The Arkansas banner., 1845-11-12
PROSPECTUS
FOR PUBLISHING AT WASHINGTON A NEWSPAPER
 TO RE CALLED
 THE "UNEGbN.''
TO THE PUBLIC.

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 TO THE PUBLIC.
 I HAVING purchased from Messrs. Blair and iiyes
 4 the whole establishment of the "Globe,a' we propose publishing atWashingtona paper to be styled THE "UNl0N.2
 We approach the task before us with a deep sense of the responsibility which we are about to assume, and not without much diidence of our qualifications. We have some acquaintance, indeed, with the duties oi an editor oi newspaper, butt was acquired npon other theatres, much more limited and less consPicu- sthant the Metropolis Of coniederacd and vide spread Republic.
 i We can scarcely be charged with any ioordiaate "anltY in saying that upon the success of our insi tuions depends in great degree the destiny of the oldest countries o Europe. 4 distant postelity has deep interest in our fate. The blessings of liberty are essential o the prosperity of the whole human race; and where are they spread out on 90 large a field of action, illustrated by many brilliant e1- amples, as in these United States!
 Me have only b realize them in our own history, and the happiness oi oprpeopie tospread the fame of Liberty over the EASTERN WORLD. Ne nave only 10 ferpetudte these blessings by preserving the sacred uNfoH of oar States, and there is ass5na- bia limit 10 the prosperity which We may enjoy, or the glories To which we may ascend in the scale el Nations. Wehave already wrought miracles enough astoaish the foreign toust amid all his preudiees, and to attract the curiosity, il not he admiration, ot # EHrope. We have dis play edtae bsneHIsoi LtBEETl and oI UmoE in series of phenomena, which afe a,uost calculated to surprise ourselves. ' hal can i ie more remarkable, even in the present day. tau ] the sprit of enterprise and improvement when per yadss cur Stajcsthr schools which they are erect iae; the cJnais which they haze executed; the more ! taan ,G09 miles of railway which they have con- stucted in less than twenty years; the Immense boI- ies er land which they have redeemed i5oa the vii dagnnss the towns which they have stf@AYn over the Vest ke multiplication oi our people from three to twenty millions of souls; the augmentation of the number of our STATES from thirteen to twenty nna, including the three new States ol Florida, iowa and Tcxas, which, as we wfte, we hope are now Pga- baElv starting into eXistenceo
 s.Westward the course of empire takes its way;
 The fist four acts already past,
 4 fifth shali close the drama with the day,
 Times nobes offspring Is tie last"
 Ii is nyineiDaIv the inlu. nee of the Free Instu- tions NC possess, and which were never dreamed of mare than hundred years ago, ny the ph!osopbic autbor of these beautiful fines, that has wrought so many achievements here. Liberty eNeites m}A to think fer himself, to cast oil aniiqgated prjQdices, and to start in eaW career ot Improvement. Ii opens besides a this new country, as il Were new asylum To the oppressed o all nations, which h 6s spite Of tha "NdtiTe Aatfleaa pF9]udicss ol the day still continues io lnIte other psope U cultivate our lans and e0Htrh0ta to o9r p.osiess. Ii is cur free institutions, than any other cause, which are drawing "the coutSe o1 empire to the N EsfLHN WoBLp.
