The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-08-26

The polic, of civi izatlon, indeed Then why, c. Greeley. CuNer, Grant & O., did you not apply ths policy to the people ot the Southern states, when they merely wish cd to withdraw from the Union in peacc And why did you allow the Navy tc slaueh ter the Corcln- for having offered mere m ,ult to the flag which you, c, Gr ely, ons promo Inccd a Haunting llc.' Is that flag more sacred than the blood Of Ameticans, shed by the ,avages of Arizona. From your coly sanctum in New York did yon shout to the Army, "On to Richmond " and for what purppscf You said to yindicate the laws, the Constitution, etc, uy sl3ughicrlng all whom they might find arraycd under anothar banner, threatening your power, your wealth, your freedom and. you no doubt thought, your very existence. This, you then thought and said, was the "poliry of ciyilizntion,' and upon every slaughter of Coniederates you farly danced for iny. And you even went SO far as to incitc hali-savage black men to rise up murder their masters and mistrosscs, burn and destroy homesteads, etc. And now, because we people of Arzo- ra try to revenge ourselves upon red iiends who have tied white cnptiYcs, by the feet, to trees, and built slow, but consuming fires un. der their hcad,-whlch fires were kept up until the lives of the poor victims were tor turrl out o' them you who aS much as any ! liy,ng man. arp guilty of the terrible crime of ! bringing on a civil war, in which over a mil l lion of your countrymen were destroyed, accuse the white people of this Territory of being blood thirsty renegades from whom savage Indians should be protected by the | Government.
 | Why you do this is q mystery to us; for we cannot think you would do 1t at the ] dictation of the Indian Ring, for filthy lucrc alone. Yet You have done it, and are now in ! the business. IL cannot be that you are ig- norant of the fact that the Indians of this ! Territory commenced this war that, as we have before stated, they have burned men ; violated women, and robbed us of nearly everything we pos sc>sed; neither is fl possible l for you to believe that we are here simply to live of the Indians and the Army; for the
 Indians have nothing that would benefit Us, ! and there are not to exceed l,OJO citizens here who denye support from the Govern ment. You should know that since the fall
 of 1864 the Indians of this Territory have killed about 500 citizens and soldiers, and
 that they are still pursuing this business of
 killing. And now. Horace, think you the
 5000, or 10000 citizens who still live m this
 Terrlt ny. remain solely with the view of liv-
 ing off Indians and soldiers, and with the
 hope of, sooner or later, being despatched to
 the other world by Indians If you thlnk so
 we cannot forego the pleasure of pronouncing
 You fool or knave.
 No, Horace. This Territory contains
 mines of great richness, besides vast resources
 of wealth in timber and in farming and graz
 ing iants. We have located in it; built our
 selves homes in it. and mean to fight our way
 10 peace in spite of you, Grant, Colyer, and
 all other weak sisters who talk of punishing
 us for the Scamp Grant Massacre" But
 you dare not do it and your threats do not
 scare Us much We will repeat the act
 whenever circumstances render the course
 necessary; and accursed be the white knayC who will censure us for so doing.
 But. you, Vincent Colyer, are less culpablc
 than President Grant, who has stood stolid
 as a mule to our cries for aid for protection He can send whole regiments to put dowr
 imaginary Ku Klux al the South, but thinks
 Peace Commissioner" and ''my policy y
 are all that is needed in Arizona His actor is criminal in the extreme and on him may We fasten blame for all the outrages whicl
 we have suffered at the hands of hostile say , ages. Bur as it IS never too late to act right ) ly, or to do good, he can yet do both, by al once throwing aside policy which has work ed naueht but evil tO white frOntierSmen anC ? Indians. Let him at once naugurate T pol icy of war which, alone, can make Indian
 obey the laws of civilization and respect tho s Government they now deridc. Let him talk down from over the gates of this Territory the sign, He who enters here leaves hop } behind, and our people will couple his nam with the names of Washington and Jackson