The Arkansas banner., 1846-01-07
PROSPECTTS
)R PUBLISHING AT WASHINGTON A NEWSPAPER
 TO BE CALLED TEEE "UNEeDN.''
I'D THE pIERLIC

E -A- propose publishing Washingtona paper, to be styled THE "UNlON."
 We approach the task before ua with deep sense of the responsibility which we are about to assume and not without much diaidence ol our qualifications We have some acquaintance, indeed, with tfe tdtfes of an editor of newspaper but i was acquired upon other theatres much more limited and less coaspcu oas than the Metropolis oi our contederated and Wide spread Republic.
 We can scarcely be charged with any iaordiaaie vanity in say ne that upon the success of oGr ns- tuions depends in great degree the destiny oi the oldest countries ol Europe. distant Postefty has deep interest in our fate. The blessings of liberty are essential to the prosperity Of tie whole human race; and where are they spread out on so large a field of aclion or illustrated by naHy brilliant eX- amples as in these United States?
 We have only to realize them in our own history andn the happiness ei our people, to spread the flame of Liberty over the EASTERN WORLD. We have only to ferpeuate these blessings by preserving the sacred UNION o! States, and there ls no assSha be limit to the prosperity which we may enloy or the gores 10 which We iazJ ascend Fl the scale 9i Nations Ee have already wrought miracles enough a3tonish the foreign tourist aind all bs preJ9uees and to attract the curiosity, fl not inc admiration+o Egope WehaYe dispiayedthe beneftso oi LIBERTY and of UNION in series ol phcnomeba winch ate almost calculated to surprise ourselves. N Aat can he more remarkable, even n ttIz present tdt. titt the spiIit of enterprise and improvement winch per 
 ing: the canals which they have executed; the more than 1000 miles of railway which taey have eoa- sfructed in less than twenty yeafS tie immense bo- ies of land which they have redeemed from the Wit deness; the towns which they have streWn over the West: tIa multiplication of our people from three to twenty millions of souls; the aagmehtailoh.o oi the number of our STATES from thirteen to twenty including the three new States Of Florida, Iowa and Texas which, as we write, we hope arc HOW pro- bably starting into existence?
 .sVesfNard Che course of empire takes it's way;
 The fist four acts already past,
 A fifth shaIi close the drama with the day,
 Times u0best offspring is Ute last.
 1t is principally the influence of the Free lnsttu, tioas we possess, and which were never dreamed of more than hundred years ago, by the philosophic author of these beautiful lines, that has wrought so many achievements here. Liberty eX3lteS man to think for himself, to cast oil antiquaed preudices, and to start R new career ot improvement, II opeRs besides in this new country as il were, a new asylum to the oppressed o all nations, which in de spite of the ssNatiHe American preladiees of the day still continues to invite other people to cultivate our lands end contribute to our progress It IS our free institutions, more than any other caHse which are drawing the course of em4iFe" to the WESTERN WORLD.
 We i've too, in aa extraordinary age Improve ment seems to be the order of the day. Science is shooting forth in adireetions Art is obtaining the most brilliant triumPhs over NATURE. The age k advancing with the impetaosity of steam, to which it is so much indebted for lt3 progress. Commerce is expanding her wings under the impulse of a new and stronger principle. There seems indeed to be no limit to the progress of discovery. And 1t Is in the midst of such an are, and al the metropolis O this great country, that we are about 10 erect oH tent, for the responsible paTpose of maintaining the true principles of contradictions. Weamest shrink back from the enterprise We have undertaken. But We at least bring to the task spirit that Is devoted to LIBERTY. to UNION, and to Our CoUNTRY heart that is proud of the name Of AMERIcAN-soaIe ItIe experience in eur busncss-a zeal that nothing can subdue, and an industry that fears no lab1r WIb these feelings come to thro# ourselves upon tte ibefaity ot our countrymen. Nc trust Gtai we snail receive, if VIC deserve, their support. Ii He iaI in an enterprise which mjght almost aDBa the soutest spirit they will at least be liberal enough to asefiBa il to the want ot power and not o Hfil-te the head that guides Hs and not the heart that impeis us Ofone thing we may confidently assure the public
 we approach the task with the deepest reverence for the true theory of our political institutions. Our conledcrated REPUBLIC IS making neW and bold experimentin the SCIENCE oI GoFERNNENT. When we look to the original form of the Constitution We are indeed struck with is novelty and ho4ltY. Ne see in f an attempt 10 ascertain how fur power can be so distributed between the two GoYERNaENrs as to prevent an ercessce concentrations and consequent abuse of it. in the Federal arm; a the same time that so much poeeer was conveyed to each, as to enable them to accomplshthe objects 10 which each of them was best adapted.
 The FEDERAL LGovernmentw was priacipallY Ytnwatch )ver orr Foreign Relations; ttat of the States was particularly to take care ol our internal concerns. The Federal Government should have adequate powers to maintain the peace and the rights of the Union abroad; but at homo, its office is to assist in binding the Union together, by the benefits which 1t showers around f, within certain prescribed iin.ts- leaving the great ot local matters 10 the uFs- dicion Of the STATES, which can better understand | and moreproperly regulate them. Keeping E1ls gen era distinction in view, the Constitution has marked down the limits of the federi power, and t should be the duty ol it's authorities ragioHsly te preserve them. Dissolution on the one hand, and consolida- ton on the other, being the extremes wtich are tc be carefully avoided; the Constitution was s9 framed and the Government should 50 administered, a. whilst the Federal power exercises its legitimate unction3. 1t should sacradly respect the RIGHTS o the States and the rights ol the People. The Fodc- raj Government must, therefore, remember, tiIa ii has only certain limited powers which are either specied in the Constitution itself or which maq h. necessary and proper for carrying out the saeci l fled powers. It cannot pass these liMiis With in. punitY. Itcannot efD0dte any powers by a forced or lactious construction, without producing soms opposition from the parties to the compact, or som. renonstganee from the People.
 It would never do indeed, to give an unlimited power to tle Federal head over the local interests the several parts Our country covers an extensive empire IL embraces great variety oi climates ane soils, of occupations and oi interests The obviou danger o too much Fedora! Legislation is. of course that 1t may affect these different interests in q yer, unequal degree Whist il seeks to administer th, benefits to one section il may impose burdens upoi another. Nor does the mischief tefninaie here Inequality produces complaint. ThesuiIering State become dissatisfied. One section mol only murmur about the partiality shown 10 another. but agains the Government wlicAeommitsi it. The Unionitse! is less respected, because Of the injustice which displays. The only way of preventing these iniu ries and these complaints is, t9 administer the Gov ernnent within be Limitations of the instrument an in a spirit which is calculated 10 eqlalize, as far possible, its benefits and its burthens amongst tn whole UNION. In no other way can we prevent tn Federal Government from rushing into schemes O consolidation, the States into tendency toward dissolution. live permit the Federal GoYerAuen systematically to adopt any rule 0T construction
 which may enlarge its powers at tine expense of tn States, of the people-if Congress may adopt an, measure which they may fancy to be unnecessary an, proper then power may be augmented as, ia th, progress of time, 10 amount to consolidation. Then we must extend the Executive Department to carr, out these extended powers; Aea as one of the eels brated resolutions of one of the first States in b Union showed in go. We should gradually merr into limited monarchy, flushed with power an, fortified by patronage or, We must lv 10 the otbe fatal alternativewe must dissolve the UNION itsal