The Arkansas banner., 1845-11-26
PROSPECTUS
FOR PUBLISHING AT WASHINGTON A NEWsPAPE
 TO BE CALLED
 TEaE <'UNE@Ns''
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) : E the whol, establishment of the "Giobe, we propose publishing ashingtona paper, to bestyled
 FtfG UNION
 We approach the task before us with adeep sense Of the responsibility which We about to assume, aGs IotUitlout much djlideace o oal qualifications. W5 havc some acquaintance, indCed with the dutfes o aa editor Of newspaper built was acquired HPeH other theatres much more limited and less consPlca- ous than the Metropolis ol our ccnederaed and Wide- spread Republic.
 We cen scarcely be charged with any i4of@jaate vanity lh saying, that upon the success of our ins- tations depends ia great degree the destiny ot the oldest countries of Europe. A distant postcntg has deep interest in our fate. The blessings ot liberty are essential 10 the prosperity of the whole human race; and where are they spread out on so large q field ol action, as,rated by so many BEl2nt e%- ampics, as in these United States:
 Ne have only to realize them iH eHf own history aadiHuc happiness of ourpcopie toaPIead the flame i 6f Liberty over the EASTERN WORLD. Ne have only to perpetuate these blessings by preserving the sacred UNION of our Staes and there is TO assigna- bie limit 10 the prosperity which ina% enjoy, or the gofcs to which we may ascend h the scale eii Nations. Wehaye already wrought miracles enough o4taash tnl0,si gn tourist and all h1s pre1udices and to attract the curiosity, J not the adn1rauon, o i sYfope We have display the beheftsot LGBEErY and of UNION in a series ol phenomena, winch afa aii4ast calculated to surprise ourselves. Nliat can ke more remarkable, even in the present day than the snilt of enterprise and improvement winch per Vatpa tAtCSltsc SCHOOLS WHICH tiiHJ t-tN GlCt- ins.: the canals which they nave eXecutedi e more than l eco miles of railway which they have e9H- gfuct in less than twenty yeaIs the immense bod ies of land which they have redeemed iron the Wli- darness; the towns which they have streWn over the
 Yesl. inc multiplication of our people from three 10 twenty millions of souls the augmentation oi the number of our STATES from thirteen 10 tWehty=hine, including the three States of Florida, Iowa and Texas. which, as we write, we hope are now pro bahlv starting into existence!
 Westward the course of empire takes its way;
 The first four acts already past,
 A fifth sha close the drama with the day,
 Times uoblcst offspring IS the last
 lt is principallv the influence of the Free Iastitp tioas we possess and which were never dreamed oi more than hundred years ago, by the PhiosoPhc author of these beautiful lihe5 that has wrought 50 many achievements here. Liberty exeites man 10 fhini, for himself to cast off andqHated PfejHdlees, and to start in new career of improvement. It opens besides in this new country, as Il were, new a;ylum to the oppressed of all nations, which in de- eeit, eff the "Nativc American prejgdices oi the dav still continuos to invite other people 10 cultivate our aads and contribute to our progress. It ls our f7oe institutions, more than any other cause, winch are drawing sthe course of empire to the WESTERN HeRLD.
 Ne live, too, in an extraordinary age. Improve mplf seems t9 be the order of the day. Science Is shooting forth in all directions. Art is obtaining the most brilliant trumpIs over NATURE. I lie age i5 adyaHeins With the impetuoSiiy Of stcam tn which it's SC much indebted for it's progress. Commerce is expanding her wings under the impulse ef new aal siro ger principle. There seems indeed to bc no .nail o the progress of dscoTery. 8Gd 1t E u lAe midst of such age, and at he metropolis oI this great country, that we are about to erect GUT tent Tor the responsible purpose ct maintaining taa true principles oI ourinstltudonS We almost shrink back from the Cnlerprisc We have undertaken E5.t Na at least bring to the tas; spirit t6at 5 devoted to LIBERTY, to UNION, and to our 6oUNTRT; heart that is proud of inc name of AMER8e&&-some little experience in our business-a zeal that nothing can sa6iae, and all industry that fears no labor. With these feelings we come to throw elves upon the lhetahty ot Our countymcn. V trust thaI We shall receive, if we deserve, their support If we faiI in an enterprise which might almost appal the staatest spirit they WI! al least be liberal enough b ascfba 1t to the want Of power, and net of wito tha head that guides us, and not the heart that impei5 IS.
