The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-11-19
Ridiculous and Untruthful Assertions Of
 Government Contractors.


 interest of the Territory and majority of it's people, and we leave it to candid readers whether or not we have succeeded in doing SO with any degree of success. In perform ing our arduous, thankless duty, We have, of course made some enemies, who have worked against and yiifed US, behind oar bacf. To some of these, we may have given just cause to others and one great enemy in particular we have never given cause for ohense. Now, cue great cause for our offending IS the fact that we have not qusrreled with and sbused the military; and strange to say, some of those who have grown rich off the mill tary, kre the ones who hate us most on this account Very well, we can stand their ha- tred Yes, we who have "never bent the supple hinges of the knee,n to the military authorities, "that thrift might follow fawn- ing" we who have never applied for or had an interest in q contract; we to whom Gov ernment owes nearly Sl 900 for work faith fully performed for Government officers, and which sum it refuses to pay, because our pa per is Democratic, and not on the advertiS- ing list of the Army, have kept on regardless of all these things, and "rendered unto Cssar the things which were Cesars;' and we mean to do so as long as the MINER re- Eaains under our control.
 The foregoing remarks were brought forth by a communication from Ehrenberg, which appeared in late number of the San Bernar- dino (Calfornia) Gaa7iida, over the sigma lures of "wilson W. Jones, Joseph Catick, J. Goldwater," and others, which communi- cation reflects severely on the MINER; is laden with untruths about Col Stoneman, and calculated to njure the Territory abroad.
 Addressing themselves to the editor of the Guardian, the signers of the document say
 As we regard you as the constant friend of our Territory, we take the privilege of asking your help for it in what appears to us avery critical moment. The commanding officer Of this Department has just left here for Fort Yuma. Surfeited with that injudi- cious buncombe praise which always inspire disgust instead of gratitude, he seems thor oughly dissatisfied with everybody and eve rything in the country. The Prescott MIEEE has devoted long columns to his biography and lauded tim for his former achievements So fawningly, and for his present intentions 50 cringingiy thst he is placed in q position to injure the Territory through the only proper agency for its defence"
 Now let us see hcw ruch truth and manl; ness there IS in the foregoing extract. These persons implore the editor of the Guardian to help the Territory, in what appeared to them a very critical moment" Had they said the moment was critical for themselves instead of for the Territory, they would hay, told the truth. But, how the editor O the GsardiGH can help them or the Territory iss mystery to sensible people. This bein; tet,led. it only remains for us to deny th, mean insinuation that Col. Stoneman wa "dissatistied with everybody and every thin, in the country" because the MINER had sur feited him with "injudicious, buncomb, psise."- What stuff, what pettifogging! ", plead guilty to having done simple justice [, brave, upright, intelligent soldier, whom VIC knew 10 have the best interests of tn Nation and Territory at heart Only ,hi and nothing more. And, if stoneman wa disgusted with anybody, it was not with tn honest, hard-working people of the interior but with persons living upon the Colorad river, who have grown rich by selling arm. powder and lead to murderous Indians, wit which some of our best citizens have beel slainj with those who have feathered thei nests by transporting freight at high price to those who were fighting for and develop ing the Territory; with those who had bull large stores and dweling-house with tn money wr0ng from our mountain population with those who had Amassed wealth at tn expense of the poor Indians who formerl stayed upon the Colorado Reservation; witl those who had come up here and taken grail contracts at figure which, had our farmer sold tnelr scant crops for, would have ruined them. These contractors are the ones wh, iaSned upon and disgusted Stoneman, if h. was disgusted at all. They are the men wh, have d'ned and wined Quartermasters. But it was no use to try that upon Stoneman, ans knowing that they dare not do it. they ar, and have been bowling like coyotes, endeay oring to have him removed
 While upon this subject, we will expIsi, our views regarding Col. Stoueman's cours, here. We admire the spirit that prompte, him to travel all over the Territory, and SC, things for himself: we applaud him for hay Ing opened up two roads that were very bad ly needed; VIC could have cheered him fo having abandoned the sickly post of CamI Goodwin; we coihcidsd with him when b, consolidated troops and established ne~