The Arkansas banner., 1849-01-23
Arkan.as-uer Posision-Her Prospects.

ATknUHHe-HcE fOstASoH-4Cf HtV-RCSeSs I Everything v,ust hays beginning, We have
 for some ,i.e thought that the period had arrived for the lawn of prosperity upon our State when she should assume that rank among her confesE-
 -ates, 10 which she is entitled, by great area and immense natural resources. By the recent acquis- ton of territory on the Pacific, Arkansas has be- come almost the central State of the Union. Her is more extensive than that of any other State, except Ohio. Her climate is as healthfnl as could be desired. Her lands arc as rich any in theval l ley of the Mississippi, and most admirably inter sected, in every direction. with nayigabIe streams and valuable pinerais, without even a geological research have already been discovered in unequsIed abundance, within her borders.
 Our State is thus favored by her extent of terri tory her natural resources, and her position in the Union, more than any other of the confederacy. These advantages are becoming known; and the superior quality and low prices for which lands may be acquired daily inducing ,he immgra- ton of hard-working and industrious population which, after the next census will entille us to two and, if the ratio is not greatly increased probably to three Representatives in Congress. All that is wanting 10 give an impetus 10 success, IS the go- aheAd " principle-snttrpriSs. We want a system of common schools which will place the means of education within the reach of every child ,u the State. We want better roads. and more of them. i in every directiou-rendeTng the communication more easy and direct to ali the principal points Of business and trade, aud enabling every farmer rner chant and mechanic, within our borders, to find immediate access to market We wan, the spoli- cation of energy and enterprise to the development of our vast mineral resources.
 All these wants can be supPied-the maten is at hand, and in cur midst. IL only needs to be aroused, and by the aid of judcious and ma1nani- nous legislation. that will look more to the great rests of the stats al large than to the petJ popu ] ariy of an individual will soon be enabled to
 bring into active utility the advantages of which ze l boast. We need no gold miner nor '.washings'- we have an "El Dorado" at hone. Labor is eapi. i iai and capital is wealth.
 ! As il is money makes the mare go," as wealth seems 10 be at the standard and secret spring
 wise and energetic application of labor is all that is requisite to realize There is gold mine in every acre of arabic ground in Arkausas--ve need not dig deep, but often. Thnre is gold wash- ing at every mill site in the coultry-,he indus,ri. ous manufacturer can find it and enterprise and energy can easily and surely convert into precious
 etals the dull ores and rocks it the bowels of the green-crested hills that surround us. Each and every citizen should be active aad untiring in the development of these resources for the interests of all are intimately connected with ead in fact de- pending upon the advancement ef the whole.
 With the exception of the donations for educa- ton aud internal improvement, we hays had but
 little opportunity 10 share with he older States the numerous appropriations Of ;hc General Govern ment; but an occasion wiil soon be pressalei, which we should not loose, to secure to ouselFes the benefit of national enterprise. Ere tonga commu- ncation of some kind must necessarily Se opened, within our own territory, between our Pacific and Atlantic settlements, through which, in the course of time, the largest commerce and wealth of the wo:ld will flow. This road should be made to pass through Arkansas, which presemt. nearer and an easier route, in the great chain of communication than any point above or below on the Missssir ei. Wherever this road may be made, will beco,Ie the gFea, artery of trade and travel 10 the cou.ery and by being intersected ia every dincct:Jn by lateral communications, will be the ssarce of unwonted activity in every branch of trade.
 Now is the lime to bring these resources and advantages to fight; and to make them available We hopeere long to see Arkansas rsing like young gian from her sinmbers, and not only riddine her. self of the incubus Of State indebtedness which now expresses her. but by her schools her internal inn Proyements, her mines. her manufactures ind the products of her soil, becoming pattern of pros Perity and Saccess io her sister ta,es