The Weekly Arizonian., 1869-07-31
A RETROGRESSToN ADVOCATE.

an article from the New York Sun, from which we take the following extracts:
 "Hon. Richard c. Mccormick, delegate from Arizona, has lately appealed to the Sec retary of War for more troops to protect the people of that Territory &gaiust the Indians. We trust they won't get them, but that instead, the War Department will furnish to the civil ized inhabitants of ArizAna the necessary J facilities tor moving ava to some more hope ful and wholesome country"
 The writer of that article has evidently for gotten the age in which he lives, Even if we overlook the malicious and nou- progressive spirit of the article, as expressed in Eve trust they won't get them" the absurdity and usIi- lanimity embodied else where are sufficient to convince us that Arizona, in this instance, has been assailed by person utterly ignorant as to its resources as well as unmindful of the mpracticability and absurdity of his recom- mendation. When have the American people succumbed in 80 much as to flee any portion ofthei. territory, en masse, through fear ot savages? They dil not so when the nation was in its infancy, and they will not do so now.
 
 What would Americans think of a government which, though niggardliness, or cowardice' would restrain or forsake its pioneers and per, nit savages to hold the fairest position of its dominion? and this is precisely what the Sun recommends to our government as wise policy.
 Again, in speaking of the number ofpersons entitled 10 military protection, it says:
 "Ofcourse, in such wild and tuI bulent region there are few women and children, so that it connot be far out of the way to set down the total population, that Is fairly entitled to the protection of the government. at 5000 souls
 Now this is another blunder, in strc. har, mony with the random dyitt of the whole ar-- ticle. Arizona has, at present, settled population of more than 10000 souls Pima county. alone, has population of $500, while the Sun sets down the population of the Ter rtory at 3,OOO-really we carrot imagine whence this information was obtained.
 Here. again, it urges abandonment, and to sustain its argument sets forth few invisible points, about as logical as "Nigger stump speech:'
 'In the nature of the case it will be ten or twenty years before Arizona can become Otanv practical value, and why should We go on wasting millions on millions%proecting few people against the Apaches for no uterlur par pose whatever? It would be great deal wiser to pay tbe settlers c)r their improvements and move them out of the country, and abandon the Territory for the present"
 From this it would appear that twenty years must elapse before Arizona can be of any value whatever; and when twenty years shall have passed away-well, what then '? We suppose it means to imply that, at such time, Arizona will be of some value, But here the recon mendation steps in and involves the whole ar gument into a hopeless bungle If Arizona is to be valuable twenty years hence and be, at present, of no value, we are at a loss to know how this changeis to be brought about if the Territory be now depopulated. It IS generally understood that country improves in prOpor- ton as its inhabitants become numerous and industrious, or deteriorates in proprtion as its inhabitants diminish or become thriftless Yet, the Sun, regardless of consequences, tramples axioms under foot and advocates an inexpl- cable mass of impossibility and absurdity. It is hardly probable. however, that the War De, partment will act upon its suggestion by re- commenting that the people be paid for their improvements and removed elsewhere.