Arizona citizen., 1875-09-18
Agent CIum's Letter.


 rected to this letter on the first page of
 THE CITIZEN. It Is just such letter
 as a coward or rogue would not dare to
 write and publish. MT. Gum s course in Arizona, has commanded the respect and confidence of all honest men who want peace here, and whose knowledge has enabled them to form correct opinion of it. He truly pictures the San Carlos he found under military rule, and from time to time before under bad mixture of civil and military management, when he says: Fraud, hostility and murder mingled in the cloud that hung over San Carlos" We have before pub lished and now reiterate, that 1t was determined by the military of Arizona, four months or more before Agent
 Cum ever set foot in Arizona, to of ticially destroy him. With these un- pleasant conditions to face, he went to
 San Carlos and honestly and fear lessly made more progress, in the same time, towards inducing the Apaches to lead a peaceable and contented life of industry, than was ever accomplish ed by ali agent, civil or military, in Arizona; and we believe he can fairly challenge comparison with any res ervation of savages fresh from war, in the United States. He tells how other Apaches were, unsought, put in his charge; also how unwelcome the order to remove the White Mountain Indians was to him, and why he obey ed it. Honest men may, without proper information, be opposed to Agent Clum, but not otherwise. He very frankly says if the feeling of the people and Department is against him, let his successor be appointed at once. In this he Is right, but we be- lievc the feeling of neither is against but very strongly for him. It will be sorry day for the peace of Ari- zona, when such an officer as Agent Cum is relieved from duty because of the clamor of few men whose hostility to him is we'll understood, and whose regard for the lawful rights of others cannot be commend ed, to say the least. But enough on this feature now.
 As we understand the case, @ most mistake was made by the Interior Department in sending Agent Morford to Arizona and the best thing 1t can do in the interest of peace and but for the sake of peace in Arizona, we could not be induced to discuss such cases-would be to re- quest the President to revoke his ap- pointment. His conduct thus far leads us to believe that peace is of concern with him. He was not here during the many years 0f Apache theft and assassination, and evidently does not appreciate the of peace to our people, and the Camp Apache military with whose conduct his first labor seems to har- nonize, evidently do not care for the citizens who are struggling to open :arms and mines, and otherwise build themselves up on the natural resour- ,es of the Territory.
 Agent Morford knew before he left Washington, that an order was out Or the removal of the Camp Apache Indians to San Carlos, and before going to Apache, agent Cum says, le was provided with @ copy of that order, and, in the face of it, he en- leavors to defeat its execution. For his alone, he should be deprived of lis commission. We have good req Son to believe that he now has instruc- ions to carry the original order into 9ffect, at least so far as it was not be- { ;ore accomplished. We will await in of his action in the prem ses, before making further comment ( ave to say that if he hereafter makes l smends by good work for his bad be- { ginning, we will take pleasure in the fact. However, the ] yigor and tone of his opposition to Agent Cum, are full of significance, md do not arouse much hope that he will earn the confidence and support l # the people as MT. Cum has done.