The Arkansas banner., 1847-08-02

 si1flIng facts before lis, she citiasns of An. nspolis have sstounded, so psreeise ths D. pers q shia State, made the avenue of partial, garbled and ialse representations of this un- fortunate afffay.
 Much curiosity tas b>sn sxpss.ss.lby our friends te sse ihs article h the Cincinnati slgaai which called orth the eslebied Iettsr of Gen. Taylor 10 ne Editor. The abie article referred to, appeared n that papeE on the Isth April, and, though long, Nill repay pefasai IL fs as follows:
 We perceive, in various quarters. sl,e no- minailon of Gen. Zachary Taylor for the Presidency. So far as such demonstration ss tne mere transport of military enthusiasm, or tho trick 0f political faction. it would be unworthy ofnoiice; bns wc think 1t evident that thip movement Of the public mind has much higher characiers and grows out of d conviction that Gen. Taylor has displayed an energy and wisdom of conduct, and mo- desty of demeanor, which are as rennisise .o the deliberations of cabinet as the plan of campaign. lt is great mistake so snppnse that the people are blinded tn their political preferences by the bare fact Of military achievement lt was the popular impulses and the stern honesty of Andrew Jackson which aroused the sympathy and trust of the nation; and we predict that, whatever skill or success may attend the march oT General Scott to Mexico, he will never excite the at. tachment or confidence which follows she hero ol Bnena Vista. We are not surprised. therefore, that ardent spirits are calling for the sword of Gen. Taylorto to cut the GorsIiar knot of political intrigues. But it is far different question whether his name and fame shall be made an instrument of mere parti- san warfare In this respect, there is dis iinction which we are confident Gen. Taylor will be among the first 10 perceive and act upon, and which we hope to illustrate in the few remarks that we feel constrained to make m reference to existing and future agitation of this subject.
 "What ap enviable rank in the eyes of tie world. and the hearts of his countrymen, Gen. Taylor now holds Should he return from the fields of tue Rio Grande and the heights of the Sierra Madre, with what aiiec- lion and respect would he be greeted by men of all parties! Himself never poli.ican-- content in the quiet discharge Of tuty and the enjoymenis of domestic lile-and while prompt to meet the Indian foe, in prairie or evergiade, and 10 stand by the flag of the country, when advanced to a foreign frontier, yet devoted, ss all accounts represent him, to the home and family, in the bosom of which the intervals of his life, thus far, have passed pearefal.y and happily--we confess that our impressions of Gen. Taylor are such eksna.tA h< disregarded every exclamation which con- nected his name with the Presidency. Should he do so. he jeopards nothing of the spring tide of popular favor--nay, more, he takes instant rank with Washington, as an uncon- scious, but eloquent, preacher of the highes. l political morals How much more enviable such destiny for the evening of his days, than to cast the mantle of his military fame and private virtues over the excesses and cor Tuptions which disfgufe the party politics of the day 1! He is no friend to the repuiatioi'- of Gen. Taylor who would thus seek to re- strict the applause of the whole country to the interested clamor of party.
 s.Slill, as citizen of free republic, Gen. Taylor is ln the hands of the American peo- pie; and we can readily imagine contin- gency in which it would become his duty to assent to the demand Of his country, and as- sume the responsibilities of political lde.-- But it must be the requisition of the country, not of this or that set O. ofiice-seekers, which will call him either from his rank or his fire side. It must be such call as compelled Washington to forego the retirement of Mt Vernon-nnanimous disinterested, the voice of the people, not the flaiteries of politicians. We believe that it is in Gen. Taylor's power, at this juncture of the national politics, to take the INDEPENDENT GROUND and become the PRESIDENT or THE PEorLE' Our sup port of him, or of any other man, shall never be pledged in advance of full knowledge of the principles and views with which he would assume that responsible station; but we may be allowed, as an independent iour- nalist, 10 indicate some of the signs of the times which poiat to the result just man- l toned:
 ssl. The presidential canvass of lS48 is in utter confusion. Among the whigs, a Pittsburg meeting nomiuaies Judge Mclean, who is also understood to be general favor- ite of his party, in the northwestern States 1; the an.i-war spirit of New England and the Western Reserve indicates its preference for Senator Corwin; the southern and middle States cherish fancy for Scott, which only requires victory at Pero.e io manifest itself; while, as an undercurrent, deeper and per haps stronger than all, is the chivaIric feeling in behalf of Henry Clay, now intensified by the death of his gallant son, and which may yet determine the shape of the conflicting ele- ments. The democrats are in condition equally chaotic. In the west. General Cass has many warm friends; Mir. Calhoun with his compact and dicipliaed body-guard, stands ready 10 make his presidential fortune, or mar that of other aspirants in the democratic ranks; Silas Wright, if the New York reverse had no, occurred, would have been promi- nen1 in the field, and is still the favoriie of many; while quietly at Underwood sits the