The Weekly Arizonian., 1869-12-04
THE WEEKLY ARIZONAN
DECEMBER 4.............. 1869
YOX PoPULI.

There are porhaPs few things either in th,
 material world, or within the sphere ofinegi-
 nation alone, so liable to change, and to SC
 great an extent the foe of unity as public opia-
 ion We find it everywhere diridod-unani-
 nous ia nothing-dispossd to dispute even the
 validity of g maxim. When re consider thiG
 the conviction forces itself upon us that the
 unanimous opinion of council or meeting which has taxed it's integrity to speak and de- eide conscisntisuslr is worthy of tho highest respect and confidence. As an instance of such opinion we refer our readers to the rsso-
 alions adopted at q meeting held at Mesila, to be seen ia another column. These rosolutions are original only in their style Of versiEc4ton !; lhe idea, every ssntimens--whe,her it betrly indignation, hcpe, or despeir-has been ring ing in the public ear for years; Eot only frOIh those who have. actually suffered a! the hands of the Indian and are crippled or deformec from wounds, but ell others, even those uho have lived in Arizona or New Mexico for only a few months, take up the cry :-protecton to
 
 This is simply demand for justice; every meeting of citizens in either Territory has cs lea for 1t, the executive in either Territory has cOntonded for il; our legislatures have begged for it; ths press of either Territory have de- mnnded t, and oar delegates in Washington continue to pray for t, cut ell to no purpose.
 Notwithstanding ;he unnnin4ity of the public voicein representing matters as they are, in one instance the combined continent of the two Terrtoriss sustained by the entire population of both, s suppressed, ignored, condemned, be- cause eonuadictsd by an interested hypocrito in tbe person of Vincent Colyer. With no greater uuanimity iu asking for that protection to which citizens arc entitled, have the peoDls of Arizona and New Mexico in tiaes past. laid their c.ains before tho national governments. than do they now denouncs as fals>, hypocrti- ca! and unsus,ainsd the principal statements made by Vincent COlyer regarding the savages of this frontier
 The meeting lke1iE' passed resolutions tep- dering the heartfelt thanks of the cit2spy of oar frontier 10 the brave officers and ueD of! Camp Bow.e Our ueighbors of New Mexico kuow well that in this respect the people of the two Territories entertain but one sentiment. t,r if doubts were admissible they would never have assumed theresponsibity Of speakiino far us We enter heartily into their views accent and end orse thei~ every opiniou-not tbrougI, mere courtesy, but because they gre such ss we entertain and believe to be just and rigbt The officers named have lasting claim upon the gratitude of 'hs people of fboth Territories but not less entitled 10 tha heartfelt thanks of the people is their auers ttic commander Gen Devin, who is, iD reality, Inc motive power and the only one of the three commanders stationed here since 1866, (vi1: Col Wallsp, Gen. Crit!enden, and Gen, Dsvin,) who evsr sufficient talent and ability with ina , disposition to conduct a campaign, and VIC will r moreover, vouch that OFT statement in tbs ' expect can be suatainsd by nine-tenth vote 'f the citizens of this town, ksto the illus. ' rious Choctav first mentioned, well, h;s cold 9 deliberate cruelty drove mora men from iba { rmy, by deseriioH, in December 65. and m V 0 March, 66, han would be sufficient to sst.le | he Apache question forever, in ihe space ofa 2 ingls year. Does he remember his answer to l, Iol Ilgss, in the presence of SD enlisted man. 2 n board of the steamer Sacramento when an. c rsased by that mOdol officer, while holding in 4 is hand portion of the soldiers breakfast. (n o iece ofhard bread stirring with animal life, accspt proposal made by the captain of b ie vessel to furnish the command with sea tt scnit, under certain conditions. "what they iu ave is too good for them; let them eat il. d-n e, lem." ,s We do not mention this to please Gen. Devin fs trough acknowledging our observance oftbe cl ontrast between his character and that of Y allen, nor do we think that he will be pleas. Ir at it, but if truth comes within our reach. <. nd is applicable to theOceasion, We will speak vii at all hazards er But to revert to the subject; Gen. Dsvin is fo 'ing his full duty and has the thanks of in