Arizona miner., 1868-05-09
The Delegate Question.

people Oi this Territory will meet together at the poll. for the purpose of selecting man to represent them in the 4l-t Congress Of the United States, our duty as journalist, a citizen, and pioneer of the country, conn pel- us to examine into, canvass and expose Co Che public gaze the merits and dcmerits oi the three gentlemen now before the people for place, position, power and honor In do- ing so we shall speak our mind freely, fearless ly, voluntarily and honestly, without regard Co consequences
 Of truth can we say, that no man or par " own us. True. we are welded to Demo cratic principles, but mol to the Democratic
 party, for, should the party prove recrcaut to the wel-dcfincd and time honored principle, embodied in the Constitution-the charter of
 American libcrty-wc would feel at liberty and would consider it our duty to cease adyo- eating its doctrines, and sever our conneAion
 with t. In like manner, in taking sides on : the Delegate question, and choosing ono of l the three candidates for our standard bearer,
 VIC do so, not because the presses of the MIS-
 CT office have been greass4 with oil bought at
 the expense of any candidate now before the people for the position of Delegate to Con gress, but solely from the desire to build up our rich, fair and fertile Territory, and there
 by benefit the noble band Of pioneers who
 have for long and weary years contendcd
 against thousands of hostile ,ayagcs, priyation
 and want
 It is time that the sun of prosperity should
 shine upon Arizona. Her Dark Age" should
 soon come to an end, and 1t will. finer peo-
 pie are true to themsclyes-true 10 their in-
 tcrests and true to those wbo are true to
 them. It cannot be gainsayed, that, from
 ,ome cause the Territory has been kept
 back-crowdod to the wall-her people de-
 nied their rights and left to shift for them
 selves. It cannot be denied that in almost
 every county and township in the Territory
 there are mineral, agricultural, grazing and
 other resources unsurpassed by those of an,
 other State or Territory and yet they remain
 untouched, unclaimed, unoccupied and unde
 veloped, save and except in a few localities
 Our mountains are covered with timber, an,
 yet there Is but one saw-mill in operation 1T the Territory; full of rich lodes of gold, sl yer and experiencing rock. and yet ther' are not five quartz mills running in the Ter
 ritory. Our streams are many and large, an, vet no manuiactories have been built upol | them. Our laws are voluminous and varied and yet no lawyer or other citizen can under stand one half of them
 Hundreds of our people have been murder ed by Indians-thoir property stolen or des $ troyed, and still relief has not come w , have walled, gnashed our teeth. girded on
 ioiHs ard gone forth to battle for home country and revenge upon our foes, upon hal g rations, and clad in miserable garments an, f upon our return have been soothed with fai promises from false-hearted, calculating cold n selfish, money-making officials, who were fat , tening at the public manager, while we wer - scouting in the mud and rain. Is it possibl ' for US to stand this much longer? We thin :. not The people are now having their eye s opened, and have commenced to see throug  z designs of the official ring of infamous imp ' who have betrayed, misrepresented, robbe - and plundered them in the past; and the
 express determination to remedy the eyi
 Time and again have we been promised T, s- dress, if we would send some one of the cliar = to state our case to the Government at Wasl '- ington, and time and again have we done tl ' bidding of our masters, and yet the promise 'i remain unfufilIed, and things go on as usua le Now, for the fourth time, we are asked III send the last of the gang, Governor R. c. NJ n, Cormick. Time and again has he been force to take back seat and bide his time. Bt n' now, Richard, thinks is his suspicious da, N and he is stumping the Territory in a chario Ut drawn by four splendid black mules, tryir " to impress the people with his importanc " !, and make them forget his former short con ' ings. Well, now that he is fairly in the fel
 let us see what claims he has upon us-wh; '' debt of gratitude we owe him, that should ,' repaid with seat in Congress as our Del,
 gate. He says he has done more for Arizor V than any other living man, and though n, v large in stature, powerful with the pen , Ill brilliant in debate, would have us belle, S- that he is Hercules, Ritchie and Vel h. ster combined. As we have said befor ''' what good he has done for the Territory l' not visible to the naked eye. He may ha, tried, but, if so the trial has proved failur 'H and, to-day, he cannot point his finger at ar
 real, lasting benefit done by him for the Te