Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-07-10
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l army and the cherished hopes "f cause seemed pited against fearful odds? | shall not forget that l at 's Oak Hills" and Elk Horn, that other brave,
 distinguished and gallant officers were in command; 1 nor shall hazard an opinion, as to what misht
 have been the result at the latter place, had Gei. | Price been chief in comm tnd but simpy cali at
 tention to the part he took in h SC ttes respect
 lively for to ttat erient in the review ot his re
 cor they are his battles. But sran2e to s;t,, that 1 after twelve montls of anxious s0licitude, the 1 pub c are at length relieved from breaihless ex
 pectation, bv the starLng, but very wise and ora
 cular announcement, that We {our ge eroisSlno
 feel Ytain Mot he (sn Pirce) is entirely deficient
 in the main qualities and qual fcations ol a great military ieader'' In tis lucid anatusts Of Gen.
 Prices capabilities he certainly reminds the pub ic
 of the fable of the fir trying to swell itself 10 | the huge proportions of an ox-ior ssch mGsferty | conclus ons must have been the result Of certain l evouti ns of the stomach instead ot he bran. | Indeed, he rem nds very mu Il, T It o Sancho l Panza's savings, or cken's Turve!drop, but o'
 Don Quixote, arrayed in his coin glorious sef con
 cea and huge proportions, strutting forth in chi0aL
 rous habiments to correct the great error in'o
 which the present generation has fallen, and settle | by one stroke of his gigantic intellect the differ
 ence of opinion between (tce) little men!
 i But agaiu--our generalss mo of the goose quill, 1 urges serious objections 10 Gen. Pr ce, because | every body in general, and the Army Argus i'll par
 hcu or, have taken it upon th mseves to speak in 1 complimentary terms of him. Holy Writ admon- 1 Shes, |" Beware when all men speak we'll of =
 But Gen. Price is entirely sGte our generalls imO speaks pery unUeU of him. He toams and frets 1 because the Missouri Army Argus did mt puff the
 leading civilians such himself, Ot course, Gems. ] Beauregard. Johnston, Bragg, President Davs and
 the human family at large, (except Gen. Price. } Ii the editor of the Argus had followed his exam pie. he would have been gull of that sin of writing about every bod,, except somebody with whom he had some acquaintance. But our gene
 raissimo may rest assured of one fact, that if l the editor of the Army Argus comes across his Heroes on Paper,' for once in his life, he will be pfe9 to his hearts content. It has ever been prominent characteristic of the good sense of the editor of the Army Argus, to write only about those things with which he is entirely mt. Indeed, it might be profitable, and even credtabe, to the head and heart of others to obey the inunc ton: <" Co fh0u and co hke1cise.''
 But again: "We (generalissimo) had an oppor-
 tunity, of seeing c en. Price. at the Gayoso House, few weeks ago, and we regretted II since for we lost much of the respect which up to that time
 we had entertained for him, is the saying of
 Sancho Panza: that familiarity begets contempt" It will doubtless be terrible blow to Gen. Price
 when it is announced to him, that he has forfeited
 ' much of hte respect' of our generalssimo; 1t will
 be crushing in the extreme. It is feared he will
 never recover, but retire to private life. excam
 ing, in the bitterness of his soul, ''Al is vanity" "To day flourish and live,
 To morrow wither and de."
