Des Arc citizen., 1866-12-15
DIES ARC, ARKANSAS, DECEMBER 15, 1s66

of time. Ten years hence, if these States remain as they are, the right of representation will be no stronger, and the right of exclusion no weaker.
 The Constitution of the United States makes it the duty of the President to recommend to the consideration of Congress such measures as he shall judge necessary and eXpedient Iknow ofno measure more imperatively de- handed by'every consideration of na- tional interest, sound policy and equal justice, than the admission of loyal members from the now unrepresented States. This would consummate the work of restoration, and exert a most salutary influence in the re-establish- ment of peace, harmony and fraternal feeling. It would tend greatly to re- new the confidence oft people in the vigor and stability of their institutions. It would bind us more closely together as nation, and enable us to show to the world the inherent and recupera- tive power of government founded upon the will of the people, and estab- lished upon the principles of liberty, justice and intelligence. Our increas- ed strength and enhanced prosperity would irrefragibly demonstrate the fallacy of the arguments against free institutions, drawn from our recent national disorders by the enemies of a Republican government.
 NECESSITY FOR REPRESENTATION.
 The admission of loyal members from the States now excluded from Congress, by allaying doubt and appre- hension, would turn capital, now awaiting an opportunity for invest ment, into the channel of trade and in- dustry; and it would alleviate the present troubled condition of those | States, and by inducing immigration aid in settlement of fertile regions now uncultivated, and lead to an increased production of those staples which have added so greatly to the wealth of the nation and the commerce of the world. New fields of enterprise would be opened to our progressive people, and soon the devastations of war would be repaired and all traces of our domestic differences cffaccd from the minds of our countrymen.
 In our efforts to restore the unity of government, which constitutes US one people by restoring the States to the condition which they held prior to the rebellion, we should be cautious lest, ! of tlisintegration, we resort to consoli- dation. and in the end to absolute des- potism as a remedy for the recurrence of similar troubles. The war having terminated, and with it all occasion for the exercise of powers of doubtful con- stitutionality, we should hasten to bring legislation within the boundaries prescribed by the Constitution, and to return to the ancient landmarks cstab- lished by our fathers for the guidance of succeeding generations.
 The Constitution, which at any time exists until changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whoc, is sacredly obligatory upon all, and if in the opin- ion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional DOW CTS be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment ill the way ill which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpa- ton, for it is the custom by which free governments are destroyed. Washin- gton spoke these words to his country men when, followed by their love and gratitude, he voluntarily retired from the cares ofpublic life. To keep, in all things, within the pale of our constitu- tional powers, and cherish the Federal 1 Union as the only rock of safety, were prcscibed by Jefferson as rules ofaction | to endear to his countrymen the true i principles of their Constitution and promote union of sentiment and action equally suspicious to their happiness and safety.
 Jackson held that the action of the general government should always be confined to the sphere of it's appropriate | duties, and justly and forcibly urged that our government is not to be main 1 taincd nor our Union preserved by in- vasions of the rights and powers of the | several States. In thus attempting to make our general government strong, we make it weak. Its true strength consists in leaving Individuals and | States as much as possible to them selves in making itself felt, not in it's power, but in its beneficence not in it's control, but in it's protection; not in 1 binding the States more closely to the centre, but leaving each tomove unmo- | tested in it's proper constitutional orbit.
 These are the teachings ofmen whose deeds and services have made them 1 ilustrious, and who, long since with drawn from tho scenes of life, have left to their country the rich legacy of their 1 example, their wisdom and their patlio- tism. Drawing fresh inspiration from their lessons, let us emulate them in love of Country, and respect for the i Constitution and the laws.
 POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
 The report of the Postmaster General 1 presents a most satisfactory condition ofthe postal service, and submits recom- mendations which deserve the consid- eration of Congress The revenues of the department for the.year ending June 30, 1866, were Sl4,3S6,9S6, and the ex- penditures S15'352,079, showing an ex- cess of the latter of S965,093. In antici- patton of this deficiency, however, a special appropriation was made by Con- gress in the act approved July 2S, 1866. Including the standing appropriation of S700,000 for free mail matter, as a legitimate portion of revenue yet re- maining unexpended, the actual defi- cieney for the past year is only S265,- 093, a sum within S5l, Al of the amount estimated in the annual report of 1864.
 The decrease of revenue compared with the previous year was one and one I fifth per cent, and the increase of ex- pppuituraS nwinu n1.ir,cinallu ta tho