The Arizona sentinel., 1874-03-14

S0iul0TS who were sent out 70 SUD- due the ModOcs, had been kept in abeyance by the Peace Com- missiOners for three months, while supplies were being sent to feed the Indians who had mur- dered our women and out chil. dren on the frontier. He pro- ceeded:
 "These stump orators of the Lord Claugeter1, these broken. down gospel peddlers renewed laughter], who are selected for the purpose of going out to inves- tigate Indian affairs, com back with the report that the army demnrdllzes the IndianS, and that the fronilersmen are worse than the army. .>tltt ts
 "l redupiate it, sir, as a from tieraman; and I say that as a class they are as honest, as law. abiding, as intelligent, and as virtuou5 as any class of people in this country.
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 MT. Chairman, those people who desire to break down the army and deprive Us of any frontier defense are Ihe men who are disbur5ing to-day Sl0,OO0, ,0OU, under the pretense of benetiting the Indians. Under their organ izatiOn they have five inspectors.
 They pick up some old broken. down politician, or some dilapi- d .ted stump orator of the Lord ill the E t5t who never saw an In. dian laughler], and give him S3,0O0 Year and pay hls expen- Ses tU go out upon the frontier to inspect Indian alf ,irS. Laughterl What sort of an lnSpectIon Is it? The in5pe tor gUrS there under the direction or the agent, who be!Ongs 10 his own society, and he has all interpreter.
 
 The Indians are assembled by order of the agent, and cOnmuni- cations ale made through de- pendent interpreter. These In dians tell good story 1 have them tell it over ind over again. again. lhey tell this commissioner this inspector, that this agent Is Very good man, and that he is dOlng what Is right about them. They say ne Is honest.
 "rhese old hum1ugS sit around and tell these stories. and the ll- dlan5 go home with d sack of flour under one arIn and blanket under the other, aS d reWar'l for testlfying for the peace cOmmis- sion."
 In conclusion, MT. Nesmith en- tered hIs protest aydinst reducing the army; saying: "Iou may, by a psrSlmOniOu5 contraction of yOnr appropriations, save d few millions of dollars, but every dol. Tor you withhold from sO neceS. sary purpose, will ba re 'pOnded to by the blood of the frontiers man, and tine vail of the widow and the orphan"
 Gen. Hawley, of Connecticut, and MeSSrs. Albright, of Pennsyl- vania, Crook. of New York, and of New Jersey, also opposed the proposition of the committee, and il Is not un- likely that when the bill comes to be voted on, d m ,jority of the the Honse, will take the saIneJ view that they and the Pacific coast members have presented.
 INDEBTEDNESS INCURRED FOR
 THE APACH Els
 Tn this connection it may be that the Secretary of the Interior mas sent to C kess | statement showing that ttere s an outstanding indebtedness of nearly S7DG. 900; on account of the 'ndian service prior 10 June 50, 1873. ''ca,sed by the inadequ,cy ,f the approximations lerelufore made under the heads named in he statement" The sum of '423 426 g. is set down tu. the ac- 'ount of the Aparhes in Arizona md New Mexico. The Comuis. i 'ner of Indian Aair+says m his official letter on thNuhject:
 "rhe policy reg ,r,iing these Apaches has been to briug them or by force upon re,er and, by feeding them nd properIy providing for their wants and necessities, keeping hem quiet, and as much aS pos r !ble from depreddting npon tine Itizens of the Territories named Whenever they leave the reser- dtlons they are hunted down by he military. and either killed or tptured and brnugE back to the 4servhtiOnS. If not, therefore, 'd by the GOvern+nent, they lust either starve on the reserva- onS or he killed off them.
 "Fhe Department has endevor- n To Keep them on the rtserVa' ons by feeding and clGtnlns lem. and. in doing this, anu in- lgurating and carrying on the 'qulr5d work of jmproVeineht. Ci ! ina snx,ar.,l rosprVd lions, or