The Arkansas banner., 1848-07-11

the enshnaiasm ef our srhepI beY ysnsa. Tine ea4 sS=.s haze =s Iss.ezsl wiIA glowing impatienes io to the recital Of Sks hrianl achisvsnenis ef De. estur and Hun. and have herd ssns oid veinran with giistsaing eys and inspirissd vssss arks Ger again ths bordsr batiIes in which seqi. Tsyior, and Cas- Esss hsshsd thsif' 'naidsa swurds.
 Tns UnIssd Ssasss wsrs thsa h keir infancy, tbeir freedom, considered hy the enrn ssenpsnts ef Europsan thrsnss but e shins sf epAemsral exIssehes; tksr dscarssiss sf iaaepsaasaes e the briiiiaat ezPirinent ef pepalar ,unals Their erowth Isto great and vsst Ispsblie. that wss sas day is sway the world by ls innsncs. wss an event < anloekea for ss ths miIIsais,n. Tie ssrid has since Iised lester than n was won't WsAsrs become a great and pastsrfui AatiOa- An Asyinm has hssn opensa ts ths per aSd oppressed sf tke sd vsrId, where they might fad plsniy end aha.ps. s,s right Q think and spezk fer themsssas aad rfs<sdon to worship God. Our snes wild ancusslsAssd farssts. where nens human sAsps hsd sdsssffssA bot tbe pn- tamed fndian monarch ef sks coll. sks hew covered with smiIing harvss,s. Thsss ros bS8as sf snlsn and sf stsagsh. rsiIwsys and nagnssie ssisersphs nsverss with their annsasursd length what was lately an idle waste. Large citiss now teen with their busy hum of countless multitadea where but . few years ago the tmid deer gamboIled in fearless solitude. The noble rivers, which then rs-echoed eniy the Gerce war-whoep of the savage, or ,he piashing of his birch canoe, now continually rs- sound the asthmatie cough of thousand steamers laden with the rich prodae of far western states- The great valley of the Mississippi has become the granary of the world. The busy spirdIss sf N Eng. axd fka f.-a~ sh. val children the sun The genias of enterprise. the leading characteristic of our people, fosssred by the free institutions Of cur government. has effected in few short years what ages of phibsophIc research could not attain within the murky atmosphere of St James beneath the sickly shadow of the Fleur du Lys. The same spirit that urges the restless pioneer to set up his hearth stone in the deep re- essses of western wiIds bade cities to rise up as if magic. and has added star after star to the bright galaxy of our unioa The genius of enterprise aid- ed the talent of our Falton in compelling the eis- ments to obedience. and the shrn whistle of the steam engine awakeas the sleeping echoes from the green hills of Vermont 10 the orange groves of Lou isiana. The same weird-iike srini. guided by a Frsnklin's hand. drew lightning from the skies and dazzied with its flash the proud philosophy of Eu- rope. It bade Morse to tame the subtle fluid and an electric chain of mute intelligence, like the ner. vous system of the human frame pervsdes the land. Enterprise is ever abroad an.osg our people; ii ats through our halls of Legislation; 1t cheers the workshop of the mechanic; 1t leades the miner into the bowels Of the earth, and rings meuly in the axe of the back-woods- man. With the untiring subttety and energy of the elements 1t has reduced to useful obedience, it viii continue to exercise s all potent influence wherever the foo,step of an American his impressed the soil.
 This is ia part the great secret of err grow,h our our greatness. and our prosperity. but there is vel another cause. The essence of our institutions, formed upon ihe principle that they gre best govern. ed, who arc governed the leas leaves 10 the people themselves the formation of their own laws. Divi. ded as We are and perforee of nature ever will be into two great political parties the close and jealous scrutiny of the opposition will always be check upon the action of those who may be ia power Itwiii eonfne legislators to Ire strict and un- ehangeabie principles thai should govern their deli berations. It Is however in the nature of men to err. and through the ignorance or designing cra,I- ness of few, there may at times have arizen . cloud upon our political horizon; but this either soon dspelIed by the strong breath of popular ia- dgnstiOn, caused to vent in fdry upon the devo- ted heads of those by whom it was created Ifas the consequences of the acts of yesterday we hear the cries of 'hard tiuss' "nnsound eurrency' and I"deprieaisd credit.s' The sober second thoughts of to morrow %iIl ehass away the frowns of the merchant and statesmen and restore the happy smiles of plenty. peace and public confidence. Continually are VIC told, by those who desire a ehsnge of ad- miaistration, that the whole country is prostrated and upon the of dissolaon, but like the tragic actor who lives by dying, she seems 10 fstten upon her own ruin. and to wax greater and stronger the mofe eiancrousy her hour of dissolution is annoan- ced.
 Next to our religion, our political principles should hs founded in purity sincerity snd truth Lot eseh State of our eonfsderaey but do her daiy and art in good faith towards herself and her con fedsratss and our union will continue to grow in surpassing strength and beauty. Let each citizen examine carefully and without psejsdice the msa. snres and principles of our State and federal policy and choose for himself the course which seems most clearly indicated by honesty and Integrity of pus. Pose and bes, adapted to the genius and spiri, of our free idsisutions. Thus tho Utopia sf politics win be attained, Ia our own fair State so eminent. ly caleuiatsd by all the rich eodewnenis of nature to become the first among her esmpeers, with . soil gcssrcasy varding the fsebsst efforts Of the hasbandman. aelmats in wheh the strength of the acth and the genial warmth of the south are sS sd mirably blended and mineral wealth that promises to rival in its productions the fsbssd valley of Gei. eoods. we have every incentive to exertioa and to entsrprzs. to keep pace with the progressive spr- i' of the sge.
 It is the people of this eoaniry.whe have given an
 irresistible impetus ,e the progressive tendency ths, shreaisas to sevo!eiionise the world. Ger exampa. and influence are over throwing dynssties and go- vernmeais, undsr which. for esaturss iii;oss have taasd and suffered. We are the beacon light of na- ssnr. K~~-. sh~ s~-.u~s rf ashsv,> ta sA.