The Arkansas banner., 1844-11-13

Whereas, the general government av;-,
 by the common consent of all the ss' e, oal has no rights, and exercises powa. oales; virtue of expressly delegated autho,;,'ll 0lly the States, through it's constitution r y To this, 1t is only necessary to recall ,h opu cal facts-that when the Americ.ai ie nsq had severed themselves from In ,h eolod country, they were sovereign and d9 nott dent States, with no political assoc;., .lasPql fl connexion with any other state or ,,a'l0a a that their union with each other na aa'l0ni> tary, and for certain purposes. wb;;as %as vop clared in the constitution, and the aeoa o, ale { ment Of which IS provided for, by SA,pla specific grants of power and tbss.. bs. seia ton of one or more States had no a U ile le q force or influence upon any other S s,' oladq that each came into the Union, of ;ts a't and sovereign will, and upon inc s ,a owntt pressiy set forth in the constitution 's'llS m 2 the States were, at any time, sovsro;d n'aa are so still, and must so continue wSn sa ae 2 exist; for sovereignty is the life i','v or 'ne True, State may, for certain pprnos.a SaS S gate to a small number of individssi, O' even to a single person, the autbori,,,s tai,' 2 certain acts which are incident to sors,' 5 Q 2 alone, And this is what the Amerjcan Sl ,saa have done, in forming the Union '4 n, p.s' were certain duties, for the common | 'lsl of all, which neither one, alone. mn a .H gglei ing separately, could perform win eaa a.l aa enee or advantage; and these are lbe gi's J.t specified in the constitution, with ,l auus formance of which the general goye,na as l pe entrusted. Fidelity 10 this trust demanJslaa 'Isla M these duties should be fully perforns5 a,,J' a' l not transcended. 'N' ol
 From the foregoing, it results tbatm.a
 not single government, after the f,sE; I; "'' any other people but system. formsJ JA [ the union of several sovereign State. ,
 retaining it's essential sovereigntv ssl "u contributing with all the others. a ljmi,s1' s specific portion of its authority. to bs ". for the common and equal benefit of .a' This is manifest, alike, from the onIy msS which could have induced to the Union @ Y from the terms of the compact GiymT N N and vlgor, and usefulness to this svs,
 there are inherent in ii, the two eopso,,.
 principles have briefly attempted to aIs trate: the one Is the primary power or \, people, acting directly upon the Sate oo' ernments, controlling and directing asv the other Is the sovereignty of the Sate sJ ernmenis, deriving all their rights and 69v CTS from the people, and creating, limitnr , controlling the power, and action of tbe@n elal government; each keeping within itsg specllye sphere, and working togetle, \ good.
 From the application of my remarks ppl the characteristic differences between ou government and others, our sister RemB1 of Texas is to some extent exempt. Sela by our own people, she is blessed vii, government modelled after ours, and sni, teitin every essential principle and feature with a slngl exception. Thediferencea 60, 5 sists in the fact that while ours is a sysra such as have described, hers Is single g. ernment-a unit, and in the Yery naue things, must ever remain so, as long as a retains her sePafate and una g. eialed eyi ence. The constitution of Texas bendsI liself, all the powers found h our geHenlu State governments. wi hout the ability ot vide them, i'll manner 10 enable either J to resist the other. And as the division l power between the coordinate branchst the same government. cannot be made pr cisely equal, a coalition of the two waEi must either take place, 10 resist the strong or, what Is most likely, between the tr stronger, and then a subversion of the sI ernment IS inevitable This demousl| the necessity of providing different leF \ tory of the second conservative principal which l have spoken, which the wisdoa our fathers, unaided by example, so LsH suggested, and which has so often been a tary in restraining the hasty action of ppdI government. Texas is not wanting ngai al intelligence, in courage, and an uaa1 disposition to sustain Republican 6m government Nor Is she destitute of sAHI men, who are able to discern-notthedsEj Ill her instltutions-but the superior susEI oi ours, based, as they are, upon lhatdHal !, ol political power, of the advantages osMi she can avail herself, alone by annalNa So truly do regard her as a sister Sasl
 so certain do l consider her speedy incF1 ration into our Union, that l can nevaa
 her, in my estimates of the future greia and glory of the United States.
 Having thus hastily, and in very gh' terms, attempted sketch of my viewsd
 framework of our system of governm'l' leave you to infer the particular arplla1 of them. to the purposes of National \ State legislation, and Executive action
 Ny immediate predecessor, on whom ] duty rightiully devolved, haFing so reesl'|| Communicated, to you, an account ol ih1 fairs of the State, accompanied by hls v'1 of the policy it is proper for you to adop1l relation to the several subjects presene9 shall reserve, to a future occasion, any ion of my own, upon the same su9JeCN such others as may deem il my duty Dp1 pose for your consideration.
 The people are sovereign. am ihPpa] want. By their free sudrages, they haFa s, sen me to be the Chief Magistrate oi 'nl''l, For so distinguished testimonial ol ! confidence, l have no words, at conlilaDq a express the profound gratitude that HIS
 heart. My highest ambition is, andn'
 stant effort shall ever be, to prove, v
 acts, that this generous confidence ol a..I MGs