Arizona citizen., 1871-06-10
A DEUCE OF FALSgHOODs.


 bleeding Territory. It docs not seem
 sufficient that men struggling for a
 livelihood and home here as others dc
 in other Territories, and who never
 thought of the military outlays before or after arrival, shall be constantly
 murdered and plundered, but they must be slandered after dead, as well as while living. The viliier under con sideration obtained access to The Alta
 California. on May p. As friend
 of Stoneman, and one whom we strongly suspicion was recommended for post-trader by his hum0led superi- or, he has right to defend him SO far as truth will justify defense. This correspondent, as if ashamed of his association and ibeloas conduct, omits to date his letter or sign his name.
 He says, to begin with:
 Take the troops and Government patron age from Arizona, to-day Arizona would be one vast Sahara, WitOut a living creature in it, save the native and hostile Apache.
 This is so absurdly false that but few of Stoneman's few apologists would think of uttering 1t. The man who believes this correspondents statement is an accomplice in Government rob- bery, if he don't urge the instant and complete abandonment of Arizona by all United States officers and every kind of employees. Whyis the lying villain connected "with civil and mil itary matters" here? Although he lauds Stoneman for economy, to be consistent, he should oppose all public expenditures here. He should also demand the stoppage of the mails, of all pay for Arizona Legislatures, U. s. Judges, and other U. $. officials, in a Territory he asserts to be totally worth less. Inasmuch as he does not, we pronounce him an enemy of our people, Lof whom he profassas to be one, and also an abettor in plundering the Treas ury of the United States. His own statement shows his inability to sub sist here without military aid, and We venture the opinion that he Is pro- fessional debaucher and purchaser of quartarmasters and a camp follower. In all our observations of writers on this suffering Territory, we have not noted superior vilifer nor greater confessed scoundrel than the one in view We can point to 215Gces and dates where and when i5toneman freely ex- tolled the natural wealth of Arizona.
 Again We quote:
 During the time he has been in com mand Of the Department Gone ycar) he has spent nine months of it in the saddle, per sonaily directing affairs ill the Territory.
 Every man Ill Arizona knows that Stoneman has not been in the Territo- " much if a day over tce months. He arrived early in July 1870, and left in October following. He returned in March of this year and remained for about two months. The plain truth is that he was lot in the saddle" over nine days instead of nine months.
 We finally extract:
 After he had visited and thoroughly in- spected every post in the Territory and wound up the system ofretrenchment he in- augurated, hy telling few plain and whole some truths Gin his annual report, regard ing the condition of affairs as he found them, he raised such stench about him as to cause it to be felt even as far as Washington; at any rate through the | political machinatiOns of the representa- tive of this much abused people, General Stoneman had to succumb, in the faithful discharge of his duties, and was removed from his command.
 Lie upon lie here. Stoneman never saw every military post now in Arizo- na. The very posts he should have visited with scourge on his last trip, he seemed to study how to avoid-to wink at or ignore; we mean Apache and Grant. "A few plain wholesome truths" is good-rery few indeed did he tell. We know not how much in- fuence "the repres entative of this much abused people," exerted in the removal of ,-toneman, but it would still increase his popularity among this munh abuscd D.aDIc,' II 1t were true