Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-07-11

gcacy, which snnii If se urgent as 10 preeeoe pro yision being fnlae iot S i,e shs Confederate states Jf America so long as this state satli be member oi the same: or to provide aE essential defence Than the Confederate States shall aeslGctor refuse 10 provide iur it; orso suppress an nsuTrection oF l to repel an invasion"
 Ii will thus be seen that the convention des 1 cared that no "oraiaqace' which 1t might pass, nor no law' of the State, nor notil- ing in the ''coastaMiosp' of tho State, should authorize the employment of an armed 1 force in the actual service of this State uil- less to meet an emergency so urgent as to preclude provision being mole for 1t by the ! Confederate States. and that whatever pro- vision was made, in any emergency, must be made to provide for T defence;" which was natural and req sonab ble-the State hav- ing no constitutional power to make an offensive war and prosecute it beyond the limit of her boundaries.
 To give such certain and emphatic con struction to its own action as could leave no doubt in the minds of the most skepti- cal, the convention voted down more than one proposition to call Maio General Yell into actual service of the State. | | ed to the President of the Confederate l States as the commanler-in chief iii the ex l lstlng war, and to suborlinating Arkansas 1 to, and making her troops q part of, the army under his command. President Davis has aisnifed his willingness to take mili- ! tary charge of Arkansas aS soon as It shall be formally rendered 10 him, and in view Of this being done has extended Gen. Me Culloc! !'s command over western Arkan- sas, and as we understand, has ordered one of the most accomplished military men of the day, to northeastern Arkansas to take | command of such forces as may go into the | service Of the Confeleracy in that region.
 In this connection tine Military Board has done two things which the interest of the State, as well as obedience to legal au- thority, requires should be revoked forth Iwotth
 l. Ii has called Gen. Yell into service in the north h-eastern portion of the State whose command will conflict with that of the general sent by the President 7. In the face of Gen. McCulloch's pro- calnation for troops to rendezvous at Fay etevile for the service Of the Confectionery, and notwithstanding the strong probability that Confederate General will make similar proclamation fortroops for the same service to rendezvous in the north-eastern portion ol the State, i. has called for ten fgiments for the service of the State which has already tendeicd the whole of its mili- try force to the Confectionery. These orders will produce confusion and do harm Tie first should be revoked un- condisionally, and the second so modified 1 IS 10 call out no troops which arc not in- tended for the service of the Confederacy. The necessity for such orders is so appar- ent that no argument is needed to enforce or clacilate it.
 From the Grat organization of the Mil tagy Board Gen. Yell has been the great obstacle 10 the proper progress of affairs. Many who know him admit that, in q cer- tain sphere, lie is man of considerable force. .As ! jury lawyer few have been more successful. As a hospitablc and a charitable man he has done much in his day and we hope he may live many years to friends. as well as to reap the just rewards of hig labors.
 To bc a leading military man two things are prerequisite:
 l. A natural adaptation to the profession of arms-a military mind
 7. Training to develop natural talent military education.
 In these two necessary qualifications of general, Gen. Yell is now and always sNn Ae, totally deficient. He has egotism and vanity in an unsurpassed degree, and his ignorance of all that soldier should know is sublime, To go to battle under such man is nothing more nor less than muider to our soldiers. Who Is desrous to le accessory to such wholesale murder by calling such general in the field and sending our soldiers to battle under him?
 But the inorainate egotism and vanity of the general have made him invest largely in 5rass- buttons, gold lace, and feathers; and he must be called into the service. He has become the synonym of "DowJ" of tEe Crimean War, whose relative, one of the ministers, in his instructions said, what ever is done "5e sure Co lake ccne of DomJ"
 Gen. Yell has become the Gen. Dowb of Arkansas. Without military mind or education, or qualification of any kind, he wants, not only to be taken care ot' but demands that his vanity shall be gratifed by lis being permitted to lead our soldiers to certain slaughter.
 IL is true that by an invasion of Missouri the abol;ioniats can be driven from the State, and it secured to the South, our friends aided and our enemies punished there, and Arkansas saved from being frontier State. These things can be done only by the Confederacy, but it must not be, for we must not forget to take care otf DoW5.
 It is true that every step we push the war into Missouri removes danger that much further from Arkansas, and increases our security in that degree. This can only be done by the Confederacy; for the State has not the constitutional power to make war or to push invading military opera tions beyond her own limits, but this can not be, for we must take care of Doub.
 1t is true that by turning all our forces over to the Confederacy, the State of Ar kansas can save the expense of an army which will bankrupt her in few months, but it cannot be dcne for whatever is done we must be sure to lake care of Doas6.
 It is true that, with the superior material of our army, if it be under the command of an able and experienced general, victory is d foregonc conclusion; but our brave men must be led to defeat, to butchery, to mur- der, for we naast take core of DoseJ.
 ln this article we have only alluded to Gen. Do,c6 There are several smaller members of the DowLiggen family, who may receive our future attention if too much care is taken of them during the war.
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 From the Louisville Courier