The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-07-29
A FEW GENERAL REMARKS.

The Indian question at present, occupies very prominent position before the people throughout the whole country, and being that which chiefly occupie. the pEhlic mind n Arizona, where irac ticai demonstration hl. made t understood in its every feature the local paper can hardly devote too much space Co it's consideration, when it Is called to mind that no other means uf establishing proper uai rstsndins beyond the confines of the Tcrritor, r~r;s in the hand. of the people.
 We would rOt undertake to account for the mo lives or aH tho prominent mcn who, knoNiug the real character of the administration O Indian ai- fairs in Arizona will stlll persist iu thc work of misrepresentation the motives Of many, very many, we under.,ind- official prominence and the acquisition Of gain.
 We ind In the DeSsret Netes a statement made by General Stoncmsn, subsequent to hts removal from the command of this department, al an in tcrVew had with him In San Francisco, 10 the ef- feet that not all the out-ages attributed to the Apaches were committed by Indians; that there is a class Of American citizens here which takes advantage oi the occasional dcprediations by lndi' ans to cover up is own acts or hwlcssnc.s-it Is to be inferred, we presume, on tue highways, Now, Ito use homcly adage which will convey our mcaningl 1t is not our policy to " kick a man when he is down" When we that General stoucman had been dcposcd we were satisfied. lt was to accomplish this result we had coniended and vc sought no more by our comments upon his tnalcadininistraiion or the affairs of this department But his last act calls for special con dcmnaion. It Is outrageous and inexcusahie be- cause the statement is not only false, but without even the shadow Of a suspicion, ever expressed or implied. upon which to dx foundation. This Is one wilfu misrepresentation, the motive In which vc fail to sec. IL would be but an insult 70 eur struggling and Apacheridden citizens to attempt to defend them a.ainst . charge so outrageous and 90 absurd so will let the accusation stand on it's merits, to confront the accuser when his iudrmruf shall haVe cOOlgT than it 1. al the present time
 He must indeed be strongly prejudced in favor or the Indian race who Can ind an apology for the Apaches Gen. Crook has as signally failed 10 discover their reheemtng characteristics as his predecessor did to observe their hostility aud bar barity while they were spreading systematic d,atb and destruction before his eyes and their laest act, an account of which will bc found elsewhere, in this Issue, is not Of character Co modify the impression he has conceived regarding them. This account, which details the particulars Of a voluntary attack upon a whole company Of sol. disrs. shows very cOnclusively that the Apachcs are an enemy not 10 be despsed, but, on the con traTy, band Of determined warriors which, how. ever co.ardly under most circumstances, posses scsrhe spirit of murder and robbery in pre- eminent degree, and will even take desperate chances, at times, to carry thi. spirit into exccu ton.
 Gen. Crook has already unaffected a very su. perior order ot tact and Judgment let hln exer- Ns,f Nhi,s AhluNiNht H1AAl tht tuh hlaiA LAsN been achieved, and we ask no further eondcscen- sion of the powers that be- WehaSe no doubt the result ot his first successful raid will Do paint. ed by the Quaker Commission to suit its peculiar ideas but the veracity oi the official document. ot this sect has already bee1 proven questionable and it is, therefore, 10 be hoped that ample per centage, oU all documents from thls source will be allowed, 10 cover up the inseparablc prejudice hypocrisy and fanatacism-say about % per cent on all official documents and 100 per cent. on all letters. By exercising this precaution the De pertinent may obtain a pretty thorough under standing with regard 10 Indian aliirs here, an1 govern itself accordingly