Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-06-08
Hons. GoOdpasture, A. F. Gof, 7. W Newman,
NJ. Vaughn, Committee.
have the honor to be, most respectfully,
Your Obedient ser'Tt,


ARlzoEA-We have several Special communion
tions from citizens of Arizona, giving accounts of
murders, robberios, and assassinations and COM
planning bitterly that the military government Of
New Mexico affords them no adequate protection
These persons claim, 1t is known, from Congress an
act authorizing the establishment in their Territory
Of the usual Territorial government It IS perhaps
too common amongst own people 10 regard
with indifference the fate Of distant people situated
away eff in the interior Of the Continent. Dis0F-
ders, demonstrations, and rObberies are Of course
to be expected amongst people where no rules
exist which are capable of enforcement; and we
have no doubt at all Of the justice Of the complaints
we receive from the people Of Arizona, that their
rights and personal safety are constantly put TO
hazard, by OF the fact that they made TO
depend wholly upon military aid from a distant
point Indeed, military government is an impossi-
bic rule amongst the American people, wherever
they may be.
The position OF Arizona on the line of communi-
cation between the southwestern States on the east
ern side Of the mountains and the States and Terri
rOres Of the Pacific is one which cannot fail very
soon TO command the earnest attention Of Congress.
Indeed those who have studied the rapid progress
of population westward, and the extension of our
frontier limits fifty and sometimes hundred miles
year, cannot fail to that at early day the duty
will be devoed upon the federal government to pro.
vide adequate protection and law for the whole inte
rior Of the continent
1t is arranged to establish for instance, an
overland mail communication with the Pacific States
This decision the part Of the Post Office Depart
ment carries with it the duty Of protecting the route
fixed upon, and to some extent, the emigrsnts who
certain to inhabit the entire line of mail service
We shall, at leisure, furnish the best information
in power in regard to Arizona and the entire ex
terror region, which is now 50 soon to come spe-
oially before Congress.
Pooh MExICO.-A correspondent of the Paducah
Herald, writing from Vera Cruz under the date Of
May 2Gth, makes these observations on public men
and public feeling in Mexico:
They talk loud but fight none-and their leaders
change sides with facility really anus ng The
truth is, they follow pile Of money naturally as
half-starved hogs follow a basket of corn With a
very few exceptions they destitute of patriot
ism a hog is Of a soul, and all the revolutions
which have cursed and oppressed this unfortunate
country have been set on foot by a set Of men who
live upon the levies forced upon the Church on the
one side, and upon the ignorant population on the
other.
What will be the final result Of this present revo-
luton, it is impossible predict All eyes in this
country now turned 70 the United States. Some
watch the movements Of the fllibusters, and others
ardently hoping that something viii be done to es
tablish a more intimate and effective alliance (of
fensye and defensive) between the two govern
ments, by which something like tranquility and
peace will be restored to unfortunate Mexico.