The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-02-05
GOV. sAFPoRD THE APAcHEs AND THE
 MILITIA

per l2kL, 6uut lDf Auc ALhl tLis StbGe HIS uepaE'
 ture. we have received information of hir
 uhsrssboatG On the 5ih ult he wasinisrYiew-
 ed by reporter Of the New York Herald; anC
 Ehe result of this interview is the publication
 in the columns Ofhe Herald, of the 9th ult
 of the true state of IndiAn affairs in Arizona
 We are pleased to see this knowing that it.
 appearances iB he Herald is certain 10 pIsc,
 il before the ayes of the whole ountry and
 obtain for it degree of consideration not tc be approached shrOug b any other ,ource. From the character of affairs in Arizona as repre- ssnted by New England journals t $ evident that New EnglAnders have heretofore been as ignorant of affairs in Arizona aS they are of Afairs in AbyEsinia, ! he following news i:em from the Boston Herald will give an instance of this:
 ''Leut, Spear, agent, and ". J. Godrrey, interpreter, for the southern Utes deny the recent statement of spprehendsd trouble with tho ApRcbes. It is true Ihe Apaches are out on h1nt, but they do not refuse 10 go on ,bs reservations Reports soIhe effect probA- by originated in jealousy"
 The vs;. of governor Stafford to Washington and the exersions of Mccormick ln congress are. however, dissipating the cloud of mingled ignorance aud disintsrestedness wh oh, during SO many years, obEcured the grivences of our people; showing forth robbery as a necessary evil and murder as the unavoidable sequence Of thoughtleSs adventure.
 At no time within the past six years have the mists of the future. for us, been diveIted of 80 much of their opacity as withiH the past two months. Our wrongs. commencing at the east with the N. I, Herald, have been sounded from the shores of the Atlantic to the Rocky moUntainEi arousing, in our behalf, the sym pathies Of the people thOughout The Herald says:--
 Tine condition of Arizona, ss shown by the reports of Governor Stafford in our issue ofyrs- ierday, may well bs considered by the federal authorities at Washington. The mineral re- soursea of the country, it is well known, are enormous. From 1859 to the con nlencementoi the Apache war the sums realized by he Span- iards and Msxicans were startling, and the development made during the short time that the Americans could operate in the Territory proved that ancient reports were not sxag. gsraied. The neglect caused by the war and the building of tho Pacific Railroad by the Northern route has drawn the attention of our people from ;he Territory and delayed its civ and Ia,1Irrr,. D. vantages remain. Aside from its mineral wealth the best route for next railway 10 the Pacific lies through it, and ths lines have al. ready been commenced.
 Moreover, its mineral wealth, while di.re. gardsd at homo, has secured special attsntios | abroad. Foreign capitalists are making pur. chasss of land with the intention of putting large amounts upon the work of developing it's resources. Where the mineral fields are of such vast extent single success will induce further efforts and investments. and the returns which must inevitably follow will soon render assistance or protection from the government Governor Stafford and others assure us that the agricultural resources of Arizona are ou . par with it's minerals It urely seems, therefOrs, short-sighted policy, , or want of such aditionsl protection as may be needed, to discourage immigration or the intro luction of foreign capital. The policy of all .ovsrnmsnt has been to extend aid iu the hsps of protection to new Territories and Olcniss, until they may acquire strength nough to protect them selves In tie early ettlemsnt of all our other Western Territories ur government has extended the needed pro- sction with Hn unspsring hand; nor could he Pacific Railroad, which has added so much 0 the wealth and glory of our country, have ,een completed without this fostering care T Why ahOuld the Territory of Arizoha be set b part as ths only place within the limits of th: t United States where the Indian may without re- D traint rob, murder and devastats2 ? The i, Quaker policy will not do for the Apachss" | h Congress, too, our. Delegate is st his ,Ost, WhsEs it Wll be ssen frsm she following