The Arkansas banner., 1844-12-18


 hosts of armed men. We cannot dwell up- on this picture without recognising in it that deep and devoted attachment on the part of
 the People. to the institutions under which
 we live, which proclaims their perpetuty.- The great objection which has always pre-
 vailed againsted the election, by the People,
 of their Chief Executive officer, has been
 the apprehension of tumults and disorders which might involve ill rum the entire GoV-
 emment. A security against this, IS found
 not only in the fact before alluded to, but Ill
 the additional fact that we live under con-
 federacy embracing alreadlng twenty-six
 States Zone of which has power to con-
 trol the election The popular vote ill each State is taken at the time appointed by the laws. and such vote Is announced by it's Elec-
 toral College, without reference to the dcci-
 sion of the other States. The right of sut- frage, and the mode of conducting the elec-
 ton, is regulated by the laws of each State ; and the election Is distinctly iederatlve Ill all
 it's prominent features. Thus 1t IS that, un- like what might be the results under con- solidated system, rotons proceedings, should they prevail, could only affect the elections in single States, without disturbing, to any
 dangerous extent, the tranquility of others.
 The great experiment of political confed-
 eracy-ecah member of which is supreme
 as to all matters appertaining to Its local ill.,
 terests, and its internal peace and happiness,
 while by voluntary compact with others,
 it confdes 10 the united power of all, the protection of its citizens, in matters not do- mestic-has been so far crowned with con- plete success, The world has witnessed its rapid growth ill wealth and population and, under the guide and direction of superin- tending Providence, the developments of the past may be regarded but as the shadowing forth of the mighty future. In the bright prospects of that future, we shall find, as patriots and philanthropists, the highest in- ducements to cultivate and cherish love of union, and to froWn down every measure or effort which may be made to aIienate the States, or the People of the S:ates, in senti- ment and feeling, from each other A rigid and close adherence to the terms of our po- litical compact, and, above all, sacred ob- servance of the guaraRties of the Constitu- ton, will preserve union on foundation which cannot be shaken; while personal liberty is placed beyond hazard or jeopardy. The guarantee of religious freedom, of the freedom of the press, of the liberty of speech, of the trial by jury, of the habeas corpus, and of the domestic institutions of each of the States-leaving the private citizen i'll the full exercise of the high and ennobling at tributes of his nature, and to each State the privilege, which can only be judiciously ex- erted by itself, of consulting the means best calculated to advance its own happiness ;- these are the great and important guarantees of the Constitution, which the lovers of lib- erty must cherish, and the advocates of union must ever cultivate. Preserving these, and avoiding all nterpolations by forced con- struction, under the guise of an imagined expediency, upon the Constitution, the ill., duence of our political system IS bound to be as actively and as beneicially felt on the distant shores of the Pacific, as 1t is now on those of the Atlantic Ocean. The only for midable impedments in the way of its sue cessful expansion (time and space) are so far in the progress of modification, by the improvements of the age, as to render no longer speculative the ability of Representa- tives from that remote region to come up to the Capitol, so that their constituents shall participate in all the benefits of Federal legis lation. Thus 1t is that, in the progress of time, the inestinable principles of civil llb- erty will be enjoyed by millions yet unborn, and the great benefits of our system ot Go- vernment be extended to now distant and regions. In view of the vast I1o ,,nl1 invite the lover of freedom, of every land, to take up his abode among Us, and assist us in the great work of advancing the standard of civilization, and giving wider spread to the arts and reinemens of cultivated llle.- Our prayers should evermore be offered up to the Father of the Universe for His wisdom to direct us in the path of our duty, so as to enable us 10 conSummate these high pur- poses.
 One of the strongest objections which has been urged against confederacies, by writeas on Government, is, the liability of the mem- bers to be tempered with by foreign Govern ments, or the People of foreign States, eith- CT in their local affairs, or in such as affected the peace of others, or endangered the safe ty of the whole confederacy. We cannot hope to be entirely exempt from such at temps on our peace and safety. The United States are becoming too important in popu- lation and resources not to attract the obser- vaion of other nations. It, therefore, may, in the progress of time, occur that opinions entirely abstract ID the States in which they may prevail, and in no degree affecting their domestic institutions, may be artfully, but secretly, encouraged with view to under mine the Union. Such opinions may be- come the foundation of political parties, un- til at last, conflict of opinion, producing an alienation of friendly feeling among the Peo- pie of the different States, may involve in one general destruction the happy insttu- tions under which we live. It should ever be borne in mind, that what is true in regard to individuals, is equally so ill regard to States. An interference of one in the affairs of another, is the fruitful source of family dissensions and neighborhood disputes; and the same cause affects the peace, happiness and prosperity of States It may be most