Arizona citizen., 1876-10-28
Let us Reason Together.

of the disputes and great dlssatlslactloi
 which have arisen in the rural dis
 tricts of Yavapai county, in view o
 the premature display of hoggishnes'
 on the part of Prescott in their lat'
 nominating convention, says =" The
 main issue upon which the ticke
 nominated was selected is the rescue
 of the capital of the Territory from
 Tucson to Prescott" Undoubtedly. And
 it might be well for the bona fide set
 tiers and ranchmen of Gavapai, the
 honest. hard working masses who have
 had nothing to do with the frauds and
 machinatiOns of the Prescott ring,
 to consider the utter selfishness which
 has been displayed by Prescott towards the rest of Yavapai county (and the Territory for the last six or more years. The merchants and lawyers of
 Prescott. not content with financially booming the farmers and mechanics of
 Yavapai. have almost entirely prevent ed legislation and the enactment of laws in sessions of our Legislature. And why? Simply to remove the ca pital to Prescott and thereby benefit her lawyers and merchants. To ac- complish this they have utterly neg 
 lected every legislative and commer- cial interest of the rural districts and have effectually prevented eve " one else from attending thereto. They have demoralized and debaucheG our legislatures by the use of money for bribery. They have arrayed sec ton against section and have embitter- ed and poisoned the feelings of our people against each other. And fin ally, to accomplish their nefariOus ends, they have stained the records of Yava- pal with a crime Gin the census frauds) which no earthly power can ever wash out. Yeomanry of Yavapai, your ut terly selfish and interruptions Prescott masters have branded you with an in effaceable crime for all time, solely and only to benefit themselves. They know the removal of the capital to Prescott wouldn't do the county any good. It wouldn't do Prescott any material
 good. Their main object in getting it is simply the grat. ficatioa of spleen
 and spite and revenge. And for this unworthy object they have sacrificed, and are again planning to sacrifice, your and our interests. fortunes and sacred honor. There is nothing of profit in the capital, and the "ring '" of Prescott has taken away what little honor there was in it by making the capital question the source of every foul blot which today stains the other wise fair record of our Territory
 MesSrs. Cullumber, Peoples, Cook,
 Burke, Puney, Mooney, Tompkins,
 Franklin, Judge Goodwin and theI good people of Little Colorado and other farming sections of Yavapai, wei appeal to you aS honest men to stop this infamous capital war, that has done and is doing Us more harm than can be well estimated. We have a fair start for a young Territory; we areI yearly adding 10 our respectable and intelligent industrial classes; we have. fine valleys and rich mountains of min erals; we have an excellent system of public education. What we need now is honest and vigilant legislative pro tection of our industrial, social and
 educational interests. In such legis- lation we can hope nothing from Pres colt It is ruled by its ring" and
 the members of that ring know no ! conscience, no country, and no God
 but their bottomless pockets and Fal- staffian bellies. They know no interests outside of Prescott If it lay in their
 power they wOuld slnk the balance of. Yavapai county and the Territory n- to hell in order to leave a solitary point from which Prescott might at tract more attention. Their display of utter selfishness and meanneSs caused | the people to take the capital away from them in the first place and for the safety of the interests of the rest of the Territory we have never dared to give it to them agan. Honest men ot "a vapai, let us unite against this Prescott ring" that would sell our very birth j right for their own aggrandizement. | Elect your own legislators from vOur
 own neighhOrS; men who know yourI wants and have your interests at heart and wEO are not poisoned with malicel toward this part of the Territory.t Come here ana ask our support in proper legislation to protect society. l education and industry and you will meet cordial and hearty assistance and friendship. Look over the files of THE
 CITIZEN and find the almost weekly
 quotations and references trying to
 build up the northern as well as south
 ern portions of Arizona. We are too poor to be at war and wouldn't be but for this Prescott gang of robbers and | freebootets. Let Us be united and let
 uS work together in the enactment of. just and necessary laws, long deferred. . And fl among our acts 1t shall seem fitting [" remove the capital from its present location, and there shall be an undouhted manifestation 10 that end. of. majority, you may rest assured that there will be enough patriotism and unSelfishneSS on the part of Pima coun-
 ty to yield gracefully and gratefully and not sacrifice every eNfstinrr interest