture, from the criticism of the eastern press, the nature of the work Having itnow before us, we will give our readers, from the same page which contains the compliment to Mf Clay, specimen of MT. Featherston- haugh's observations upon the condition of our affairs. Speaking of our government he says; "This experiment, therefore, of digni- flying the masses with the title of sovereign people, ami of attempting to provide for the well-being oi society by cheap republican gor- erameat founded upon heoretical cqudtitv an the prtelfegeS of men, if 1t is to be judged oi by the results which have already appeared, as c signal and instructiue fail,tre, such as must attend ecery scheme mhich permits the lgaoram 10 gocern the acise, and transfers the rule, achich nature intended for fte head, 10 the ia1erior ertremities of the body gozitic''
 The author then proceedsto to eommenfupon what he calls 'sthis instructive lesson to the other governments of Christendom,'' becomes very sad in regard to this melancholy truth,r and !" eminent failure ;;'' and having thus con cluded that our cheap republican government was failure, and that we require some other sort of government, he proceeds to say ].
 "There is also another bright and encour- aging spot on the holizon; for, if any faith is to be placed in prognosties, the United States ere long will come under the administration of chief magistrate, the influence of whose character will win back for the country the credit which she has temporarily lost The whole civilized world Is concerned in the wish that that salutary influence may be last ing, and throw into obseurity all the errors of the past.o
 10 one IS more sincere ill that wish than the authoro Such is the reference to Mr. Clay, by this monarchist, which the whig papers so much delight in! And how could they be pleased with it without concurrence Tn the authors sentiment-that our republican government was afailure-which involves the necessity for resorting to another form, which h1r. Clay was well fitted to found and admin lister?
 Then, aside from the objects of the federal party, (as known from their undisguised ad- missions Ill early times--as manifested in the centralzing and consolidating tendency of all their acts slnce-as evidenced in the despotic | character of their leader, and the scarcely disguised opinion that he holds that the people are incapable of governing themselves,) we have now the leading whig papers quoting the opinion of monarchist, who ridicules the idea of popular government, and pronounces our experiment failure, in favor of their candidate; and an opinion, too, which amounts to saying that the probability of Mir. Clay's election is bright and encouraging spot on the horizon,' that we will abandon our mo- tions oi free government, which the author characterizes as ''a scheme which permits the ignorant to govern the wise, and transfers the rule, which nature intended for the head, to the inferior extremities of the body poli- tic" In our opinion, these worthy allies are as much mistaken as to the fact of our !. cheap repablican gopernmenf' having proved z C signal and instructiue failure,'' as they are with regard to < the encouraging spot on the horizon," which induces their idea that Clay $ election is probable. When our experiment has proved failure, 1t will be full time to think of selecting dictator. But as it moves on gloriously, and with the harmony of the spheres, under our republican presidents, we think it altogether probable the people will invite Col. Polk, plain republican gentleman, but clear-sighted and practical statesman, to take charge of their affairs for the present, and postpone their call upon Mir. Clay until they are convinced of the " melancholy truth'' that republican form of governments is really | an ts eminent failuren