The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-02-03

treat hostile Indians are contrary to their cherished ideas; the ablest men and papers in the country have denounced them, and General Crook has full permission and power to handle the Apaches without gloves, until such time as they shall of their own accord, cry peccari, when he and we will stand ready to befrend them. and cir ia to a knowl- edge of how they G -,I themselves.
 The assertion tL htes of this Ter ritory oppose Colye,'s plan because they want the war continued so that contractors and traders can make money is in keeping with Colyer, Stoneman, Cree and others, who, from early childhood, have fed at the public crib, and whose honesty is not above suspicion.
 The fact is, the people of Arizona are anx- ious for peace, and have been 50 for years And why should they not, after over 500 of their comrades have been slaughtered, and when, at this day, there arc not to be found in the whole Territory 100 men who, in the matter of wealth, are as we'll off to-day as l they were at the time of arrival here. And how could they be in any other situation, when there is scarcely man in the TerritO v, or one who has ever been here, who has not lost animals or other property at the hands of the Indians. It is Colyer and men 1 of his ilk who wish to rob Government and keep honest, industrious men and women away from this Territory, and, even they, propose to do nothing with the Indians un- less they be backed with plenty of Govern ment troops and cash.
 Want war; indeed, when it is we'll known that for years the press and people of this Territory labored zealously, to prevent the spread of news of Indian murders and robberies, so that people who wished to come here and settle, would not be frightened into staying away. This was the policy of Dele gate Mccormick, at a time when he was ed- tor and proprietor of this paper. We very well remember how he once said a man might go alone over any trail in the Territory and not be molested by Indians, and we also recollect, that but a few days had passed, after the utterance of those words, when a citizen was murdered by Indians almost within sight of Fort Whipple and Prescott. General Stoneman-another "frieud :" of the Apache-tried to get us to pursue a like course, and failed.
 Regarding the assertions of Co1yer, Cree and others, now that their schemes are likely to be thwartcd, that this Territory is good for nothing, we have to but refer the pubic to the reports of such able, trustworthy pub lie servants as Beale, Whipple, Williamson and Wheeler, and to the reports of eminent civil surveyors metalurgsts and topograph- CTS, whose business it has been to travel through and across the Territory, while pros pecting the Territory for railroad routes, etc The gold, silver, copper, grain and vegetables the Territory has produced, in the past few years, make, together, a pretty respectable product, and encourages all to hope that, with railroads and protection from the say ages whom Coyer and other non-producing male harlots would humor and cajole, the people of Arizona will soon be able to do what Colyer and Company have never yet done, live without aid from the general Gov ernment.
 To wind up, we point to our past and pres ent pleasant relations with the Pima, Mari copa, Papago, Yuma, Mohave and other pcaceable Indian tribes of the Territory, for proof that we are not the blood thirsty In- dian scalpers they would have Government and the people of the States believe