The Arkansas banner., 1845-12-24
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FOR PUBLISHING AT WASHINGTON A NEwsPAPE
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 We approach the task before us with q deep sense of the responsibility which we are about to assume, and not without much difdence ot our qualifications. We have some acquaintance, indeed, with the dGtIes oi an editor of anewspaper but 1t acquired upon other theatres much more limited and conspleu- GUS than the Metropolis contederated and wide spread Republic.
 We can scarcely be charged with any iaordiaate pany in saying, flat upon the success ot our ins4- tutons depends in great degree the destiny of the oldest countries Of Europe. distant posterlty has a deep interest in fate. The blessings Of liberty are essential e the prosperity of the whole human race; and where are they spread cut on so large a field of action, or illustrated by so many brilliant eX- ampes as in these United States?
 We have only te realize them in our own history, and the happiness of oarpeeple, to spread the flame oi Liberty oyer the EASTERN NoRLD. Me have only to perpctuate these blessings by preserving the sacred UNION of our States, and there IS no assigha ble limit 10 the prosperity which we may enloy, or the eleqies to which may ascend Tn the scale oi Nations Wehave already wrought miracles enough
 a3onish the foreign tourist amid all his preJudiees
 and to attract the curiosity II n0 the admiration, o Europe. We have display theb2n ol LlhERry and of UNIeH in series of phenolnena which are almost calculated to surprise ourselves. 6 hat c2a ba moro fetidEkdbits CAGu ii tt@ ii.N1tit 't'' inc spiIit of enterprise and improvement which per yadcs our States-the schools which they are erect inc he canals which they have executed; the more than 1000 miles of railway which they have con slructedn in less than twenty years; the immense boa- ies of land which they have redeemed from the Wli- drrness; the towns which they have srewn over the West; the multiplication Of our people from three 10 twenty millions of souls; the augmentation oi the number of our STATES from thirteen 10 tWenty-hlhc including the three new States ol Florida Iowa and Texas, which, as we write, we nope are no" F'o- babIy starting into eXlstence'
 sWestWafd the course ol empire takes It's way
 The fist four acts already past,
 A fifth shall close the drama with the day,
 Times noblest offspring is the last
 Il is principally the influence oi the Free lh7tl'u lions we possess, and which were never uFSalea ol more than hundred years aGo, by the phHosopAc author Of tbesa beautiful lines that has wrought so many achievements here. Liberty eX sites man 10 tbink for himself to cast of antiqqaed preludiees, and 10 start in a new career ol improvements It opens besides in this new county as II were, new asvlum to he oppressed of a nations, which in de- spite of the "Native American prejudices oi the day. still continues to invite other people to cultivate our lands and contribute to our progress Itls our free institutions more than any other cause, winch are drawing "the course of empire to the EsFERa WORLD.
 We live too in an extraordinary age. Improve ment seems to be the order of the day. Science Is shooting forth in all directions Art is obtaining the most brilliant trumphs over NATURE. The age IS advancing with the impetuosity oi steam, to winch it is so much indebted for it's progress. Commerce is expanding her wings under the impulse of q new and stronger principle. There seems Indeed to De no limit 10 the progress of discovery. And il IS In the midst of such an age, and at the metropolis oi this great country, that are about to erect our tent for the responsible purpose oi maintaining the true principles o OUT institutions. Me almost shrlnS back from the enterprise we have undertaken. But bTin t1 tha tsstE Ia 10 LIBERTY, to UNION, and to our COUNTRY; heart that is proud of inc name of AMEEIcAN-some little experience in our business-a zeal that nothing can subduc, and an industry that fears no labor. With these feengs we come to throw ourselves upon the iihetality of our eouhrymen. We trust that We shall receive it we deserve. their support. If we fail in an enterprise which might almost appal the 5toatest spirit they will at least be ibera enough to ascrbe it to the want of power and not of wiilto the head that guides Us, and not the heart that impels us.
 Ofona thing we may confidently assure the public
 we approach the task with the deepest reverence for the true theory of ouI political institutions. Our coniedcrated REPUBLIC Is making new and bold eXperimcntin the SCIENCE oi GOVERNMENT. When we look to the original form e the Constitution, we are indeed struck with it's novelty and beauty. We see in an attempt to ascertain how far power can be so distributed between the two GOVERNMENTS as to prevent ercessre concentration, and consequent abuse of it. in the Federal arm; at the same time that so much power conveyed to each, as 10 enable taem to aecomplshthe objects 10 which each ol them was best adapted.
 The FEDERAL Government was principally owatch over our Foreign Relations; Int of the States was particularly to take of our internal concerns.
 The Federal Government should have adequate powers to maintain the peace and the rights ot the Union abroad; but at home, is office is 10 assist in binding the Union together, by the benefits which 1t showers around it. within certain prescribed ilmlts leaving the great of local matters to the luris dcton of the STATES which can better understand and more properly regulate them. Keeping this gen. era distinction in view the Constitution has marked down the limits of the Federal power, and 1t should be the duty of it's authorities regionsy 10 preserve them. Dissolution the one hand, and consolida- tian on the other, being tine extremes which are to be carefully avoided; tue Constitution was so framed, and the Government should be So administered, as whilst the Federal power exercises its Legitimate unctons, 1t should sacredly respect the RIGHTS of the States and the rights of the People. The Fede- ral Government must therefore, ever remember, that
 it has only certain limited powers. which are either Specied in the Constitution itself, or which may be snecessary and proper for carrying out the spec- fled powers It cannot pass these limits with i'm punity Itcannotinterpolate any powers by a forced or iactious construction, without producing some opposition from the parties to the compact or some remonstrance from the People.
 It would never do, indeed, to give aa unlimited power to the Federal head over the local interests ol the several parts. Our country covers an extensive empire. IL embraces great variety of climates and soils, of occupations and of interests The obvious danger ol too much Federal Legislation s of eourse that it may affect these different interests in very unequal degree. Whilst it seeks to administer the benefits to section, it may impose burdens upon another Nor does the mischief terminate here- Inequality produces complaint The suffering States become dissatisfied. One section not only murnurS about the partiaty shown to another but against the Governmentwhich commitsit The Unoh itself
 IS less respected, because of the injustice which it displays. The only way of preventing these iniu- ries and these complaints is, to administer the Gov ernment within the Limitations of the instrument and in a spirit which is calculated to eqaaize as far as possible, its benefits and it's burhens amongst the whole UNION. In no other way can we prevent the Federal Government from rushing into schemes ol consolidation, or the States into tendency towards dissolution. If we permit the Federal Government systematically 10 adopt any rule of construction, which may enlarge its powers at the expense of the States, or ot the peepe--f Congress may adopt any measure which they may fancy to be s.necassary and proper, then power may be so augmented as in the progress of time, 10 amount 10 consolidation Then. we must extend the Executive Department 10 carry out these extended powers; Nea as one of the cele- bated resolutions of one of the first States in the Union showed in go, we should gradually merge into limited monarchy, flushed with power and fortified by patronage; or, must fly to the other fatal alternative-we must dissolve the UNION itself 10 recover our liberties that Uuon which has been consecrated by the blood of our ioreiathers; that Union, which Is so necessary to preserve our tram