 But the truth of Sancho Panza's saving depends entirely upon taste and style It may be true that familiarity beges contempt with certain class of men, but such is not len. Prices style, and the public wants no better evidence of the entire ab- -ence of '' familiarity" between himself and G-n. Price, than his own statement; for Gen. Pri, @ commands the respect of his most intimate (fami liar) friends the admirlt Of his enemies, and draws all men t, him by shocks of steel" The Ifo-H time, without the f'rnaiites of passing through a guard, or announcing his name before hand, have patient audience for hs cause, feel perfectly at his ease, but ne1r depart with Jut feeling that he has communed with one of c od's nobI Iemdn, a tru ly great and good man! Indeed, instead O. that g big dignitied," of which our generals imo speaks, he Is proyerbial for being the raest amt most aiiable man in the army. The writer of this article never saw Gen. Price wi h a full miltiry suit on and very rarely with even q military coat The attachment of his men is sufic ent evidence of his moral worth -Ifthereis anything that our sol
 ders dcspise, to the bottom Of their hearts it an o-tentatious display upon the par' Of commissioned officers But t IS no ed fact that lien Price has such a hold upon the affections of his men, which
 n General can have unless he is the true type of
 m n and the hi- hest style of gent eflau,) th...
 in or out o the army, they Will wade in hl ,,d up
 to their arm pits for him. if necessary. But thls feeling seems 10 pervade onr entire army. At Corinth, whenever Gen Price had casion to visit other divisions. or pass lhem on the road, there
 was one universal anI contnuel shont that nl.t,le he Welkn ring from The Ii ne he entered the lines till he passed be, ond them: such was the disposi
 ton t0 tribute to their appreciation ol worth and merit.
 But there is no doubt our generassimo felt that there a great difference between General Price anI him self at the Gayoso House! Que was t0aSted, and lh other vas not--one WIS serenadeG, apIth tha ltE not wac @Is1 H alIf fhp other was not. lie on'y mistook his envy, tor an uaprt1adfced judgment imaglng all tine time how the "b- dignfel," would have crept over him, h ,d he ouly been competent to stand in the gene
 rai's boots and been the "observed |" of all obseF
 vois,' forgetting in his uain dream tor glory, the sensible ad uontion: q JUd gc net others by your seli,'' he clothed Gen Price with those charact ist'cs which he felt would be prominent ill himself under similar circum .tances.
 But hear him az ain: " We have nothing against Gen. Price--he is gallant man anu h IS done vice in our cause' Our geneIaltssimo's cous.s- tency rem nds very much of the man that met another in the street, kn Icked him down with club. then by way of ap plugy coolly remliked; '" Yell Jenkins really you Gbout ths ciererest man kaoDt" Now let the public compare notes.
 In the second allegation he '' hls Price's) mdrchts iceys not t6Uaded in WisdDm, did his battles result in any particular 0doanfage 10 our cause.'' Yet. "he IS gattant man, and has done ScTClce tp our cause. An, ln1eeu. IT ms neaFN marches" were not founded in wisdom, and his battles have been of no particular advantage to our cause-what has? Surely, 1t must have been the expense of keeping an army twelve months to do nothing2 Will our generaliSsmo excuse our obtus ass, and be condesceHding and kind to throw out one scentiiiaiing ray of his genius to light up the meandering labyrinth of this paradoXi- c ctl subject? If he will be gracious as to ptos ptoresce but for moment, he will doubtless con fer a favor on the public, and leave behind scrap of history for future generations. Hut he IS op- posed to writing history now-he says: q The his torian has not taken up his pen, nor the engraver his chisel for this work. In time this will be done until then all ought 10 aoat." In the name ot reason then, why did Int he wait, instead of at tempting to anticipate this work by publishing false sclaps of history. The truth about it Is, our ge neraissmo, has attempted an impossible feat, much so as lifting himself over the fence by the straps of his boots. He has attempted to persuade himself into the truth of thing he himself does not believe, and as is usual in such cases, has ap propriared just about rope enough to hang hlmself He reminds Us of an anecdCte we once heard of distinguished doctor, wno professed to De great atheist. On one occasion his friends thought they would test his sincerity. The doctor called one nght to visit patient; his road lay through a deserted grave yard. On his return, his friends were secreted behind the tomb stones, clothed in simultaneously and advanced toward the road. The doctor in holy horror dropped his reins o!asped his hands across his breast and commenced;
 aNow lay me down to sieep
 And if i die before wake, etc.