The Arkansas banner., 1847-04-21

Ia discreditahlc advantage for the whiv n,y,v ;,
 take. Either would Dc unjust to Gen. T,vS
 Tor, ss defrauding him of his rightful clam. |tc the love and appreciation of one partv or making them sabseFvieni to the selfish oh, Ijects of the other.
 As American citizens and members of ,be press, and---if tt be allowable "a |speak Of our individual political opinions m |this behalf-as wAigs, we protest arain., this exclusive seizure upon national nam, |and, as citizens rejoicing in the fame of Ihr lgreat captain of the age, as his persona |triends, and as believing him capable and worthy of the highest office in the rift Of
 sSe people, we protes, against subiectlnR any Inomination that may be made of him to ,b. IIntrigues of convention Io be gotten ue land managed by politicians. He Is now s, the head cf the army, doing battle for the whole country, and no one party has rirh Ito call him thence. He is in the service ol the whole people, and unless he IS wanted in another sphere by them, his great name land high character should not be suhiec,ed |to the muiilaton of party rasps. When these wars are done tt will be time fer party men |to appropriate hum, If he permit them to do |so; but now he is the nan of all parties, the |captain of all parties the s.ldies af the Re public and, the cynosnre of the age.
 We doubt much if our neighbor of the BuI. |letin would consider either Gen. Taylor's victories or his pondence--brillian, as |ihe first have been, and masterpieces of con- position as the latter are--good title deeds Ito the presidency, if he d,d no, imagine him to be whig also. n is his whiggery, and not his solid abilities, which are eomely in tho Bulletins eyes, ia this aspect Of them His deeds of arms, his great military capaci- |iy and his noble qualities but garnish his political creed they illuminate the rubric, but are not of the text To the great masses |of the people it may be, however, the exalted attributes and the commanding services of |Gen. Taylor will commend him as a proper lperson for the highest office on earth. Il il
 so befalI, they will let both parties and the world know il, and do it in such sort tha, the Bulleiin--will think that old Time's fore Jock is a slight held upon the honor of a first nomination.
 Until such action is had---until the people, Iunprompted by party leaders. set him apar, l for higher destiny, 1t is fit he abide by the glory of the tented field. It Is not for inc Iparty press to snatch him, as though he we,e Ia waif of geedly value. He belongs to the
 country, and if he is e~et made President, he should be elected by the whole country
 he should ascend the Capitol unirammellcd by party machinery, and administer the law with an unietiered hand. The country can do what it will with him, but we don't give :. him up to the Bulletin His name is written upon the scroll of fame, and should not b, lplucked thence to blazon party banners. | he cannot reach the presidency excep Through the labyrinths of caueuses and
 cabals, we trus, never to sec him there. | 2 he Is ever to be President with the coucuT.
 renee or in despite of all parties, the sooner 4 The better. We are confident that the Bul. Iletin does not represent the feelings of tht
 whig party in putting him up as mere par 5ty candidate. They do not desire to SC, him thus used. As party they have aker
 no steps of the kind lf the people, in the Large and comprehensive sense of the word io not desire Io make -iim President, they ldo not Gen. Tsylor's fame requires no party saltug It is fixed fact. psry Inomnation can do him no good: he can
 beat both parties, or he can beat neither; and
 when he is proposed for the presidency, il should be by both parties or agdiasi bolh- fas the candidate of the Republic