The weekly Arizonian., 1859-06-02

lasUillg dlu lnJurlOuS 70 the general welfare.
 The treatystipnlateS that the Apaches shall not steal on thisI Iside of the line, but it allows them to,roari oynr theacountry, spy out our re- sources and go into Sonora to kill and rob from our neighbors with whom we are at peace and with whom it is for us a necessity to remain on good terms, no matter what our lpreocupations may be. If we hate the Mexicans, or if we want | to take their country, we want no blood-thirsty savages tofdo the ewprk for.us, or to inlufe them. The United States is strong enough. to fight her own battles No words need be lost on the mo- rality of the question, and it is only a weak neighbor like Mexico that would suffer such outrages as these savage incursions from a friendly territory, where they are not permitted to follow and chastise them or extermnate them, as last resourse of peace Suppose the reverse to be the case, what would we do?
 The consequence of this treaty must be the creation of bitter feelings all along the frontier State of Sonora. It must foster thieving in our country, unpunished by the authorities in So- noray because we do not punish the Indian as- sassin and robber for his crimes in Sonora, and by his crossing the line, virtually protect and harbor him. In justice to those in authority in Sonora, we must state that formerly when horses were stolen on our side of the line, they gener- ally assisted in restoring them to their proper owners, notwithstanding there being no treaty
 
 on similar favors on our side of the line. If many of the lower class of Mexicans will steal, there are many, and the most should think along the line, that. desire peace, if not for any thing else, for their own interest and tra ruiiity. There are others that desire friendly relations tor ;;;..ssticc sake alone. These bitter feelings on one side cannot fail to produce or augment them on the other, aid very unhappy state of affairs must be the consequence to both American and Mexican, and cause if not a com plete partial parazation of mining and farm ing in the country. No quiet industrious Mex ican will venture himself and family in our midst under the circumstances, to live for work; and if any hands at all come up, they will be the outcasts, the lazy, the desperadoes, in fact the worse than good for nothings. How can min ing prosperyunder the circumstances. and how the whole country? And who is it that really is benefited by this treaty, that is liable any day to be broken by the Indians whenever they have gathered information enough of the where aboutssof our stock and whenever we have in- creased this by hard work to enough to induce them to be at war with us when ranches will be devastated, and years of hard labor be swept away in one single night? By this treaty there is no one benefited but the cruel, cowardly, thieving Indian who, if it suits his purpose will as soon cut our throats as that of the Mexicans. 1t IS to the interest or the country II not que to Sonora and humanity, that these savages are confined to reserves beyond the limits of settle ments, Say north of the Gila. They must be stopped from stealing the industrious mans work, and from killing him, because they them selves abhor work. Let the government estab- fish line of posts in their own country-keep out scouting parties to pick up those from out side the reserves, punish them, and we will soon see better times. Confidence will be restored, better feeling on both sides of the line, and hands will be plenty, the mines will pour forth their streams of silver bars, money will become abundant, and every one join in the general prosperity and happiness Those who consider this country only as a temporary stopping place, will be able to leave it satisfied before their hair turns gray But if general unsociability, and murder and depredations are permitted to check the progress of the only grand resource of Arir zona, the mining, then let us not be astonished if we dry up, awaiting better times, that may only appear in another generation. ,., ..I .,a
 Isay therefore that these Apache treaties are insufficient and injurious to our best interests in the end Let them be amended, if for nothing else, out of selfishness ..,T
 Before closing would yet say in regard to Mexican peons, merely that by paying them Mexican wages, say 37 cents per day, we should