The Arkansas banner., 1845-12-10
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 He approach the task before us with adecp sens, of t4e possibility which we about 10 assume and aot without muehdH.IeHce ot cur qualifications We have some acquaintance, indeed, with the duttei o dn editor ui newspaper. but 1t was acquired upol othcs theatres, mach more limited aud less eoasPleu oHs than The Metropolis oi our coatcderuted and wide spread Republic.
 We caH scarcely be charged with any iaordiaah vanity ia saying, tat upon the success of our insh tgiions depends in great degree the destiny oI iht eldest cogif5ies oi Europe. distant PosteftY ha. deep interest ia our fate. The blessings of liberty are essential to the prosperity ot the whole human race; and where they spread out on so large [ field of aeoa, or illustrated by many brilliant eX ampies, as in these United States?
 We have oaIy tn realize them in our own history and n the happiness ot people 10 spread the flame ol Hibcrty over the EASTERN WORLD. Ne have only tn perpeuate these blessings by preserving the sacred UNION of our States and there IS no ass5na- bIe limit 10 the prosperity which we may enjoy, ol Inc gories to which we may ascend in the scale 0! Nations. We have already wrought miracles ono1F T oastnnisa t4e foreign tourist amid all his prgudlc.s and lo attract the curiosity, Il not the admraion o Emope. Wchave displayedthc benefits oi LIBERTY and Ut UNION III q series or DutHotictl, WHICH 5z almost calculated to surprise ourselves. What eau ba more remarkable, even in the present day, than inc spirit of enterprise and improvement which per ,a,a5 pDr Slates-the schools which they are erect na: the canals which they have executed; the mefl fhan l,000 niles of railway which they have con- structcd in less than twenty years; the immense bed es of land which they have redeemed from tie Mi derness; the towns which they have stfeWa over the West; the multiplication of our paofle from three to twenty millions of souls; the augmentation ol the uumb1r of our STATES from thirteen 10 twenty including the thrse new States oi Fofda, Iowa and Texas, which, as We wife, We hope are now pro- bahlv <arag into existence?
 eWe.tWard the course ot empire takes Its way;
 The fist four acts already past,
 \ fifth sAall close the drama with the day,
 Times uobest offspring IS the last,o
 \ is principally the influence ot the Free lastitH- lions we possess, and which were never dreamed oI more than hundred years ago. by the philosophic aofbor of these beautiful lines that has wrought so many achievements here. Liberty eXeites man to think for himself 10 cast of antlquated preJudces, and to start in new career ot improvement. Ii opens besides in th;s country, as 1t were, new asylum to the oppressed oi all nations which Tn de spitc of the eNative American" prejudices of the aY still continues to invite other people to cultivate our lands, and contribute 10 our progress. ltis our free institutions, more than any other cause, winch are drawing .the course ot empire" to the N EsTERN WORLD.
 We live, too in an extraordinary age. Improve ment seems to be the order oi the day. Science Is shooting forth in all directions Art is obtaining the most brilliant trumphs oyer NATURE, The age is advancing With the impetuosity ol steam, tn which Il IS so much indebted for its progress Commerce Is expanding her wings under the impulse of new and stronger principle. There seems indeed to be no limit to the progress of discovery. Aid t is n the midst of such an age, and at the metropolis of this great country that we are ab9ut to erect our tent, !of the responsible purpose of maintaining the true prirciples of ourinstiuons. We almost shrink back from the enterprise We have undertaken. But we at least bring to the task spirit that Is devoted 10 LIBERTY, to UNION, and to our COUNTRY; q heart that is proud of the name of AMERfeA&-somel little experience .n our buslness-a zeal that nothing caT subdue, and an industry that fears no labor Wtl these feelings We come 10 throw ourselves upon th, lhetality ol eur countrymen We trust that we shal receive it We deserve their support If we fail II aa enterprise which might almost appal the soutes pirG they will at least be liberal enough to ascrib' it to the want ol power, an3 not o Wli-to the head that guides us, and not the heart thai impes us
 Ofone tiia5We may confidently assure the public wa approach the task With the deepest reverence to the true theory of ouI political institutions. Ou contedcratcd REPUBLIC IS making new and bolC cNperimentin the sCIENcEot GOVERNMENT. NheG w. fool, 10 tlla original form at the Constitution, W. are indeed struck With its novelty and beauty. w see in t an attempt to ascertain how far power cal b. so distributed between tde two GOVERNMENTS a to prevent an crce5sre concentration, and conseqUeH abuse Of it, in the Federal arm; at the same time tia So macE p0ET7 VI +-4-e2l- --2 10 e44pL tAem 10 accempshth the objects To which each ot then was best adapted,
 The FEnERAL Government was p5iaciP dlgtowatc )yer our Foreign Relations; That oi the States wa particularly to take of our internal concerns.
 The Federal Government shonld have adequat powers to maintain the peace and the tights of th Union ahroad but at home its office is to assist il hR nj sNirlic ich showers around il, within certain prescribed limits leaving the great mass of local matters to the iurs dction of the STATES, which can better undefstan and mora property regulate them. Keeping this gen erl distinction ia view, the Constitution has markc down thH limits oI the Federal power. and 1t shoRl he the duty of ls authorities reigiousy 10 preserv them. Dissolution on the one haad, and conSolida 1 tion on the other, being thc extremes which are { bo carefully avoided; the Constitution was so framed and the GoYetr,,,,.s s,.z.ld b. so administered. a j whist the Federal power exercises Us iu5:tImat unctions. 1t should sacrediy respect the RIGHTS tha States and the rights oi tha People. The Fedl ral Government must, therefore, cypr remember, th9 il has only certain limited powers, which are eith1 speeied iu the Consultation itself, or which may b necessary and proper for carrying out the speci fed powers t cannot pass these limits with i'm paniiv Itcauno. interpoate any powers by force or faetioas construction, without producing sem opposition from the parties 10 the compact, or som 1 rcmonstfauee from the People.
 IL would never do indeed, to give an unlimite power to the Federal head over the local interests i the several parts. Oay country covers an eNscnsv empire II embraces great variety el climates an soils Of occupations and of interests The obiou dlnger cl too much Federal Legislation is, ofeoars tha, il may affect these different interests in a yel l unequal degree. Whilst t seeks to administer tin benefits to section. 1t may impose burdens upo i another Nor dogs the mischief terminatG here 1 Inequality produces complaint ThesulleriaL StaI. become dissatisfied. One section moi only murmu about the partiaty shown to another but again the Government Whichcommitsi it. The Unoniise is less respected, because of the injustice which displays. Tho only way of preventing these injt res and these complaints is, 10 administer the Co, ernment within the limitations of the instrument an in a spirit which is calculated to eqHalize as far possible, its benefits and its buThens amongst til i whole UNION In no other way can we prevent tl Federal Government from rushing into schemes consolidation, or tie States into a tendency towar dissolution. i've permit the Federal Goyernmel systematically 10 adopt any rule of construction which may enlarge its powers at the expense of Il States, or of the paopia-if Congress may adopt m measure which they may fancy to be .necessarY aH proper" then power nay be so augmented as, in tI pro rress oI time to unoun; to consolidation IHa we must extend the Executive Department 10 carr out these extended powers; tbea, as enc of the cat bratad resolutions ot one of the first States in q Union showed in 93, We should gradually mers into a Hnitcd monarchy, flushed with power af 4 N