The weekly Arizona miner., 1869-09-18
The New York Sun and Arizona.

While the military and citizens of this Ter ritory are struggling, with all their might, to gain ascendancy over it's savage tribes of h. dians, and "conquer" it for the United States, "peace snakes East arc erecting bar riers to prevent them from so doing. But, they might as we'll undertake to crush civilization as to stop it's steady, onward pace. The bit terest and most short sighted of those who advise Government to abandon the Territory to it's " wild men and wild beasts,n is Charles A. Dana, editor of the New York Sun, ex. Secretary of War, etc. He actually does this very thing, from motives of economy(O Bah, Mir. Dana, you are behind the age, and should be ashamed of yourself for advocating so non sensical a proposition. Confine yourself to your velocipede and to firing squibs at the President for not giving you fat office, and you will not make yourself entirely ridicu- lous, as you must eventually do should you keep on writing in the interest of the Indian. Were your advice followed by Government and people, almost every Territory of the OntOn hh 8 ehOth hAhhS bo NAhCA WI to the savages. Fortunately, however, there is no danger of your advice being needed. The cause of your splenetic attacks is too we'll understood. You are sore headed, Charles, and your intelligent countrymen from Maine to Mexico know it. You start out upon the hobby that this Territory has been of no earthly value to the country. Well, admitting that it has not, the fault Is not with the Territory. You say that it origi nally cost the Republic the sum of ten mil lions of dollars. Yes, Charles, very small slice of it cost that much money. You also say it is dangerous for white men to be safe here, or something to that effect, owing to the hostility of the Apaches. This is all very true, Charles, but you need not fear, the Apaches won't hurt you, unless your advice should be followed, and the whites be forced to fall back upon New York City. It is not true, ss you assert, that the Territory has been of no benefit to the country, since its acquisition, for there is one gold mine in this county, which has yielded several millions of dollars, and is now yielding one hall million per year. We mean the Vulture, near wickenburg,-th largest and richest gold mine yet discovered on the face of the earth. This, too, when by the neglect of Govern ment, it's owners have to work it at great disadvantage. Has this yield of bullion done the country no good2 It has, and you can not cainsay it. Then there are hundreds of other rich mines here ready to "remit" an hundred fold the cost of the Territory to the Government, whenever Government subdues the Indians that prevent its citizens from working them, and. but for you and you, kind, Charles, they would to-day be contrib uting to the wealth of the nation. You ad vocated the late internecine strife, and though taking good care to keep your precious F, carcass away from the front, made lots o money out of it. Then you were for putting down resistance to the Government at ths cost of the last man (except yourself), and the last dollar. Now you are in favor o trailing the flag of your country in the dust before rebellious savsges, sooner than spend another dollar. Oh, fe, Charles cease youl croaking, and wield your able pen in tho cause of civilization, humanity and justice Ifyou are really anxious to stop GoyerImen, expenses in Arizona, use your influence tc have about three full regiments of cavalry sent to this Territory as soon ss possible, and our word for it, the Apaches will soon bt subdued, the drain upon the Government bt at an end, and the Territory placed in a DO sition to be of great service to the whole country.