 0fona tdinG we may confidently assure the public VIC approach the task with the deepest reverence for the true theory of ouI political institutions. Cur coUiederatcd REPUBLIC IS making new and bold eXp6FmeHtin the SCIENCE oi GOVERNMENT. When we look to the original form ot tle Constitution We are indeed struck with it's novelty and beauty. We see in t an attempt to ascertain now fur power be so distributed between the two GoVER&1iENTs as to preycnLan cr:e5SiCe concentration and consequent abuse of it, in the Federal arm; al the same time that so mHcb pot0er was conveyed to each as to enable them to accompshth the objects to which each of them was best adapted.
 TheFEDERAL Government was Pfiaci9aliYt Ytowatch over onr Foreign Relations: htIi oi the States WAS particularly to take care of our internal concerns
 The Federal Government shapI have adequate powers to maintain the peace and he rights of the Union abroad; but q, home l,s office Is to assist in binding the Union together by tha benefits which t showers around Ii, within certain prescribed imS- leaving the great mass u local matters o the uIis- diction of ha STATES, which can bet5,r understand and more properly r,gul0te them. Keeping this gen era distinction in view, the Constitution las marked down the limits of tue Federal power, and ii should be the dutY of its authorities Ye.irousiF to prasorye thea. Dissolution on tAe one hand, and consalida- ton on tine other, being the eNsftmes which are t0 bc carefully avoided; the Constitution was so framed and the Government should b. so administered, as whilst thc Federal power exercises is legitimate uaetous, it sh0nll sacredly respect the RIGHT o' the States and thc riTh;5 oi thc People. The Fe5e- rai Government uus,, therefore, effemsmber, tat Ii has oay certain iimitsd powers, Hlieh are either Spcced in the Constitution its2ll, or NgiclmaV b. unnecessary oad proper' for carg}a cut the s6eci- fed powers. lt cannot pass these ljHjts with in. PHAity. Itcannot lntcr2o.ate any powers 5y forced or ac6ous construction, without producing some opposition from the parties to taa compact. O. soma remaastfanea from the People
 It would never do, indeed, 10 give an unlimited power 10 the Federal head over the local interests of the several parts. Our country covers an extensive empire, IL embraces great variety os climates and soiis, oi occupations and of interests Ihe obvious danger of loo much Federal Legislation is Of course q unequal degree. Whilst it seeks to administer the benefits t0 one sec,ion it may impose burdens upon another Nor does the mischief terminate hcrt.= laeqaaiiy produces complaint. ThesuiIering States become dissatisfied. One section moi only murmHs about the partia.ity shown to another bat against thP Government Whichcommits t. The Union Itself is less respected, because of the injustice which it displays. The only way of preventing these iniu- ras and these complaints is to administer the Gov erament within tie Limitations of the instrument, and in spirit which is calculated to equalize us far as possible, its benefits and its burthens amongst tl4e whoe UNION. In no other way can we prevent the Federal Government from rushing into schemes Of consolidation, orthe States into tendency towards dissolution. Ii we 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 measure which they may fancy to be ,necessary and proper" then power may be so augmented as in the progress of time, to amount 10 consolidation. Then we must extend the EXecvtive Department to carrv out tEese extended powers; hea as one of the cele brated resolutions of one Of the first States in the Union showed in '99, we should gradually merge into limited monarchy, flushed with power and fortified by patronage; or, must fly 10 the other fatal alternative-we must dissolve the UNION itself 10 recover our liberties; that Union which has been