The Arkansas banner., 1845-11-19
PROSPECTUS
,R PUBLISHING AT WASHINGTON A NEWSPAPER
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 EHAHING purchased from Messrs Blairand KiFes the whole establishment ot the 'Uobe, we propose publishing atWashingon paper, to styled iffE aGNlGN."
 We upproach the task before us with deep sense of the spoasbility which about to assume. and not without mach diilidence of opl qualifications. We have some acquaintance. indeed, with tae deGes of an editor of newspaper, but 1t was acquired apoa other beutus, much more limited and less eonsPcu= sthaH inc Metropolis of fourconleaerated and vide spread Republic.
 We can scarcely be charged with any iaordfaats vanity a saying, that upon the success of our instl- tdioas depends in great degree the destiny oi The oldest countries ol Europe. distant posteliY has a deep interest ia our fate The blessings oi liberty are essential 10 the prosperity of the whole human Face: and where are they spread out on so large field ol action, illustrated hy many brilliant eI amPiss a- n these United States;
 Ne have only tl realize them in our own history and in te happiness at oaFPeePle, to spread he fame of Liberty over the EASTERN WORLD. Ne have only to perpetuate these blessings by preserving the sacred uNiaH of our States, and there IS no assiDt ble limit to the prosperity which we may enjoy or the glo5ies to which We may ascend in the seate q Aati0ns We have already wrought miracles enough asonish hetiofega tourist amid all his prejadces, a to attract the curiosity. if not the admlratlen of Fufope We have dispayedtle benefits ot LIBERTY and of UNION in Q series ol phenomena, which are almost calculated to surprise ourselves A nat can l ba more remarkable. even in the present day, than tie sDitit of enterprise and improvement which per, valas olr States-tha schools which they are erect ing: the canals which they have execHted5 the more dan 4 eco miles of railway which they have con stucfed in less than twenty years; the fnneisa bod les Of laud which they have redeemed from the Ilt- dsTuesg: the towns which they have streWn oyer Jae Vest tie multiplication of our people from three 10 twenty millions Of souls; tha augmentation oi be nunberof our STATES ron thirteen 10 tWentJ nine, including the thIee new States ot fionda, Iowa and Toxas, which, as We WILe, NC hope ase nov Ifo- bahif staFtng mo existence:
 eTestWari the course oi empire taxes Is 'fa.
 The h5st four ac,s already past
 A fifth shall close the drama with tae day, -Iime's nobcst offspring is tie last.
 # is principally the influence 0i the Free lastl-u- jions ws possess, amt which were never dreamed el more than hundred years ago, by the phllo5GPnIa author o these beaatiiuIiines, that has WF9H5at % ma8y achievements here. Liberty ex ,tes man to tliaI. for himself, to cast of anaqpated pfeladces, and 10 start it new careef ot improvement, 4t opens besides in this new country, as Il were, nei aSginm to tie oppressed of all nations which h ds- spite of the ..N3ti7e Anariean' prejadces of the day. sl coHtia4es einsite other people tocutiFate our lands an3 contribute to our piogIes It i5 OUT free institutions, more than any other ca4se M4lca aradraWng ..tie coHssa oI empire to thc | EsTHa# NoBLR.
 We i've. ino. ia an extraordinary age. Improve meat seems 10 be the order of the day. Science i5 shooting forth ia all directions Ar $ obtaining the most brilliant tfipmphs oyer NATURE. the az F advancing With the impetuos1ty ot steam, tn which il is so much indebted for is progress, Commerce is eXpaMaF her Wiags under the impulse ai neW and stronger principle. There seems indeed to be no limit to inc progress ot discovery. And it E ia the midsl oi such an age, aud at tle metropolis q this graat county, that We are a5oat 10 erect our teat, for thc responsible PutRese eI maintaining the trIe prrciples ofour institutions. We almsst shiias
 tsra t4,gt lll4 ff wa least bring to the task spirit that 3 devoted 10 I4rBERTY, to= UNION, and to our COUNTRY; heat that is proud Of inc name of AMERICAN Ii tie experience in our husness-a zeal that nothing caa suhiue, and an industry that fears no labor. With these feelings We come b throw ourselves upon tde li6etalt of our countgymen. We trust that we shaH receive, if deserve, their support. l We tait in an enterprise which might almost appal the 5tou,est spirit they will at least be liberal enough to asc5a 1t 10 the want o power, and not ot wii-to the head that guides us and not the heart that impels Us.
