The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-02-17
LET OUR EAGLE SPREAD HIS
 WINGS.

Will ts. Da t0 1sRIIcNs 70 s1Fs aD| can people from ruin as wei a' io P'''"
 0ur.e!ges from tbs sooaDereiig csf
 aplI rsl,k,~-, who sxzrrs along fbe '''''s'' from tse raosth of tbe Rio GraHas 70 'I1 oftse Colorado. and v ho, huHsf''''' ~' '..'-f haze eo-pfsitted murders tbe fsEs' aIf<'''i.'s .,,d ,oIf-rfes tlse nest Ostr7sef5ss gp<'i !" Bat .sa,f4 ,,.. ,f,e sarrs8 s1si oft the Hted States -, s-.,,.,h have American stood hy asd ,,e-,.f,.ef fhs. rae ofmonzrel- fo violate sll I,w.-buuan and Divine, and we might s'iil remain content, sad deaf to the cries of suf- Eerfng which coFne to B. scro@s the border eogld we fDT one moment imagine that the end Of the cruel, e0wardly, guerrilla ~arfaFc that, for nearly half century has been car ned On in Mexico, 2as near at hand. Bat # ;. rsot and H5 man now firing wIIl see order re1zn in Mexico unless our Government, lHi the faifillnent 0fjts mission, be calIe1 upon to but an end 10 the s;rifr, out of which p0uzht save ruin and new tgrrn1sls can or ever wiIl come.
 We might be content to It the bloody work proceed. and to watch and wait for the exterrninatioa Of the revet-bar'arlans were they to e0nfiDe tbeir horrors to tbeir own coon,ry. Bot this they have not done, are not doing, and do not pr"Pose to do- Even then our doing so would te criminal, As II i. not right for civilized people to 'let dogs eat ,I1zs.5 And this is what the tgrbSient haIEfreed- Indian dogs Of Mexico are no" doing for each other. Of such strife the civilized Whites of the country are tired and sick. and their only hope foF order and a stable government rests with tue CnIted States. Europe. too, feels in this way, and the nations thereof have time and agaIn wondered at the sBpinene.s of our Govern meni in permitting the trade and prosperity of one of the finest and richest countries of the gIot,e to be continually retarded by .erie. of accursed civil wars. And well may they wonder.
 On, then, to Mexico. is the request that comes 10 our Government from Europe, South America. the better cIa.ses of the Mexican people as we'll as from our own people.
 That our Government would be perfectly justified in annexing Mexico does not adfsit of even a single doubt. All parties and races Of that unhappy country have taken turns at governing the country, and the record shows that up to date, all attempts to do 30 sue ce.sfuily have proved failures Of the worst sort. The fact, then, seems eminently plain, that the Mexican people arc incapable ofseli- government, and the past conduct of their Government toward our Government and ritireo- has ben of su,. d nature ss to breed lat-.I snd revenge lesery American bosom. Hat }, lIl- lot done -1 .a all instances, and tIe e-s,'ae. a'e;a4t oar poople would have in ao8@zine Ae-5oo, w9U.d be to civilize its people utilize i1 ri~h resources, and give peace and security ts tt4cricans of the iron
 Of course our people have not forgotten the massacre of patriotic Americans in Texas i; the assassination Of Americans during the Mexican war; the recent hOrrid mur- ders of Amencans-men, women and chil- dren, by Mexican eut-throat-, at Gila Bend, Mission Camp, Mohawk Station, Blue Water Station, and several other points in this Ter rit0ry; nor have the forgotten the many rob berries waich have been committed all along the border, or the insoience Of Mexicans whenever and wherever numbers encouraged them to insult and annoy Americans. But II is not alone for past conduct and crimes that we would have the American eagle scream at Mexico. We of the border desire to be "let alone,n and we very well know that so long as the murderous brayos of Mexico arc honorcd and applauded in their own country for killing American citizens, our prospects for being let alone are slim indeed. That they have been honored and applhuded for having murdered Americans and for having robbed others is certainly true, and that Mex ican authorities have shielded such criminals and refused to give them mp to justice is a fact known to every citizen of the Pacific Coast, if not the entire country. Our Gov ernor has tried his best to get hold of Pedro l Pima and other saTage murdercrs of Ameri-
 
 cans, with result which must be known to the officers of every department of the Gov ernent and still we have heard of no steps having been taken looking toward the obro- gation of the Extradtion Treaty, which pro tects the Mexican assassin from punishment for crimes committed upon American soil. provided they can escape within their own territory. Still our people suffer loss of life and property; still are they as insecure as ever before, and still are Mexican scoundreIs who long since ought to have been hanged or shot, ilattered by Mexican men aud women with such phrases as n,ucho raiieate
 Now, these things cannot be h'io"eu ~ pass much longer. without an attempt ." '"' part of our people to retaIiate on their bar barous neichbors, and, as we do not wish to soe any more Crab expeditions our desire Is ,o sec the Administration ofPTcsident Grant arouse itself from its lethargy and, in obedi- cnce to the voice of the civilized world, free