The Arkansas banner., 1845-03-19

pressed by his friend from kentucky ii the very eloquent perorauen ot his speech ol Yesterday. Hls friend mad tried to bnd the Union toge.he i bonds oi adalnanl, but eX- psienced great jealousy, as II would Seeh' l. in extending is benefits to others. Henry IF. had conceived the great aihl noble design of dividing Europe into independent Govern meat5, wilh the.purpose oi enforcing among ttefa tie principles of free trade and pre- venting wars but he was cut oil Ill the midst ol his noble efforts to accomplish 6y war plan so magniicent But OUT eXteH- sion oi free tsa4e and its benefits would ali be peaceful. Texas was ready to rush into our arms with enthusiastic joy. Aad when we had received her, the elements of our ua- tioaal pro operity would be complete.
 But tla great advantage of this new state of things would flow above all to the navl- ealias Sales ot she Union. The rich pro- ducts of Texas would be 0dtied over the world by new England nayigatofs. The caasyag uaGe would be increased beyond conception. And how would 1t be with man. utactures? On lbis subject the great ques- ton was whether the people ol Texas were to De supplied with manufactured goods from England or from the United Sta,ess Il she remained independent site #oHtd inevitably draw hersupFlieslrom England: i'she should be admitted, she would derive them from the United States. This was q great national question. bIf. B.'s own eity, Piusbafg, the Birmingham 6f America, would have her markets extended and her manufactures in- creased by the admission. All the money l interests of the country combined to demand it; besides those iucomparahly higher, the interests of the national peace and tho na- tiofal glory.
 h opposition to the doctrine held by the Senator from Kentucky; aIr. Morehead,) ; }fr. B. eontended that the admission q Tex as would bind this Union together by bonds still stronger than those which bad Jhas far united Us. The time wss forever past when 1 Ii Was supposed that tI5e extension o3# the Union would diminish is strength ZtTeu- ments drawn from Rome had no application. Rome sGhj hjected the nations hy military pow CT; she conquered them bg her ihviHcibc arms, and made nation attef nation pas t1l- der the yohc:-her dominion, especially 10 the remoter provinces. Was tae aubiaafN dic- tation oI d tyfaat. Iierpower was ob.ained aad upheld hY her armies; but in process of tima.sae was corfHPied by wee her soIdierv be aae eilhmiaate; military yirtae declined and ddiSaGpeafell, aud thea the Go,ds and the Na4daIs poured ia countless hotdes from the Northern hHe. and destroyed and Iaid waste haf provinces and took captive the mistress ei tHe W0ri#t.
 I:H5 how was t here: Ne subjected ao- boaY. The Wagid had become atacaed t0 eeeltee system of Government by is bes- sings alone. Texas, 50 laf from being forced ta submit to OFT arms, esteemed it grea, and afauabie privilege To be permitted lo ioin oar coatelieeacF. Saetl MS the te ling oi efesE nee Szate taat had beaA received iu- to t. Who HazE efer heaf5 the fist word from any of faa aeW States about dissolTing t.te taieu? No nan. They felt their de- Peade#ce oH tAe# central power: and t3ey had always showed themselves lruer to the Union ttaa any other ui li5 members Ney- CT had Louisiana, CT Indiana, or Illinois, CT Michigan, CT AfSaasas, Iltted up Pafaeidel hands against tae Government that received them. Sales at Ihe eXtremities were the first 10 realize their dePendfnee. Aud on this very principle Texas, when admitted, would probably be the most loyal of any State among Us. The external pressure was of it. seit su.iicient fo secure the more central S.a.es firm to their aIieaaacc They had had Il NhsaeE iasucrectioa ia PennsyIyania there had been q Hartford Convention in New England, and we had seen Modification in South Carolina; hut in tile new States noth- lag ha,i ever oceued to disturb the uajiond tranquility. h extending ttie bounds of the Union, however, Mr 3. was not for going beyond the Rio tel Norte. Beyond that gseat natural boundary be never Wo9Il con seat to go. II. zlalsoa d4d sad that the natural limits ol a democracy wce set by the possibility of the peoples gathering to- gether in one assembly; aad those of a rep resentaYe republic were in like manner cir cam5eflbed by lhe possibility of the repre- seataiives assembling regularly for the traus- action Of the public business.
 4PPiy thjs test to our circumslaHces- Time and space had both been in d manner aaH1taied bF tae modern application ot the poWeroi stedin, and now regions once deemed remote Were brought almost mto uAtaposi- ton. here Was therefore Ho difficulty oil that score. lle,co0sidered the Rio de Nore ho#eFe, as our natural Southern boundary; and he held that i, ought ever 10 be SO pre- served. The stream itseii and the country through which ii flowed adapted it admra- biy ioGaucha purpose. It flowed two thous- aad=hIes Wllheuta tributary branch. aaJ it was hofdered by vast and sieFil plains. Ma lafe herSci seemed to point IL out as the limit of our Republic. Unless we g0t pos session of t5is eojmty Of Texas, the great yaIiey oi the Mississippi must be divided.- The ArkHneas and the Red rivers would else he in q foreign laa
 His belief was that, within reasonable linn its. the extension of our Confcderacy did but augment Us strength. What uuer insanity would 1t not be fora State situated like Mas saehaseas to think oi withdrawing from such 1 uaion of States Tith all hcr vast home trade. all immense navigation. and q maa,g- lafgsHg industry sufficient fo s6b8Iv the