The Arkansas banner., 1845-08-13
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 Ne approach fine tost before uS with adeep sense of the responsibility wHob we are about 10 assume. a8f u0t Witl0ut bJ.ta 65tieRee of our qualifications. We haVesome acquaintance, indeed with the duties CT ao a3tor ot newspaper bat t was acquired upon otirrthearss, much mere limited and less conspieu- ousthapte Metropolis oi ioureoaIcderated and vide
 Ne can scsecely be charged with any iaor3iao,c vanity ih saying, that upon tho success of our insi- tlions depends ia great degree ihe destiny of the oldest countries of Europe. A distant postcrity has deep interest in our fate The blessings of liberty are eSsent1i to the plesPerity ol the whole human race; and where afa theY spread cat on so large a field of action CT Illustrated by so many brilliant eX- amples e in these United States?
 We ha9e only ta&aiize them in our own history, and thahappiae o ourpeeple to spread ihe flame oi Libertg over tte EASTERN WORLD. We have only ta perpetuaie these blessings by preserving the saefcd UNION Of ouf States, and thcre is as5igna ble lmi 10 t'le prosperity which we may enjoy, or the glories 10 which may ascend in the scale of Nateas Nehare already wrought miracles enough tn asionish inc toferu tourist amid all his preudiees and te attract the curiosity ii moi the admiration of Europe. Ne have disHlaEedthe benefits of LfBEBTY and of UE19N in d series of pheaomena, which are almost calculated to surprise ourselves. N hat can be mare remarkable, even ia the present day, than the sRhil of enterprise and improvement which per vades our Sates-the schools which they are erect iae; tbe canals which tHay have executed; the more than 4.edo miles of railway which they have con stractnd n less than twenty years; the immense bod ics of land which thcY have redeemed from the Wil- darness; the towns which they have sreWu oecr the Vest; tke multiplication uf our people frem three ta twenty millions oi souls; the augmentation of the numherefnur STATES lIan thirteen To twenty nine including the three new Sjltes o! Florida, Iowa and peNas which. as we write, Ne hope are now pro. baby starting into existence
 sNestNard the eo,ase of empire take5 is way,
 The fast iaHr actS already past,
 \ f!tti sha close the drama with the day,
 Times noblcst offspring is the last
 lis principally the influence of the Free Iastitd- tlana N possess, and which were never dreamed of more than hgRifed years age, bf the philosophc aajher ei these baauui Hes, that has wrought SO many achievements here. Liberty ex,ites man 10 think for himself to east Of aHtiq4ated PreI9dces, and to s.ait ia a ha& eareet of improvement. It opens besi3as ia tbis Haw country as were, ne9 asylum te lie oppressed ai al natieas, which in de- spite of the '.Nltiye Ametitan' prciadices of the day, still continues to iage oGer people to cultivate OFT lands, and contribute to our progress. l. is free institutions, more than any othur cause, which ara drawing the ceuiso oi empire 10 tic WESTERN WORLD.
 We i've too, in an extraordinary age. Improve. ment seems 10 be the order of tbe dlY. Science Is shooting forth iH al directions Af 5 obtaining the most brilliant tflae4pAs esof MATURE. The age is advancing with the impetuosty of steam, to which il s So much indebted for its progress. Commerce
 s1 and strougcr ptHeipie. There seems indeed 10 be na limit to tEe pfeEress al discovery. And il is in tha mdsl of such aa age, and at the metropolis of tHl5 great county Cat We afe about to erect our teat, for tla raspoasihe purpose of maintaining tie trae principles ei contradictions. NealmOs shrink back from the eRtaFTHisa He have undertaken. But We it least hfias ta the task spirit that Is devoted taLtaERrYs ta UNION, and ta oar COUNTRY; a heart that E proud Q. ihe name ot A@EEIf tS-some little experience in our bu5incss-a zcal that nothing can sH#44sfn ana sl fi1gf taese ieeogs NC come t0 throw ourselves upon the h5efailty ut 3ug comlrymea. M trust thatWa shall receive, Il W2 dGsAHe their support If we fail in 1 an enterprise which mgAt almost appal tho slnulcst spirit, they VII a least be liberal enough to ascrbo It to the waat of power and not of will the head that guides us, aud pei the heart that imnels us.
