The weekly Arizonian., 1859-05-12

oHowlng prea mDle ana resolutions were unan- nously adopted -
 WHEREAS, for a series of years have we in vain
 humbly knocked at.the portals of our national
 government, have we annuallyse sent our duly
 constituted delegate to Washington, have we
 petitioned, supplicated, and implored Con-
 gress for relief, and have we invoked proteo-
 tion of person, property and lite, guarantee
 of the ordinary rights and privileges of Amer
 can citizens Facts have been heaped upon
 facts instances have been added to instances,
 showing conclusivey our utter Restitution and absolute incapacity to protect Yourselves. with
 out the protective influence of Government.
 We have shown that we are wholly without
 government, that in the entire country, from
 the Rio Grande to the Colorado distance o f six hundred miles east and west, and like
 distance north and south there are no coun-
 ties no civil officers, no laws, aud that crime
 stalks abroad in our midst in open day. We
 have shown that emigrant trains have been
 attacked by the relentless savages, Anl drivei back w;th great loss of life and property, leav- ing destitute women and children to wend
 ' . t1
 their way back in doubt and dread, through
 an almost trackless waste. and that others,
 less fortunate, have all been slain; men and children constantly murdered when struggling ill defence of wives and mothers, while the
 wives and mothers were ravished to death-
 We have shown that armed Mexicans have invaded our territory, and stained our land with America blood, that Mexican cutthroats and outlaws, under cover of night, have bru- tally murdered and mangled the bodies of our citizens in charge of our mail stations, and that marauding parties of ruthless sava- ages and barbarous Mexicans nfest our en- tire territory, deluging the country in blood, driving off our herds, producing constant dread and alarm in our midst, preventing immigration, impoverishing our people and depopu!ating our country. Notwithstanding
 all this, the doors of Congress have been
 closed upon us; the ears of those high
 in power have been deaf to our cries for re- lief, and to the scenes of blood and carnage
 here presented, have they shut their eyes with seeming indifference and evident. con- tempt--Therefore, ,,..,7 t.,- s,-r
 lst Be it Resolred That we, the citizens of Arizona City and vicinity, invoking the guild lnce and protection of Divine Providence do hereby solemnly determine, with the consent md cooperation of our tellow-citzens through ,ut the Territory, to establishfand m antain government for ourselves.
 2i That we earnestly request our fellew-cit- zens throughout the Territory to unite with US n this effort to redeem our adopted country rom the ravages of crime and rapine. aa11
 3d. That we hereby re commend to our fellow citizens that al election he held at suitable pla- ,es throughout the Territory on Monday, the 'Oth instant, for the election of delegates to erritorial convention, to be held at Tucson, on Monday, the 27th day of June next taod
 4,h. That we also recommend that said terri. orial convention, when convened and organ. zed, shall have full power to adopt an organic aw, for the future government of the Territory, O apportion the representation, and, if deemed necessary, to elect, temporarily, the various of icers of the Territory, and to do such other acts md things as said convention shall deem meet md proper. t.5
 5th. That this Territory now contains lar ger population than did Kanzas, Nebraska, or Washington, at the time of their organization and that the opposition to our territor,a al organ zato on, on the ground of deficiency of popula- ion, must be regarded either as having its ori- yin in ignorance or fanaticism .''