The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-09-16
THE CONFLICT.


 The news from the interior -- otherwise from the heart of ApacLedom received dur. ing the present week, is even more encourag- ing than we should have expected. The pol jcv adopted by General Crook, particularly that part of IL which arrays the wcl-dispos- ed Indians against those avowedy hostile, would soon find solution to the Indian problem in Arizona, were it not for the in- sane measures which are at work, under the auspices of the "peace' element of the Gov crrmcnt, to ballle the object of his mission here. One can hardly look upon the main cause of the misunderstanding (for such we think 1t isl which has influenced the Gov ernment to pursue two conflicting courses in treating this difficulty, without feeling of commiseration that we are not governed with more foresight and honesty, and at the same time with less blind credulity, The most powerful arguments which the Peace Com mission could conceive, based upon imaginary wrongs suffered by the Indian at the hands of his white neighbor, were well nigh van- pushed by the force of evidence, life-lkc and real. when General Crook was assigned to the command Ot this Department. No sooner however, had this judicious assign ment been made than the abject ''cause" to which we have referred commenced to oper- ate. This was nothing more than a series of letters written and dictated by a subaltcrn officer at Camp Grant, the tone of which happened to suit class of pseudo -humanita- rians at the East. These latter were not slow to give publicity to the articles referred to-with their own base comments in con nectiOn--and presently we find the whole fanatical mob on it's way to Washington to inaugurate 8 new crusade against the settlers on the frontiers. We have now the result plainly in view: 100 men in the field active iy operating against the enemy and under going all the hardships incident to an extra ordinary campaign, on the one hand; and on the other hand two peace demons stationed at Canada Almosa. N. N, and at CamI Grant Tn this Territory, commissioned by tho Government to not only receive the enemy when he fees 10 them for protection, but tC employ men to 20 into the mountains, fine him and conduct him to a place of safety Was there ever before farce so infamous, SC meaningless and so insulting to common sense, permitted by any people aspiring t' self-government
 Had the Government been lured into thu absurdity by plausible representation ema mating from Q worthlly responsible source the inconsistency would seem less odious but when we consider that the correspond ence which has done so much to establisl this confusion was penned by one who is stranger to the first principles of a gentle n stt fl any sentiment not entertained by the com mOnest drunkard and blackguard, and wh Is regarded in Arizona by those who knoV him, as a disgrace tO an honorable profession discover the humiliation as well as the in justice Co which we of this Territory ar subjected
 IL was a master stroke of diplomacy whic secured to the military the cooperation of large number of the White Mountain Ind ans. Not only was it conquest achieve over these Indians, without the shedding blood, but likewise powerful acquisition { the force which must operate against tho' avovedly and persistently hostile The. allies have already given sufficient proc that they mean to adhere to their new all gience, and they must not now be left at Il mercy of the tribes against which they hay declared war; this is another and q very D, tent reason why we should have instead of fool-Quaker peace, conquered peace an therefore peace which will endure
 At present we imagine that the action the Government, in countermsnding D. partment orders and sending its chief fanat to explode the scheme of conquest, has som what bewldered General Crook and
 would be strange indeed if one so earnest his efforts could look with complaisanee up, the illustration of his well-laid plans Go sidered throughout, the existing confusion so intense that it would be positive extray gsnce to attempt to surmisc what the ne movement will be. We shall, however, co ,iEue to hope for the best results, although is very evident that only giant effort W avail to drag any beneficial result from t present chaos.