The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-11-04
THE SOUTHERN BORDER.

stance of Governmental lmbectity and toiIy l beside which a fGtbfA recital of public af- | fairs on the Southern frontiers of the United States will, today favorably compare. The condition of Arizona, New Mexico and Texas is nothing less than an outrage against the age and civilization in which VIC live. Set ,ler., claiming all the prcrogatives of citizen. of mighty Government, and entitled to all, have but the privilege which early colonists joyed, that Of defending their lives against assassins, while at labor, or abandoHing the project of colonization as an alternative.
 1 The Leaders of our Government with their boastful fanaticism upon the part of one set, and ths love ce piuoder on the payscf Anoth- CT, will not take example from the past.
 Although it may not be said of us that we are a nation of fanatics, it cannot be denied that we are a nation governed by fanatics The
 head of .ope department shouts tor patppsl
 glory; the head of anotker department shouts fo, Hationsl plurfer; the chief Executive
 bellows for the lions share of the spo,l and in the eternal brawl and tumult which be- speak the hey-day of thieves, there is no
 thought for things beyond. To conceal those
 internal orgies from the public view, the cloak
 of religion is thrown over the whole proceed
 ing, and hence the people are called upon to support a mob of hungry Quakers and old
 school Pdritans, who would steal q school
 boys dinner while kneeling wi;h bum in
 prayer. These sanctimonious robbers raise the cry against the example set by Great
 Bsftain: "In India she blew the natives from the cannons mouth. This act was bar barous and unworthy. Christian nation.' ls dc~s not seem unworthy civilized Govern ment, though, ,.!o.st lo stand with folded arms and of is citizens, annually. The result oSf thee so-csi'ed barbarity-which consisted in the establishment of Christian civilization in the
 heart of India-is never taken into account.
 nor IS the unique manner in which slavery
 was abolished in the British West Indies by the payment of 2o,0Oo,0oO of pounds sterling to the slave owners. subjects of the empire "a pretty contrast with four years
 war and the sacrifice of one million Uf lives. But so much for Aggression. We will now examine that which We propose to condemn
 The settlers along the southern border, throughout the whole extent of Arizona and Se~ Mexico, and part of Texas have never yet enjoyed security either of life or proper .U-- Ever since the advens of the irst Amer ican citizen within the limits Of the Gstisden Purchase, this entire tract of country has t,esp 6yerrun alternately by hostile Indians and Mexican bandits. During the past eight years the depredations committed by the for.
 mer have been incessant. Two millions of dollars would not replace the property which they have actually destroyed between the ColoEado river and the Rio Grande, while the entire loss of life-the white settlers and travellers murdered by savages within these limits during eight yesTs--wiil exceed l, 900 souls. And yet those saysges are pampered ard cajoled by policy as criminal as it is stupid and original Had one thousand men been sacrificed at single blow, we have no doubt that the whole country would rise in arms to take vengeance; but those who would ayenge such wholesale sacrifice cannot perceive that the crime is as great when com mitted by piecemeal and is unassuaged by lapse of time. We have seen that in the case of the savage, "humanityn will force itself into the legislative halls of the Govern ment and raise its voice n the advocacy of cold-blooded, cruel ana persistent murder, and now where shall we turn to find an ar 1 sument to yindicate the raids by Mexican bandits which are constantly ocenrring throughout the whole extent of the Freo Zone. There are no hostile Indians on the Lower Gila and yet the settlers there are compelled to abandon their homes to sbun the assassin. There is worse enemy than the Apache. This is the professional cut throat of Mexico who, with smile upon his l .eounte1ance will enter into conversation with | tho settler, and when he has thus secured his confidence, will plunge knife into his breast ihis IS the tend who is operating in the dis. tHcts where the Apache may not visit | at whose visitation many settlers on the Lower Gla are now fugitives from their homes, and at whose mnrderous hands many more have found graves by their fresidc. The depredations by Mexican outlaws in Arizona. are not, however, confined to the Lower 6lla but we make special mention of that point, as they are more frequen, there than elseswhere, at present, and have been so for some time past. t' 1 The following, from the San Antonio r..