The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-10-05
From the San Francisco Coast Review.I

U there ever was q country, blessed with such | fertility and richness of soil, and underlaid with such deposits of gold, silver, copper, iron, etc., ;hat was so cursed with Indian outrages and Ind Ian trcachery as Arizona, we do not know where to nd It. For years past it has been the scene of blood-shed, treachery, thicving and every imagin- able outrage that Is known to the category of crime, and yet 1t is so poor that no one dare to raise hand in it's defense. The blood thirsty and cunning Apache has roamed ever the country for so many years, carrying death and destruction in his path, without let or hlndrance, that he no longer has faith in the white mans government being able or wilinA 10 attack him and drive him from his mountain Ina unts. Farms, villages, min- ing cainps, and every where that his murderous arms can reach, he goes with impunity, and not only is the life and propefi of American citizens absolutely in his hands ana liable to bc destroyed any day. but the government of the Territory Is in danger of being subycrted temporarily and the immediate future of the country virtually destroy
 ed. For years the progress of the country has been retarded by these miserable fiends, and some of the finest gold and silver fields ih America been rendered entirely worthless and to-day the pros poets of the eouRtry are gloomicr than ever be- fore. Tbe miserable .. peace policy" of the Gov ernment has done in0-e to bring about this state of affairs than any tiug else. 1t has been deci- ded farce, and now it Is high time that those who hold the destiny of Arizona in their hands should realize this fact. Let Howard parade his peace policy to those who are capable of understanding
 
 themselves of its advantages; but for Gods sake, etop fawning upon and reaching out the hand of peace 10 be licked hy those demons incarnate, who ouly lick It that they may stab yon the deep cr tn turn, and the more certainly destroy yon. We believe fn kindness and humanity, hut not tn that kind wtick stands pleading with s ficant for the life of your fellows, and yet IL c d0S uut dcs sist stands with arms folded, and sees tbeM bru- tally murdered without even lifting handin their defense. This is not humanity; it is criminal n call Towards policy humanity is misnomcr. To plead with Apache for peace until you first make him feel the keen edge of your steel, is like throwing petroleum on frc in hopes of exiting uishing it. 4 few American citizens murdered ip China by the heathens is sufficient to call down upon those people the ire of the American Govern
 ment, aud it is thought crime ot sufficient mag nitudc to call for an armed fleet to pour few broadsidcs by way of punishment; tut let an in- fernal Apache murder one of our coantrymcn at home, and the Government immediately scuds an embassy, at the cost of many thousand dollars, to hold out the olive branch of "pcacc " to him, and ask him, as you would wayward child, to quit his dcviitry and you will forgive him. It Is time that this child s-play was ended, and some dccis-
 i've steps were taken to protect the lives of Amer icau citizens. A Government that Is so watchful of the interests of its subjects abroad should bc more jealous in defending them at homo. The butchery of hundred or so of these' miserable sava;.es year or two ago would have saved the ives of as many ol ouI owu PcoP''" "~~ the citizens of Arizona hundreds of thOusan.S oI dollars. The Territory would now be full of min- ing explorers aud operators ; new and wonder. fully rich developments would have been made in
 Arizona, and an era of prosperity would have been iaauguratcd, that would make Arizona to-day one of the richest aud most desirable countries on this continent. We raise our voice against furth. CT negotiations for peace Let it be made at the point Of tbe bayoucf and 1t will then be lasting peace Drive these miserable Gends to their res. ervatious and scalp the first one who leaves them for other than peaceful motives. Show them that they must stop committing those daauabie mur- ders. or they will be exterminated. Lift Arizona from her ashes and place her where she should be-0n an equal footing with the other peaceful and prOsperDus St;ltes