The Weekly Arizonian., 1871-04-29
THE REPORT OF THR INDIAN CoMETs
 SHOWERS.

We are indebted to the Board of Indian Commissioners for itE compliments and fopv Ofits Second Annual Report"
 This Report is g most extraordinary Iro- duction; and it matters not how greafour confidence in- the institutions of this couary, or ho" infinite our respect for the wisdou of those appointed to superiutsnd ths workings of ltsseveral departments, we cannot con cal our candid belisfthat this report could ns have bsen sent forth by serious and diainsr estad men. That anything so supremsly tb. anrd, so wrstchedIy false, so barren of aay ,e-l commendation destined to forward it's nar. ported aim, should influence single individ. ual occupying high place, much less the ac tioa of Congress, is & disgrace to { he age in which We live.
 We speak, however, only with regard to the recommendations set forth in the considerat ton of Indian atfairs in Arizona, Of these only can we judge from persona knowledge of the facts, obtained through years ofsxperisnce here but ifthess may be taken as criterion by which to draw conclusions with regard to others, then the entire work IS one grand bur lesque. We here reproduce one recommeuda- tioD, and dear Arizonans remember as you read it that the same was submitted, in spirit of apparent sincerity first by the Hon. Sec'y of the Board of Indian Commissioners, yclep- ed Vincent Colyorr to the the Department of the Interior thencs by Hon, c. Delano to the President; thence by His Exeellency Ulysses to the House of Repre- santatives:
 'Rsmsm bering the great good which result ed from the visit of Red Cloud and other Sioux chiefs to the East last year, and considerin z the loss of life and expense which the war with the Apachcs has cost On the 7th of JauuarT the Secretary of the Board addressed letter to the President submitting to his considerati ton the question whether it would not be wise and economical to invite C&chse and other Apache chiefs to visit Washington. This suggestion received the approval of ths Honorable com- missioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior, and vas by the President promptly submitted to Congress-
 A ClSSue Oi mlst5p pEeseHl&uOu lulerWoVeu with nonsense aud ignorance, finds the com- missiouers at the end of their report, the first clause of which concluding part is as follows:
 "In conclusion the commissioners feel that the government and people ofthis country have abundant evidence of the overriding goodness of God in awakening general public senii- ment in behalf of the Indian, in ayerting bor- der war, promoting peace, inspiring just legis- laton, and opening the way for educating, civiliziug, and christianizjng the Indians of this land"
 And now, we ask, in all sincerity, is not this at least dsgraceful: Colyer and bis associates chanting this trash, and making capital out of the blood of three hundred pioneers annually murdered by the Apache Indians in Arizona and Western New Mexico
 "The overruling goodness of God in awaken~ ing general pnblic sentiment n faver of the IndsnT Yes, believing in His goodness we should expect to see Him harl thea Vincent, cod.blooded hYpocrite and virtual murderer of thousand men of thy race, to doom con- mensurate with the magnitude of thy infamy.