 Clone thing We may confidently assure the public we approach the task with the deepest reverence fer the true theory of our political institutions. Cur i coAledefated REPUBLIC IS making ne# and b9!d eXpermeatiR the SCIENCE Oi GOVERNMENT. When we look 10 the original form Di the Constitution, We are indeed struck with its novelty and beauty, Ne see in t aa attempt to ascertain how ar power can be so distributed between the two GOVERNMENTS as to prevent an escessre coace4rajou and consequent abuse of il, in the Federal arm; al the same time that so miet p8lecf was conveyed to each, as to enable them to accomplish the objects To which each oi them was best adapted.
 The eFrDERAL Government was principally toWltch over cur Foreign ReailonS; U0t Of the States was particularly 10 take care of our internal concerns.
 The Federal Government should have adequate powers to maintain the peace aud tha rights ef G4s Union abroad; bat at home, is cice is ta assist ii binding the Union together, hy the benefits which 1t showers around it. within certain prescribed Iiuts-- leaving the great mass o local matters to the Ggis dietion of the STATES, which can better understand and more properly regulate them, Keeping tais gen. cfai distinction in view, the Constitution has msrsed down th2 limits of the Federal poWer and it shatid be the duty of is authorities reij i0uslV t8 preserve then Dissolution on tha one b4ad, and couso!i3l- ton on the ether being the extremes Whch are to De carefully agei1ed the Consultation Was sso tramcd, | and the Government should b. so administered, as whilst the Federal power exercises is a,iualat3 actions, il should sacredy respect the RIGHTS o the States and the rights of the People. The Fo3e- ral Government must, therefore, cyerr2aen5er, tllat il has oaly certain limited powers, which are citHef specied n the Constitution itseit, of which may b. necessary and proper for carrying out the speci- fed powers. Il cannot pass these liuits With a- pgnty. dcannotialerpolato any p0Wcrs by | forced or iacuous construction, without prodacing some opposition from the parties to the compact, or some re.naastraace from the People,
 It would never do, indeed, to give aa unlimited power 10 the Federal head the local inleres ot the several parts. Our country covers an eteHs ge empire. It embraces great variety of climates and soils, of occupations and of interests 4he obvious danger oi too mach Federal Legislation is ofcoarsa, that it may affect these different interests in a very unequal degree. Whilst it seeks to administer the benefits to one section it may impose burdens upon another. Nor does the mischief terminate here.- Inequality produces complaint. Thesusariag States become dissatisfied. One section not only marnns about the paltality shown to another, but against 1 the Government twhchcommitst. The Unionitselt iS less respected, because of the injustice which it displays. The only way of preventing these inju- ries and these complaints is, to admiajsteG the Cey- emment within the limitations of the instrument and in spirit which is calculated to eqaslize, a5 far as possible is benefits and its burth6as amongst the whole UNION. In no other way can we prevent the ! Federal Government from rushing into schemes ol consolidation. the States into tendency towards dissolution. Ii We permit the Federal Government systematically to adopt any rule of construction. which may enlarge is powers at the expense ef tae States, or of the peope-if Congress may adopt any measure which they may fancy to be 'pecessary and proper" then power may be augmented as, in the progress Of time, 10 amount to consolidation IHea. i we must extend the Executive Department to carry oat these extended powers Hea as one of the cele- brated resolutions of one of the first States in the Union showed in 90, we should gradually merge intN Eaaffa1 ,ne sf,. r,,eb bAl T