The Arkansas banner., 1845-07-23
PROSPECTUS
TOR PUBLISHING AT WASHINGTON NrwsrAF
V 1'ta N-7F F-E8F1fE HE ENEGN.'
TO THE PUBLIC.


 THE UNION"
 We approach the task before us with deep sense of the responsibility which are about 10 assume, and not without much dfiidenceo our qHahheailons We have some acquaintance, indeed With iae duiies of dn editor of newspaper huttt was acquired upon other theatres much more limited and less conspIcn ous than the Metropolis of our contederated and vide spread Republic.
 We can scarcely be charged with any iaJrdindte vanity in saying, that upon the success of our Hsti tutons depends in grea, degree the destiny of the oldest countries of Europe. distant pnstarity has deep interest in our fate The blessings oi liberty are essential to the prosperity oi the whole human race; and where are they spread out on 50 large field of action illustrated by many brilliant amples, as in these United States:
 We have only tu realize them in our own history, and in the happiness o people, o spread thr flame of Liberty over the EASTERN WORLD. Ne have only to perpetuate these blessings by pres ryng hc sacred UNION of our Siates, and there IS as~i9na ble limit to the prosperity which we ma4 enjoy, or the glores to which we may ascend in the scale oi Nations. We have already wrought miracles enough
 to astonsh the foreign tourist amid all his Prendices, and to attract the curiosity il not the admiration, ol Europe. We have display ed the benefsoi L1nERrF and of UNION in a series of phenomena, which are almost calculated to surprise ourselves. What cdH be more remarkable even in the present day, than the spirit of enterprise and improvement which per. vades our States-the schools which they eroGt- ing; the canals which they have executed; the more than 1000 miles of railway whieff they have con structed in less than twenty years the immense bod ies of land which they have redeemed from the will derness the towns which they have strewn over the West: the multiplication of our people from three 10 twenty millions of souls; the augmentation of the number of our STATES from thirteen to twenty including the three States of Florida, Iowa and Texas, which as we write, we hope are now pro bably starting into existence?
 'Westward the course of empire takes is way;
 The ftSt four acts already past
 A fifth shall close the drama with the day,
 Times noblest offspring is the last.
 It is principally the influence of the Free Tns6ta tons possess and which were never dreamed ei more than hundred years ago, by the philosophic author of these beautiful lnes that has wrought so many achievements here. Liberty ex .tes man to think for himself to cast of antquated preludlces and 10 start in a new career of improvement Il opens besides ill this new country, as Il Were new asylum to the oppressed oi all nations, which in de- spite of the "Native American prcudiccs of the day. still continues to invite other people 10 cultivate our lands and contribute to progress. Il IS or free institutions, more than any other eaHse which are drawing "the course of empire" to the WESTERN Womb.
 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 triumphs over NATURE. The age is advancing with the impetuosY of steam, to which it is so much indebted for it's progress. Commerce IS expanding her wings under the impulse et new and stronger principle. There seems indeed To be no limit to the progress ol discovery. And 1t IS ln the midst of such age, and at the metropolis of this great country, that about To erect onr tent, for the responsible purpose of maintaining the true principles ef ouri institutions. We almost shrink back from the enterprise we have undertaken. But at least bring to the task spirit that is devoted 10 LIBERTY, to UNION, and to our COUNTRY; a heart that Is proud of the name of AMERIcAN-some little experience in our busness-a zeal that nothing can subdue, and an industry that fears no labor. With these feelings We come to throw ourselves upon the Ebetaity of eur eountrymen. We trust that we shall receive, If we deserve, ,their support. If we fail in an enterprise which might almost appa the soutest spirit they will at least be liberal enough to ascrbe II to the want of power, and not ot Wilto the head that guides us, and not the heart that impes us.
 ofone t''ng we may confidently assure the public we approach the task with inc deepest reverence for the true theory ot our political institutions. Our coniederated REruRLIe is making new and bold experimental the scIENe E of GOVERNMENT. When we lookt the original form of the Constitution, we are indeed struck with its novelty and beauty. We see in t an attempt 10 ascertain how far power can be so distributed between the two GOVERNMENTS as 10 prevent erceSSre concentration, and consequent abuse of II, in the Federal arm al the time that so much p0'eer was conveyed to each as 10 enable them to accomplish the objects to which each of them was best adapted.
 The FEDERAL Governmentwas princpaHg watch over our Foreign Relations; ttat of the States was pdtieulGrly to take care of our internal concerns
 The Federal Government should have adequate powers 10 maintain the peace and the rights of the | Union abroad but al home it's office is 10 assist in binding the Union together by the benefits which 1t i showers around it, within certain prescribed limits leaving the great mass of local matters to the iuris diction of the STATES, which can better understand and more properly regulate them. Keeping this gen eral distinction in view the Constitution has marked down the limits of the Federal power and it should | be the duty of it's authorities religiously to preserve them. Dissolution the one hand and consolida- ton on the other, being the extremes which are to be carefully avoided; the Constitution was framed and the Government should be so administered, as whilst the Federal power exercises it's legitimate functions 1t should sacredy respect the RIGHTS of the States and the rights of the People. The Fede- ral Government must, therefore, remember. that it has only certain limited powers which are either specied in the Constitution itself, or which my be rnecessary and proper" for carrying ont the Speei- fled powers. II cannot pass these limits with im- punity. tcannotinterpolote any powers by 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 an unlimited power to the Federal head oYar the local interests of the several parts Our country covers an extensive empire Ii embraces great variety of climates ant soils, of occupations and of interests. The obvious danger of too much Federal Legislation is oC course that it may affect these different interests in very unequal degree. Whilst it seeks to' administer the benefits to one section, 1t may impose burdens 7lpen another. Nor does the mischief terminate hars.- Inequality produces complaint. The suffering States become dissatisfied. One section not only murmurS about the partiality shown to another but against the Government which commits it. The UaionitseIf 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 instrum mt and in spirit which is calculated to equalize as far as possible, its benefits and its burthens amongst the whole UNION. In no other way can we prevent the Federal Government from rushing into schemes ot consolidation, or the States into tendency towards dissolution. live permit the Federal Government systematically 10 adopt any rule of construction which may enlarge it's powers at the expense of the States, of the people-if Congress may adopt any which they may fancy to be ''necessary and proper,' then power may be augmented as, in the progress of time, 10 amount to consolidation Then we must extend the Executive Department to carry out these extended powers; then, of the cee- brated resolutions of one of the first States in the Union showed in 99, we should gradually norge into limited monarchy, flushed with power ant fortified by patronage; or, must fly 10 the other fatal alternatve-we must dissolve the UNION itself to recover our liberties that Unen which has been consecrated by the blood of our foIelathers; that Union, which Is so necessary to preserve ourtsali-