The Arkansas banner., 1848-09-05
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 In lhe stter addressed by Gen. Taylor to captain Alison he makes tho following declaration: ''f hold epiaios which could no, readily Dro. claim to my assembled eountrymen" ] Now. has the valiant Generui proclaimed any opinion to his 's~semhled eeantrymes,, or to any portion ot them, upon the great questions involved in the political contests Of the countryl One of the great issues which have a~tt,,.a in. coHaiFy during the last twenty years l. the cons. nationality and expedleucy of Haaio.al Rank = At the present time tho party which has sclccaed Gen. Tsysos. ~isA his consent. for iis teasrr and champion, stf'i believes national bank to Ae both constitutional and expedient But what opinion has General Taylor ''PrOclaims'' with f~vsssi to that measarel l. he for It, or he against it1 Another issue between the party af which he is the voiuhteeF leader and bead and the democracy of the Union. Is high protective ssriG against mo- dersie revenue tariff. What Is Gen. Tsylor's opin- lou with regard this great question: Is he for high protective tariff. agsiassl Or s he for free tTadef What are the opinions of this ksassf and easssa ekSs.ssa and champion of Whixgery in re- lation to this great question:
 Another issue betweoh the two great national par- ties of the UniOn Is an extxvagaRt and in the opia iot of the democratic party, unconstitutional sys- tenn of internal improvements Has the honest General ''proclsimed'' any opinion with regard to this system If so what is itt Is he for or against itf
 What "opinion'' has this enlightened and candid General proclaimed upon the question Of the dstri- button ef the proceeds of the sales of the public landsl
 What is bis opinion with regard to the pre-emp- ton system1 Is he in favor of giving the first pr- vicge of purchase to the hardy pioneer who settles upon the public andsl Or Is he In favor of Ousting him. and giving his log-hut and improvements to the heartless sPecalaiorF Ought not the General to proclaim" some opinion this question, to sa tisfy the poor but honest sdventurpus settler of the west, that it Is safe for him to 20 upon the public 1 lands, and provide home for his wife and little Onesl Win the pioneers of the West vote for him.
 if he does not make some satisfactory exposition of his opinion upon this snbjectf
 1 And what Is his opinion with regard to . bank ruPt law What with regard to the assumption of the State de5tsl Is he in favor of the Mexican war, or against hi Is he in favor of holding to the territory he has acquiredl Or is he in favor of re- trocedng it to Mexico-a policy avowed by the leaders of the paryOf which he has consented ts be the heada
 Now, these questions are important ones, and are all involved in the pending presidential election; and we desire to know what arc he opinions Of General Taylor in relation 10 each and all of them.
 In the naIe of the American people, whose suffrs- ges he seeks, we demand Of him to proclaim his "oPinions' upon these various subjects. If he refuses, what opinion will the honest and intelligent American people form respecting his hon. e<ty or his integence' He says: ssI hold to no opinion which would not readily proclaim 10 my assembled eountrymen" Yet he has not express ed and he constantly refuses to express any opinion with regard to the great srd vital issues pending between the party whose candidate he is, and the party opposed to him.
 Does this refusal result from ignorance, or want of caDdor and honestly It must result from one or the other; and charitaby presume that the brave old General is totally ignorant apea these great questions which have agitated the country almost a Tzta ha adl ifa ignorance with regard ts political subjects. He has spent his life in the camp. He has not even voted for forty years, he himself cenfesscs. His friends say he s turning his attention 10 poiti Cal economy. Perchance he may not yet have got ten through with MT. Msreet's Conversations on Political Economy, and therefore is yet quail he'd 10 proclaim any opinions upon any subject connected with politics His letter t0 Mir. Lippard shows that he is confident that he is not the candi- date of political party. although he has cordially accepted the nomination of the whig convention nt Philadelphia How can we expect opinions of any kind from snch a manl
 And what a leader and head of the great whig party of the Union-th- party of vaunied intelli- gence, of religion. of morality, of conservatism and Psrioiism--p particularly when their country is gagged in 2 foreign Does sAvaitabity'' com PeHs1te for ali thts ridiculous and inexeussbIe ig- norance
 And dc ihe honest and intelligent American peo- pie want maa for their President to act for them on great matters of domestic policy, and to repre- sent them in the eyes of foreign nations, who is confessedly ignorant of the very first rudmenis of political knowlegie-who acknOwledgss that he has formed no opinions upon questions with which even their women and children arc familiar, and have formed opinions Wilt military glory com pensate for the moFtifying humiliation which the election of such n man will occasion
 No, no; the recent elections proclaim opinions'' the part of the people of different kind. They have hinted to Gen. TayIor and the party which supports hiT, that they wi not be ugglea with the phantom ef military glory in .he pending csnvsss, but that they determined to fill the preside ntia office with who possesses the solid quaIi6ca- tions of statesman. and who will dignfy and sdorn the high station to which they will elevate him.