Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-05-08


 Esg@ The enemy having at last pushed his lines within our territory, and embraced large districts of country loyal to the South, the duty of operating within his lines, now devolVes upon our people. 1t Is not in human nature to per- init an invader to occupy this country in quiet and security; and we must resort to the mea- sureS of the Spaniards, and of all patriotic people, in making his occupation as hazardous and uncomfortable as possible. To this end our enterpri2ing and daring spirits must make use of their valuable skill in the saddle and with the gun, and their intimate knowledge of by-ways, lords and passes, to waylay the enemy and insict all the injury upon him that brave and adventurous partisans have, in all ages and all countries, been so effective in dealing-- Marion, Sumter and Hampton: McCulloch, Hays and Chevallie are the types we would fain hope to see initiated by hundreds of Eir ginians in the counties now about to be overrun by the enemy.
 The mythical black horse" and masked batteries that have figured so largely in the enemy's imagination ought now to become re- alities; and the recent astonishing feats of Jack Morgan in Kentucky and Tennessee afford ex- amples of what enterprise may do in emergen- cies such as that in which so large portion of Piedmont Virginia and the lower valley now finds itself Of course no operations of this SOTl Cdi Do pTOS0culeu except WltQl0 the mes of the enemy; and as West Point abhors the names equally with the tactics of Sumter, Ma ron and McCulloch, 1t will be in vain to ex- pect countenance from the regular army. The only course open to pursue IS for these enter prsing partlzan warriors to obtain commissions from the authorities, and to enter with this war- rant upon their work They can in no way i,.. terfere with the business of the army; and it is quite likely that few hundred active men in detached squads can infct more loss upon the invader than twice as many thousand of our regular troops.
 It is we'll for these partizan warriors to recol lect, in all their operations, one important fact. The enemy has now taken to land, and depends for success upon his transporation.-- To kill or take away from him one horse or mule, therefore, Is equivalent to starving ten men; and and to blow up or burn two wagons is to disa- ble whole company. Our black hersemen," therefore, ought to make the capture of draft animals and the destruction of transportation their leading object, and everything else secon dary to that main purpose. To shoo, down an officer or soldier is no great achievement, inas- much as his place can be supplied ad in1initum by the populous North; but to shoot a pair or two of horses or mules is to disable a cannon, or to starve hundred men,
 In all ambu she's that may be prepared, strict instructions should be given to let the person net of the enemy pass by unmolested, and to ra- serve the dash and the fire for the animals and transportation. By the energetic prosecution, of this plan of operations against the enemy within their lines, few hundred daring horsemen and marksmen can soon disable and reduce to motionless hulk a whole army of invaders By this system of Warfare every people in earnest for their freedom have suc- ceeded in it. To 1t the Swiss owe their inde. pendence; the Spaniards their rescue from the iron grasp of Napoleon; Spanish America her release from the dominion of Old Span the southern colonies their triumph over Cornwalis; and Texas her delverance from Mexican ma- 1 rule. We trust that many brave spirits wi.nin the lines of the enemy will take the pubic de fence into their own hands, and hamstriug the enemy in his rear while our brave armies are fighting him in Richmond Examiner,