 We i've, too in an extraordinary age. Improve
 
 shooting to6h ia all directions. Art is obtaining tae most brilliant trumphs over NATURE. The age is advancing with the imPetuostY o steam. tu Winch t is so much indebted for is progress, Commerce i5 expanding her wings under the impulse ei a neW and stronger principle. There seems indeed io 1e no limit to the progress ol discovery. And il is ia the midst of sdeh an are, and at the metropolis e. this great country, that We are about 10 erect our tent for the responsible purpose oi maintaining lie true principles ot OHrinsluuons Ne alinest shrink back from the enterprise We have undertaken But we al least bring to tie task spirit hat E derozs3 to LIBERTY, to UNION, and Co ouF COUNTRY; heart that Is proud of t5e nama oi AMERICAE--sGme iitte eXpefieuce in our busiHass--l zeal that nothing eaH sHbdae, and aa industry that fears no labor. Hl.h these feelings we come to throw ourselves upon tc iihafality oi urcounrymen. We trust that NJ saai receive il We deserve, their support IT we fail i an enterprise which aigat almost aFpa tle steutat spirit tcy viii at least be liberal enough to ascriba 1t to the want ol po@er and not oi Wilt-o tAe head that g3.ide5 us, and not the heart tAat inpea us. Ofoae taingWe nay confidently assure taeP Puaiie- We approach the task with the deepest reverence for the ttae theory ol oai political Institutions. Our conederaed R&rUHEIc Is making n=W and boil | eXpeumcutinthe sctENeEol Go3 ERSMENr. When We lock 10 the crir rnll i9fn ot tae Constitution, Wc are indeed struck witls it5 novelty and beauty. Ne see in an attempt to ascertain a@ far power can be so distributed between the two GOVERNMENTS as to prevent au eeceSSire c3nceHt{9} and c0nSedHeHt abuse of it, in the Federal arH; at the Da Chat so mRcd p9,r0 WsS conveyed t3 oGeh to eaabie them to accomplish the objects O winch each of lcn w0s best adapted.
 TheFNpeRAL LGoYefnmeut was priaei07}Ytowateh over our Foreign Relations; H0i Ol the States was pattjcGiaf}9 to lake care oi or internal c0nerrUs
 The Federal Government shogt have adeqH}:e powers ta maintain the peace and the rights ot the Union abroa5; but al haAe lt5 oGea i5 t9 assist I binding the Union together ky tba benefits witch ii showers around t, within certain preserib Hus- leaving the great ol Iecai matters to the dais- dictou of the STATES, which can better understand and more properly regulate them. Keeping gthi' gen ca distinction il view, tae Constitution haS marked down the mits of taa Federal power, and il si}oQld b. the duty o is authorities reb slopslY 10 preserve them. Dissolution on tine one hand, aad C0nsodd- tioa en the other, being the extremes which ar, 10 he carefully ayoidei; the Constitution was 30 framed, and the Government should b. so administered as whilst the Federal power exercises is legitimate unctionS, ii should saered5 respect tde RIGHTS ot the States and the rights ol the People. The lcla- i rd Government must, therefore, ger remember, hat i has oaly certain Hmited powers, which are either speeled in the CoHstl,ldon iisalf, or which miv be unnecessary and ptoPero fer carrying cut tha seaci- fed powers. ltcaaaot pass te5a limits witt iin- puAity. Itcannot iuterpoate any powers by forced 1 or factions construction, without producing some opposition from the parties to the compact, or some remonstgance from the People.
 Il would never dc, iud5Gd 10 give an unlimited power 10 the Federal head over the local interests o tha several pafts Our country covers an extensive emplre. II embraces great variety oi climates and soils oi occupations and of interests. The obvious danger of loo much Federal Legislation is el course. that may affect these different interests in a very unequal degree. Whilst il seeks to administer the benefits to oae section, it may impose burdens upon another. Nor does the mischief terminate hert- Inequality produces complaint. The suffering States become dissatisfied. One section not only murnurs about the partiaiity shown to another, but agaias the Government whichcommtSi it. The Union itself Is less respected because of the injustice which 1t displays. The only way of preventing these iaju- ries and these complaints s 10 administer the Gov erament within tbe Limitations of the instrument and in spirit which is calculated to eqGalize as fg as possible, is benefits and is burthens amongst the whole UNION. la no other way can we prevent tae Federal Government from rushing into schemes of consolidation or the States into tendency towards dissolution. five permit the Federal Government systematically 10 adopt any rule of construction which may enlarge its powers at the expense of the States or of the peope-it Congress may adopt any measure which they may fancy 10 be unnecessarily and proper, then power may be augmented as in the progress oi time, 10 amount to consolidation THea we must extend the Executive Department 10 carry ont these extended powers; dea as one of the cale brlted resolutions of one of the first Stles in the Union showed in a99, we should gradually merge into limited monarchy, flushed with power and fortified by patronage; or, we must fly 10 the other fatal alternatlve-we must dissolve the UNION itself 10 recover our iher,ies that UAion which has heen