The Arkansas banner., 1844-01-16

 never cherished with affection, nor looked upon with favor, unless by noble and gallant bearing 1t may chance to win its way to the hearts of its patron. So with our armed ships, they were ungraciously looked upon by the people, and considered by legislators as the unwelcome and burdensome, but per haps necessary nppendages of the new po- litical station we were beginning 10 occupy. Nevertheless, those ships were castaways in the public mind, of the expense of which the nation would have been glad to rid itself by putting them upon the poor-house establish ment, could the riddance have been effected consistently with their dignity and due re- gard for the national honor. Finally, when the war came, the government was afraid 10 trust it's sea bantings out upon their element. It was discussed whether or not they should be dismantled and shut up in port, as the surest means of preserving them from the hands of the enemy. While such discuss slons were going on, the Constitution stole of to sea; Ill few days she fell in with, and to the astonishment of friend and foe, cap tured British fTigate of her own class When she came back into port, and modest ly told how she had met the enemy, the heart ln every American bosom sweled with patriotic pride, and the astoaished nation leaped for very joy.
 From that moment the navy was taken into favor, and has ever since been consider ed as our strong arm of defence.
 The popular enthusiasm called forth by the gallant exploits of the navy in war knew no bounds. Straightway the kcels of four ships-of-the- line and six large frigates were ordered to be laid down, and two millions and a half of dollars were appropriated for commencing the work. Other appropria- tions were also made with open hearts and liberal hands. It was decided to place this branch of the service upon broad and per- manent foundation. Three millions of dol lars were appropriated by one act and eight by another for the gradual increase and inl- provement of the navy. Since that time, since this sea-bantling C plucked upits coun- try's drowning honor by the lock'sp and fought itself i'll favor with the people, the people have expended upon it more than one hundred and fifty millions of dollars
 The disbursement of large sums of money brings many advantages to the community in which it takes place; it gives occupation to the poor man and bread 10 the needy; it stimulates industry, cnlarges prosperity, and crowns society with manifold blessings.- What part of these immense appropriations have been expended at the south, or what benefits have the west derived from them i- Literally none. We hope to show that it would be beneficial, just, and equitable, not only to these sections, but conducive to the national interests, 10 divert, in future, fair proportion of these expenditures from the north, and to make them at tho. south i,l building up their feeble coast delences, and in founding there such naval establishments such places of rendezvous and of safety iol the commerce of the west, as the veal of the commonwealth, the interests and honor oI the nation require.
 While we consider this subject in tho broad light of its national bearings and i'm portance, we think 1t neither ill-timed nol out of place to glance at it also in sectional point of view. The south and west have long silently and cheerfully submitted to the evils of the partial legislation imposed upon them by federal numbers. They have been taxed indirectly in the shape of tariffs of pro lection, and directly in the shape of tariffs O revenue The millions thus drawn iron them, whether collected at the federal toll gate or in the workshops of the protected la borer, have all been carried, for disbursement and circulation, to the north and the east There the fruits of protection have bee gathered and there, too, have been monop olized the magnificent appropriations for tn navy. Virginia and the north have clubbe together in this matter. Through the nav they have wrung from the south all the loca advantages that may be derived from it. Within the cold States of the north all ou navy-yards are to be found there our ship of war have been built and are repaired an, there the money appropriated for the increase improvement, and repair of the navy has beer expended. Whether these Statessalways in. cluding Virginia among them, have deliber ately agreed among themselves in this thing or not, matters little; the effect is the sam, as though they had. They have outvoted il 1 Congress, and have carried through wha bills they would. They have had the-pow to right the wrongs which, year after year ! i'"'S DSSti PAoNt"fS' tiChS PCh ViS oCNtii oiit west, but they would not Year after yea their language has been, Give give it is fol the navy, a common bulwark for the com mon good. Year after year the south and the west have stepped forward nobly, ant given freely; and year after year they have been freely Jeff to hold the bag. Thus they have been compelled to forego all the section tal advantages which the disbursement O large sums of public money has conferred upon Virginia and her northern confederates From Norfolk, on the Chesapeake, to Pas samaquoddy, in Maine, distance of sever hundred miles, there are not less than si, well-appointed navy-yards, which give con stant employment to thousands of our fellow citizens, and call yearly for the expenditure of millions from the public treasury. Fron Norfolk around by the Gulf of Florida to tht mouth of the Sabine, distance of two thou sand miles and more, the first dollar has ye to be expended in the building of ship fo the navy-we crave pardon of the Palmetto State and its noble matrons many years age I tho ladies If (tharlac top in chivolroYs. oop,