The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-06-04
THE WEEKLY ARTEONAN
JUNE 4..,-l...................l670
rnE DEf4RTaRNT OF ARIZONA

The formation of new Military Departmen
 embracing the Territory of Anzona aud tha
 portion of the State of California south of
 line from the northwest corner of Arizona t
 Pc;nt Conception, on the Pacific, has furnish.
 ct material for much comment by our neigh.
 bors west of the Go orado This division O
 California places within the Department e
 Arizona the whole south n part of that State
 for a distance of about l50 miles north O
 Los AngeIes-heace the oppost ion by the Los Angeles press 70 the new n ilitary depart.
 mert Beyond the fact that Southern Cali forna is dissatisfied ct her connection with us we are not aware of the real source of her grievance in this direction, Perhaps she imagines that connection with a Territory, even in the saal9wy manner of forming with
 il a military department, Is an encroachment upon her status, CT worse stiL perhaps she considers this preiIainaTys step to the &C., tual territorial dlvisioo of ;he State, and that 1t will culminate in the formation of two states instead of cue. Indeed this latter is somewhat of the character of an opinion ex- pressed by the Commercig1 Herald, which feeling satisfied, or appearing satisfied as to the justice Of its inlel ence, pr0eeeds 10 repre- seat the folly Of dividing the State of Cali fornia, upon the ground that her population is ucw 50 scattered tkat sbo can hardly manage to get f5r herself congressional represen~ tahon prop0rtionate to the exsent ot her min eral and agricultural resources. Now this objection on LLe part of CommerciH Herald is decidedly weak, absurd and inconsist- ent; but weaker still is the principal ob- jecticn raised by The Los Angeles Star It says that all matters 'arising ont of the exist- ence or camps and barracks in lAese coun- ties will have to be referred to the auth ori- ties at Fort Whipple, headquar ters of the new military department Well, euppo:e they be So referred, where thar is the iucoa- venience? Tue mail facilities between Los Angeles and Fort Whipple render the reftr- ence Of military matters simple and easy if matters for reference sLall arise the nam Der oi troops stationed in these counties, however, IS not 20 very great that serious military complications will be likely to come s5out
 Weagree with the people of3onthern Cali fornia that they gain nothing by the arrange ment, Dnt at the sane sime, confess our inability 10 obserTe that they have lost or are likely to lose anything by the change.
 Ths people of Arizona are justly pleased to have separate military department, with department headquarters st a point which will afford the commanding general An op- portunity of seeing for himself and acting C. cO7dingy, ins.ead of acting upon reports of subordinatea, which, notwithstanding he ia bis lily incurred, were ofen malicious and false 1 And there is another point upon which our opinions harmonize with those Of CaEiorri;ans and that IS 'he sesming progriety of New Ae1co, instead of Southern California uniliag with Us in the formation of this Department Our interests with those of New Mexico are certainly, ID every respect, identical, our re- | sources are similar and the same tribe ol In, ciaos carrigs on hostility throug hout both Ter, ritOries, The advantages ot such combination would not be ours. bu. rather those of New Mexico. We are quite as we'll fixed by con- neetion with California aswe could be with New Mexico, but Caifornia main.aIas that she is loser by the arrarSement and New Mexico would certainly reap grealar advantages bv forming with IS the Department of Arizona' than she can hope to obtaia in her present We are, therefore. from every appearance, tLe only party benefited by this new order, bat then the advantages to us are 'f such grave importance tba, the silent grievances of our Eastern neigbbor and the noisy Pro'estatiOns CT our ueighJor to the West are of so l.;tle comparative importance hat wa do not believe it uucharitable to loga tLat matters will be suffered to remain s 'hey are at present Itis about time that riE7na were made the subjee. of little in- . ependent fostering care.
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