The Arkansas banner., 1849-03-13

4 force fhns composed might, without inisry ,e its eihcIeney, be inSpged in some iibersses whtch II slio"esi to any other troops, would have proved subveTsive oi all discipline. h general soldiers who should form themselves into political clubs elect delegates, and pass resolutions on high uues- tons ol state; would soon break loose fro all cen trol; would cease to form an army, and wonId become the wort aud most dangerous of mobs Nor would it be safe, m our time, to tolerate in any regiment. feliginus meetings at which corporal versed ID Scripture should lead the devoiioas of his less gifted colonel aud adaonIsh back slIltna r,a- ior. Bat such ihe intelligence the gravity and the scif-command of the warriors whom Ctotnw sell had aued. tha, ln their camp. political cTganira- ton and religious organization could exist without destroying military organization The same men wlr.,, of duly, noted as denaeoguss and 6elA- preachers, were distinguished by steatiuess by the spirit oi or,eF. and by prompt obsdisnce oa waseA drill, and the 6ela oi battle
 In var ibls strange tosce was irresistible. The stubborn cVfsSe characteristic nf the EpalisA pee- pie by the system ofCFomweil at os< regpla- ted and stimulated. Other leaders have maintained afs,ers strict Their Ieaders have inspired their followers with a zeal as ardent, But in hls camp alone the most rigid dScipiin was found m con pany with inc hercest enthusiasm. From the ti1ae when The army was remodeled to the time when it disbanded, it never found either in the British Islan'ts, the Continent, an enemy ~ho could stand is onset. In England, Scotland Ireland,
 
 difficulties, sometimes eonening against three fold odds, never failed .a destroy and break to pieces whatever tsree opposed 10 them They at lengt th came o regard the day oi battle day ot triumph. and marched against the most renowned batiaiions ot Europe win dtsdainiHi confidence. Turenne startled by the shou, of stern exaitatiou with which his English allies advanced iO the combat and expressed the delight of true soldier when he learned that II was ever the fashion of Croma ell s picked men to rejoice greatly when they behed the enemy; and the hsnished Cavaliers feit an emotion of national pride, when they saw brigade of their countrymcn. ogtnumbeted by foes and abandoned by allies, diving before it in teadlong route the finest infantry ot Spain, and force passage into a couaterSearp which had lIst been pronounced im- pregnabie by the abest of the lnaishals ol France
 But that which chiefly distinguished the army of Cromwell from other armies the auslere morality and the fear ot God which pervaded all ranks. Il IS acknowledged by the most jealous rovalists that m that singular camp, no oath was heard. no drunkenness or gambling seen, and thai during the long dominion of the soldlery, inc property o The peaeeable citizen and the hoaor of women were held sacred. II ouirages were committed, they were outrages Of very different kind from those of which victorious army IS generally guilty. No servant gifi complained of the rough gallantry of the red coats. Not all ounce of piate was taken from the shops oi the goldsmith.