 Clone tiung wemaY confidently assure the public W approach the task with to deepest reverence for the true theory ot oHr political institutions. Our coHleierated REpUELIU is making q new and bold | experiment. the SCIENCE NeEofGoYERyHENr When We look to the original form of the Constitution, we are indeed struck with is novelty and beauty. We see ln it an attempt to ascertain how ar power can be so distributed haiWecnthe two GOVERNMENTS as 10 prevent an egcc@iee concentration and consequent aaase ol H. n Che Federal arla; a, the same nn that So much foe7 was conveyed o cach as to enable them to accomplish the objects 10 which each of them was best alaptaI.
 The FEDERAL Government Was principally ytowatch over our Foreign Relations; itaf of N6e Slates was
 
 The Federal Government sbouil have adequate powers 10 maintain the peace and the rights of the Union abyoal; hatat home it's office is to assist in binding the Union tog3ther, by the benefits which it Sa9%ela around 1t, Nsbla eerala prescribed limits leaving tac great mass u local matters to the nrs- detloa oi the STATES, which can better understand and more properly regpaie them. Kecping this gen eIal distinction n view le Constitution has marked ! down le limits of tha Federal powar and it should be the daty o iI authorities reliiesfv to nrnser, gsatf ten oR the ether being the extremes which are to De carefully areded; taeGoasttution was SO framed and the Government should be so administered as whist iRe Federal power exercises it's legitimate slhclohs, il sheud secrodY respect the RIGHTS of the ot1tes and ihe rights ui Che People. The Fede- ral Government must therefore, ever remember that It has only certain limited powers which are either speeled n the Constitution itself or which may be necessary ana proper for carrying out the speci- ned powers. lt eauaot pass these limits with im- PahtY, Heaanol lo'erpolate any powers by forced or lactoUs construction, without producing some opposition irum tie parties t0 the compact or some renoastrance Gtoa the People
 i' would never do, indeed, to give an unlimited power 10 tae Federal hedd over the local interests of be several parts Our country covers an extensive eiapsre. l. embraces great variety oi climates and soiiS, oi occupations and ol interests The obvious danger oi too much Federal Legislation is of course lhat 1t may affect lesc different interests in a vefV uheqaal degree. Whilst t seeks to administer the
 { another. Nor does the mischief terminate hert.-l Inequality produces complaint. Thcsu.erinq States become dissatisfied One section not only nurnurs about tia paruahty shown 10 another, but against the GoFera@eRt Waiehcommitsi it The Union itself IS less respected, because of the injustice which il displays The only way of preventing these iniu- res and these complaints is, to administer the Gov efnment within 2 limitations ol tae instrument. and n spirit which is calculated b eqaalize as far as possible, is benefits an1 its hurh5ns amongst inc whole UNION. In no other way can we prevent the Federal Government from rushing into schemes of consolidation, or tla States inc tendency towards Il We permit the Federal Government systematically 10 adopt aay rule of construction. which may enlarge its powers at the expense of the States, or oi the peopIe-if Congress may adopt any measure which they may fancy to he ..necessary and proper, then power may be 50 augmented as, in the progress of time, to amount to consolidation. 7aea we must extend the Executive Department to carry out these extended powers; fteR as one of the cee- brated resolutions otone of the first States in the Union showed in 60, we should gradually merge into llnlted monarchy, flushed with power and { fortified by patronage; or, NC must fly 10 the other fatal alternaiiNe-we must dissolve the UNION itself 10 recover our liberties; that Union, which has been