Arizona miner., 1867-10-26
REMOVAL OF THE CAPITAL-WHAT
 THE PEOPLE SAY.


 While at Wickenhurc, Walnut Grove, Kirk land and Skull Valley, we conversed with a great many people in relation to the above subject, and we did not find one man who failed to condemn the action of Governor Me Cormick ir signing the bill for the removal of tue Capital, which was carried through the Fourth Legislature by fraud, bribery and traffic. The people could scarcely believe thc Governor capable of doing such an act of iE- justice to a majority of the citizens of the Territory against their well-known and un- mistalsable wishes, and will not fail to Femem- Der hin for it. They condemn, in the most bitter terms, the action of Mickey of Yuma. Lewis of Molaye and Class and Catler o; Pah- Ute. in voting for the bill in defiance of the will of their constituents. liai the Pima delegation used fair means, and thereby achieved success, the people would willingly acquiesce in the removal; but, knowing as they do, and that from the lips of the Pima members themselves, that hal fair means alone been used ths JY asrsy rogd h1rs Daasei, they feel indignant at ali tue actors in this
 
 cpy them for 1t should they ever again have sh impudence to come up before them for fa aiIice of trust. honor or profit in their gift Gvod, honest, reliable men have told us that .a9aey 'sqs ussI to accomplish the darling dTyam of Tpcson--the removal os the Capital and, taking into consideration all the circum- stances connected wish the aiFlir, we are in- tl... tf bers of the Legislature were base enough to sell themselves for a small sum of money We do not assert this as fact, bat, as we said before, circumstances point strongly that way, and the people generally believe it. IL is significant fact that Mickey of Yuma went to Tucson avowedly to reside, after the adjournment of the Legislature, instead oi going back to see his constituents Ion the river. Why did he not, like his colleague. Alr. Lindsey, return to bis people with open countenance and clear conscience. satisfied that applause would greet him for doing his duty and voting according to the will of his constituents Was Mr. Mickey afraid to face the music? l. appears so. Again, what was it that so suddenly changed the expressed opinion of the Ho4. Nat Lewis of Mohave, that '' Prescott was the proper place for the Capital, and that he should vote for it's par. manent location here ?" Was it greenbacks or his segregation bill, which he could hay, passed without the aid of the Pima delega ton Qaiea seIs? And, c all yc prophets what induced HOnJrabirs c. l. G,iss and E J. Cutler of Pah Ute county to vote for re moyall Was 1t the silcsry eloquence of tho Pima men, or their grecnncssl Probabl, both; probably something eise TFTTe tiof A know. But we do know they did every citi zen north of the Gia an injustice when thel cast their votes for the removal ef the Capi tai to within a short distance Of the Mexican State of Sonora, away in one corner of tn Territory. And last, but not least, wha Websterian reasoning, what glttering prom ises of aid in acquiring new positions of power wealth and honor, were brought to bear upo the Governor in order to get his signature | the bill which despoiled Prescott---the beau tifnl Prescott, which he himself baptized an upon which he formerly so much doated We cannot imagine; but, froin the ideas foi meFly entertained by him in regard to Ger tral Arizona, we are satisfied that the powei promises or arguments used to entice him { commit an act that forever politically dsmr him in the country north of the Gila-th best and fairest portion of the Territory must, indeed, have been sufficient to conyel saint.