Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-07-25

State-ln OrulIlary ciFcuuisianeeo WV "hShs "ei pass him by with silence, and with the contempt which every man must feel for cynical snarler and the malicious slanderer of brave men. No one has forgotten with what conspicuous zeal he paraded in the Gazette the falsehood in regard to taxation in South Carolina. No one has forgotten his persistent abuse of all the gallant spirits of the South. No one has forgotten his stubborn opposi- tion while member of the Military Board to cal ling out arming and drilling the volunteer force of the State, which alone prevents us from having in the field a01, ready to march into Missouri, the whole available force of Arkansas. No one has forgotten or forgiven these and other manifold sins of this pretender to responsibility and patriotism. But notwithstanding the bad odor of his name, and the disrepute of his ibellous paper the people are so justly jealous of their interests in perilous times like these, that deem it act of simple justice to Gen. Y ell to reply to charges as weeping as they are false.
 After informing that the intention of the con- venton was to provide for the "defence" of the State, something no one ever yet denied, the ss- pient editor says:
 "To give such certain and emphatic construc ton to us own aCllOn IS cOuu leave no UOuDI III the minds of the most skeptical, the convention voted down more than one proposition to call Ma jor General ' ell into actual service of the State." The truth of the matter is that after Yell was overwhelmingly elected over the man advocated by Danley and his friends, it was whispered about that Danley and his influence would prevent Gen. Yell from being called into service. This made some of Yell's friends and some who had also been friends of Daney, indignant, and it was determn- ed to instruct Danley < Co.,, to call him into ser vice. A few of them believed, how ever, that the patriotism and honesty of Judge Totten and Gov. Rector would override the mslignity of Capt. Daney, and were unwilling to instruct the Board Gan implied censure) out of respect to them. The motion was lost by only two or three votes. It is well known that many of Danley's supporters, after they the ittleness and bitterness of the editor of the Gazette in the exercise of his brief authori ty," regretted his election, and as he was only elected by rote, would willingly, had it been possible, have sent him back to the den of his edi torial maignancy, to sweter like venomous toad in the loathsome slim of old political ulcers Bat it was too late. The Board assumed control of the State. The people every where for week after week wero reviling it for tardiness. Company after company were rendered and rejected. Itwas suspected then, and it is well known now, that the editor of the Gazette is responsible for this delay At last filled with patriotic indignation, more than one company marched without orders to Little Rock, determined to defend their State without consent of the Board. Alarmed by the report of an invasion, as well as by fear of their indignant countrymen, the Board at last consented to organ ize Col. Lyons regiment. In the meantime, Gen. l Bradley under arrest, and we had five or six regiments in Eastern Arkansas without com manding officer. Danley saw that c en. Fell must necessarily be called out unless confederate officer | should be sent on to prevent it. Notwithstanding he did not believe it necessary to organize the vol unteers, he considered it necessary to have con- federate officer to command them. Rather strange mixture of stupidity and malice. But the point to which we desire to call attention is this the smer- | gency in which the convention contemplated the calling of the Major General into service had ar. | rived. Bradley under arrest. There was no general officer in East Arkansas. Surely if there could ever be a necessity for Major General it was at this time. Capt. Danley was scorn to carry | out the instructions of the convention. Did he do it? The charge of perjury is grave one But at this time, when nothing but perjury could prevent Gen. Yell from being called into service, and when the other members of the Board were willing to do so, Capt. Danley posted off to Virginia to ask Davis to send general officer. The members of the Board were glad to be rid of him, and as soon as he was out of the way, called Gen. Yell into service. There wa. not spark of patriotism in the Virginia trip of the ministerial |" Dowb." Barring the pleasure of excursion at the expense | of the State, malice at the bottom of it all, for he says elsewhere:
 '' From the first organization of the Military Board Gen. Yell has been the great obstacle to thes proper progress of affairs"
 Why "great obstacle2" If there was need of a Major General Capt. Danley was sworn to call him into service. Did he Violate his oath1 If there was no need of commanding officer, Show could ell be great obstacle" m
 The egotistical editor next proceeds to give us lis idea of "mlitary man." For atfaan who never had idea unless it was instigated by ma. lice or money, this is indeed the sublime of pre- sumption. Danley might have sat for the concsp- tion of Aristophsnes:
 "A creature of one mighty sense,
 Concentrated impudence."
 But passing by his aphorisms about the quslfca tions of man, we notice en passant the closing paragraphs of original alsehoods and bo,ro,oed wit:
 But the inordnate egotsm and vanity of tkc General have made him invest largely in bpass- buttons, gold-lace and feathers and he must be called into the service. He has become the sv- nonym of Dopb' of the Crimean War, whose re-
 atve one of the ministers, in his instructions said what ever is done De sure to fake care Of Do,ob'
 Gen Y ell has become the Gen. Dowb of Arkan- sas. Without military mind or education, or qualification of any kind he wants, not only to be taken of but demands that his vanity shall be gratfed by his being permitted to lead our sol ders to certain slaughter"
 The above anecdote is stale, but the two false hoods wrapped up in it originated with the Thirstes of the Gazette. Montague has curious chapter on '' Cripples," in which he gives many amusing reasons why the Amazonians preferred them 10 unmutated men, but the poet in the deformed cynic of the Grecian Camp, and Shakespeare in his Danlean Caliban have given us truer lessons in human nature. It is only in monstrosities that malice, falsehood and cynicism can find their dis gusting maturity. To return to the quotation.- Gen. Yell was elected nearly two months ago, but did not get his uniform till after he was called int service, about two weeks ago. iIn the se.re place, Gen. Yell does not ask to be " icant for of." So far from being a tattered of office. bo public patronage and the emoluu and patriotic has, among the first of the Ahed hundred bale, citizens of Jefferson coIuse States. In this re- of cotton to the Co-'anner county, yet no one spect Jefferson 'ens has contributed in greater of her e-ne cause of the South The impu. nroporssetore is meany false, but false as if ;s ts. I'd have sounded better from any other Der. 4 than the recent pensioner of Abe Lincoln and ihe-ionS vampire or Dowbiggan aliment Per J