The Weekly Arizonian., 1871-03-04
THE APACHE WAR.

seems to be arriving at realization ot the true state of Indian affairs in Arizona. It is time. Had the same interest which now appears to be springing upir behalf of the vkoneer Of the West been eyincedfve years ago, many hun dreds of valuable lives might have been saved, millions of dollars uselessly spent in conducting feeble, defensive war might have remained in the treasury, a rich and beautiful Territory now the "shunned of -mghtto day be a State, with it's wonderful mineral treasures laid open to the enterprise of the world, and race of murderous, savge men, crippled and sRbdu- ed, might be studying the arts of civilization while diseardirg the vices and to.lies handed down to them by their ancestors.
 Under this head the Alta of February 15 discourses as follows:
 Our telegraphic columns come daily full of new atrocities in Arizona by the Apache In diaus. Private letters from reliable sources only give horrid details of the brief tele> graphic summary. It is simply war 10 the knife, and the knife to the hit. Incredible as it may seem, within the past month the Apaches have overrun the Territory, successfully attack. ed, murdered, depredatsd places and roads that have been safe for years past Not | formidable in numbers against competent force properly handled, their celerity of move ment unchecked for want of troops makes them formidable to degree only to be un~ derstood by the fatal results. Ihe loss to the lsettlers, the barrier to working the best mines in the world, the miserable economy which dictates sending force into Brooklyn to ssze fraudulent whiskey distillery, which would, in Arizona, reduce the Apaches to sub~ mission, we do not count-nor, as an economi- cal measure, the great income Arizona could with decent protection, pay into the National Treasury. But we do count the honor of the United States, whose progd boast 1t is that itg citizens shall eUeryrr!ers be protected under it's flag The challenge Is open and clear The Apaches say with most distinct defiance tive wilf drive out the Amelicans as we have tLo SpaniardS and MeXicans, and then Mexico will be our prey as t has 6aen for genera tons. And they are making good their threat It IS perhaps a small matter in this great connection, to add that the reputation of an accomplished soldier like Stoneman and that of a great general like Schofeld, are liable to be sacrificed in @ hopeless struggle, unless the strong arm from Washington is at once put fort to sustain them
 For the honor of the nation, if there are not regular troops enough 10 spare, let he President and Congress, by immediate action, authorize the enlistment of two regiments of volunteers on this coast, for service in Ari- zona. They can be ofiicered by men already distinguished in Indian service, and in year from taking the field, reduce the Apache to subjectiOn. In the name of humanity, Of sympathy for the suffering men, women and chldern of Arizona, in the name economy, in the name of honor of OUT country. we appeal to the Administration at Washington to act, and at once. There is here no question of politics or 'jobbipg," It is solemn question of 6 great immediate duty.
 l Will the Eastern press sustain us in the ad- vocacy oftIe right of life, liberty and the pur- suit of happiness for that class Of hardy pio ueers of the Western country reproduced in the fearless SC Hlers and frontiersmen of Ari- zona, who day by day hold their lives in their hands, whilst pursuing Legitimate pursuits? In this connection the su5joined from the Washington Star will be found of interest-as showing that public opinion at the East, upon this subject is undergoing change;
 1 It is evident there are two sides to this Indian question, and there is danger that the strong sentiment of sympathy with the red man now existing ct the East and which has taken such hold upon Congress may lead, if it has not already done so, to cruel neglect of the brave men who in the true spirit of American enterprise are struggling to settle and develop our outlying possession, They are entitled not only to the protection of life and property, guaranteed by the Constitution to every citizen, but the special care and com Sideraton of the government, in view of the unusual obstacles they have to meet and over come, and its simply disgraceful that their representatives have no better hearing in Con- gress and in the Department,
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