The Arkansas banner., 1845-08-20

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 HAVING puseaas !. ii2la l .s5fs Bar and ityes e the w6oIa as.abszii Ht o sas "Gl05e," We propose publishing al Washing stoha paper, tobestyied THE @UNfON."
 We approach the task before Us with a&eep sense oi the responsibility which We about to assume, and not without uech di =Rea oi our qualifications. We have some acIn,in anCe. indeed, With lhs duaeS of an editor of ,spaper but it Was acquired ufoo other theatres, much more iilttd aud less cons10H ops than the 3.ebapo.is ot coaiedefated -. lta spre-i Republic
 We can scssc-lT be charged 'h fa.. vanity ih say ti4at upon the a- unions depends ia great de
 oldest counties oI Europe. T
 a deep interest in our fate,
 are essential to the prosperity D. 4 raee and where arc they spread ont 4H D ..rsE B field Of aetiea, or illustrated by many Dasis, e amples, as in these United States:
 We have only ta realize them h ear own history, and in the happiness of our people. To HFead h fam Of Liberty over the EASTERN HnRLb. Me have only to perpetuate these blessings by preserving the sacred UNION Of OUT States, and there s no aSslgna- be limit to the prosperity which We may enloy, or the glories to which We may ascend IT the scale nl Nations. We have already wrought miracles enough 10 asonish the foreign tourist amid all hls prendlces and to attract the curiosity If not the admiration, oi Europe We have display the benefits oi LnERTY and of UNION in a series Of phenomena, winch are almost calculated to surprise ourselves. Nhat can De more retnIEkhDies tNtii LII ttlE itai tst' the spirit of enterprise and improvement which per vades our Saies--the schools which they erect ing; the canals which they have executed; the more than 1000 miles of railway wheii tiley have con sructed in less than twenty years; the immense bod les of land which they have redeemed irom the Wii- derness; the towns which they have sfewn over the West; the multiplication of our people rom three io twenty millions ef souls; the augmentation O. the number ot our STATES from thirteen to twenty nine, including the three new States oi Florida, Iowa and Texas, which, is we wife, We hope are HoW pro- habiY starting into existence.
 "Westwad the course ol empire takes its way
 The ffat four acts already past,
 < fifth shal close the drama With the day,
 Times noblest offspring is the last
 t is principally the influence of the Free Insiiu tions NC possess. and which were never dreamed ol more than hundred years ago, hy the phlosopuic author of these beautiful lines that has wrought so many achievements here. Liberty cX,ites mfa to think for himself to cast of anlquated pfeludlces, and 10 start in new career ot improvement IL opens besides in this naw country, as Il were new asylum to the oppressed of all nations, which in de- spite of the "Nafive American preadices of the day, still continues 10 invite other people to cultivate our lands, and contribute to our pfogfess Il Is our free institutions, more than any other cause which are drawing ethe course of empire 10 the WESTERN WORLD
 We live, too, in an extraardinary age Improve ment seems to be the order of the day Science is
  most brilliant triumphs over NATURE. The age IS advancing with the impetaosity oi steam, h which II is so much indebted for is progress. Commerce Is expanding her wings under the impulse ei ne" and stronger principle There seems indeed to be no limit to the progress of discovery. And Ii IS n the midst of such age, and at the metropolis oi this great country, that We are about To erect our tent for the responsible purpose oi maintaining the true principles ef our institutions. We almost shrink back from the enterprise We have undertaken. but we at least bring to the task spirit that IS devoted te LIBERTY to UNION, and 10 our CouNTRY; q heart that is proud of the name of AMERTcAN-some Ittle experience in our busnesSa zeal that nothing can subdue and an industry that fears ne labor With these feelings We come to throw ourselves upon the lbefalty of our eountrymen. We trust that we shall receive, if we deserve, their support If We iall Tn an enterprise which might almost appa the stouest spirit they will al least be liberal enough to aseribe ito lhe want of power, and not of wii-te the head that guides us and not the heart that inPels us.
 Ofone thing we may confidently assure the public NC approach the task with the deepest reverence for the true theory of our political institutions Our eoniederated REPUBGIc IS making q new and bold eXperimentin the SCIENCE ofG0vERNMENT. When we look to the original form ot the Consultation, are indeed struck With it's novelty and beauty. We see in l; an attempt to ascertain how far power can be so distributed between the two GOVERNMENTS as to preventan erceSSiae c39eeatrqtaa and consequent abuse of it. in the Federal arm; al the lime that so much poicer was conveyed to each, as to enable them to accomplish the objects 10 which each of them was best adapted.
 The FrDERAL Government was priacipqH9to 9towatch oyer our Foreign Relations, tktl oI the States was particularly 10 take care of our internal concerns.
 The Federal Government should have adequate powers to maintain the peace and the rights of the Union abroad; but al home it's office is to assist in binding the Union together, by the benefits which fl showers around 1t, within certain prescribed limits leaving the great mass of local matters to the irs- of Inc Sra baIE ,nIar and more properly regulate them. Keeping this gen eral distinction in view, tine Constitution has marked down the limits of the Federal power and it should be the duty of is authorities religioasl to preserve them. Dissolution on the one hand, and consohda- ton on the other, being the extremes W ch are tC be carefully avoided; the Constitution was so framed and the Government should bs SO administered, az whilst the Federal power exercises it's iegljlnat functions, il should saefealy respect the RlGH1s o the States and the rights ol the People. The Feda- ra Government must. therefore, ever remember. that t has only certain limited powers which are either specied in the CouStitgtioa is H. Of which mtp unnecessary and proper for carrying out the speci hed powers. It cannot pass these limits witH ru- punity. Itcaanot interpolate any powers hy forced or facuous 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 over the local interests o the several parts. Our country covers an extensive empire. II embraces great variety oi climates aud soils, of occupations and of interests, The obvious danger of too much Federal Legislation is or course that 1t may affect these different interests in ye, unequal degree. Whilst it seeks to administer the benefits to one section it may impose burdens upon another Nor does the mischief terminate hera- Inequality produces complaint. The suffering States becc,ae dissatisfied. One section moi only murmurs about tae partality shown to another, but asains, the GogerAaie ct which commitsi it The Unioa itselt is less respected, because of the injustice which ii displays, The only Sag of preventing these iniu- ries and these complaints s, to administer the Gov ernmea within the Limitations of the insrum Ut and in spirit which is calculated to equaze as far as possible. is benefits ana is burthens amongst the whole UNION. In no ether way can we prevent the Federal Government from rushing into schemes CT consolidation, or the States into tendency towards dissolution. If we 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-if Congress may adopt any which they may fancy to De ,,nccessarY and proper" then power may be so augmented as, in the progress Of time, 10 amount to consolidation Then. we must extend the Executive Department 10 carry out these extended powers; ttea one of the cele- brated resolutions el one ot the first States in the Union showed in '99, we should gradually merge into limited monarchy, flushed with power aaG