The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-02-03
THE INDIAN QUESTION AGAIN.

f,o,,,,,,.sion-is still barking away, pfairie- tor like. at the unfortunate white cit'%ehs o' States and Territories that arc and nave pee"
 Afflicted with savages and savage warfare'
 ,L;s ,oo for no other reason than that sa'd
 rbite citizens have disagreed with nun 'i hi'
 n,,n Inf dealing with unconquered savage en- cr;es plan which they very well know IS ,.o,,o- c.lc,l.ted to breed new troubles be- ,,.ee, tbcm and the Indians than to put an end to old ones. Nor is there any likelihood of their ever agreeing to Mir. Colyer's plan, which fact being patent to Mr. Colyer's mind, kecps that mass of viruleht blubbcr in con- stant state of acidity, the foul foam of which has, Of late, frequently crept into newspapers ofa religious - turn, and given an unpleas- ant flavor to those dry relics of former age. Now, after the reception which MT. Colyer and his false reports upon Indian and other matters, met with from the people and pre- ss of the East, after his return there from run through New Mexico and Arizona, persons unacquainted with the man, his packers and co-laborcrs in the field of Indian piracy, were disposed to think that he and they would feel ashamed of themselves for having bro't down upon their heads just rebukes from press and people, and for some time at least, would hold their peace, and sec whether the new plan of Generals SchofieId and Crook, to subdue and pacify the Apaches would not prove successful. But, no, Colyer & Co. had too much at stake to allow the cherished ob- ject they wished to accomplish to pass, for ever it might be from their hands, and with the boldness of Laiittes or Kidds, and the unblushing eifrontcry ofTweed, Conoly 6 Co, they opened anew their lying reservoirs and, with more desperate energy than ever be- fore, set to work to yindicate a course-a pol icy they call 1.-the very essence of which was and is an abomination in the nostrils of every intelligent right minded American citi- zen, fror Maine to Florida, and from Mime sots % Texas.
 And this policy, be it remembered, had been tried and found wanting, not, however, os reshts-but of results which were neither satisfactory or desirable. Yet, as Colyer and host of other varlets are making new and desperate efforts 10 poison the public mind in regard to this everlasting Indian question, our duty as an interested person, as we'll as our duty as a journalist rcr"eTitat'- uS tu recap.Jgisio many flsrs and iancics a hich. in times p.s>. I.ro been given to Che ruhGc
 T5'guu with, NC Nii, .sfc that portion of what s now the Territory Of Ar,l.... r,as ab,a ned from Mexico. as nue ofthc results of war. the justice of which on Che part of Amc1cars, has nc,l. bcea questioned. The other portion the Gadsden Purchase-cost the Republic ten millions of dollars. Here, thon, was a costly strip of land, pcopled by savages tho most faithless and blood-thirsty of any on the continent of America, and whose title to the territory had never yet been acknowledged by the semi-civilized tribes from whom they had conquered it, by the Mexican government, or by our own. For what purpose, then, pray, did our government acquire this territory, at Sc great a cost of blood and treasure Clearly not for home and rendezvous for cruel, blood thirsty, thiev- ing Apaches. What, then? We'll, we take it that the intention was to open it to settle ment and occupation, by American citizens, who, in time, it was thought would develop its resources and thereby place it in condi- tion to repay the parent government for the outlay in acquiring and defending it. This, it will be conceded, was the intention. Act ing upon this well-understood intention of Government, citizens came from all parts of the Union and engaged in business, in the belief that, should the Apache attempt to murder, rob and annoy them, as for hundreds of years previous thereto they had murdered, robbed and annoyed the Mexicans and pueblo Indians of the Territory, Government, with its strong arm, would come to their rescue and compel the Indians to subsde Now, it may have been that some of those early American immigrants had failings, just as a few oi tho first settlers of every region on the continent hase had. But why cry out against all of them for tss shortcomings of few And few, indeed, wefs the criminals or otb. | CT bad hearted Ameriean,. who cam. bor. soon after the acquisition os inc T.rr;,orr or who have since come. L">k tbrougbont the Territory at this late day, anu vo, ,.;n not find many such, Indeed, the cit,..,s oe the Territory-the old as we'll as those w.
 have recently come, arc men and women whose lives have been devoted to honorable callings; whose pulsations have been honest apd patriotic; whose virtues and heroic spirit stand out prominently, as good indications of characters that are above reproach. Then, why those base islanders directed by Colyer Cree & Co, who time and again, during the past year, have, in the columns of the New York hati3adsl and other Christian news papers oftae Atlantic States, denounced the white people of Arizona as " renegades from the Atlantic Slope,n forced emigrants from Calfornia;" (whom, they say, vigilance com. mittees drcye from that State); and who these reckless dealers in bad epithets say are here for but one object, ito make money and living by "robbing the government. ! Think ofthese charges arains, voa A;o,a,.s