The Arizona sentinel., 1876-10-07
NEW MEXICO.
The Proposed Annexation Of Grant
County to Arizona.

AoeO away EolIdlu0u ITOIn
interfering with the politics of our
sister Territory of New Mexico,
simply for the reason that we did
not think it was exactly our bust
ness. We believe In allowing
each Territory to regulate AID
control its internal affairs IN it's
own way, within the scope of its
organic law. But when che peo.
pie Of a large and rich county of
an adjacent Territory, through
their most able and influential
press, announce their desire to
annex their county to our Terri.
tory. for che purpose Of Kidding
themselves oflong existing abuses
that nave become insupportable,
we think we have right to speak,
And therefore intend to say some
thing.
1t is notorious that New Next
co has been governed by a small
clique of INSCRIPTIONS demago-
CUES, who control An ignorant and
priest-ridden population, who com-
prise a large majority of the peo-
pie, in their own way and for their
own purposes. This is evidenced
by the spasmodie and persistent
efforts Of their Delegate in Con.
gress to have the Territory admit
ted into the Union as a State,
when every intelligent man with
in or without her borders, we'll
knows that said Territory is utter
ly unfit and unprepared to take
upon herself the responsibilities
Of State government, and equal
Iy unprepared to defray the ex-
penses of such a government. Yet
a few political scavengers and
shysters who hang around Santa
Fee, would like to saddle all the
vast expenses attending the rum
ming Of State government upon
the tax payers of their sparsely
settled aud poorly developed Ter
ritory.. And this just because a
few officers would have to be fill-
ed, into which they hope to step.
1t is we'll known that the real
solid, intelligent citizens of New
Mexico are strongly opposed to
the State government scheme,
and they have been fearfully mis-.
represented by their Delegate at
Washington.
In proof Of what we have said
about priest-ridden population,
we would refer to the action of
their last legislature, where the
ignorant bigots voted down a Sec
ton of their school law, which
provided that no money raised by
taxation should ever be applied to
the support OF sectarian schools.
We are happy to be able to inform
these bigoted political scallawags
that the principle Of unsectarian
schools and free untrammeIed
education, has it's root deep down
in the great heart of the Ameri-
can people, and that if nothing
else stood in the way, they will
never be admitted into the Union
as a State until this principle is
not only engrafted upon their
statutes but embraced in their
constitution.
The Herald, of Silver City, which
is certainly much the ablest and
best conducted journal in New
Mexico. comes out strongly in ia
vor OF annexing Grant county to
Arizona. 1t speaks of many abus-
es inflicted by the Santa Fe ring
upon their county, among which
is unfairness in representation,
from which it seems they have no
redress. The Herald also speaks
Of our laws being better than those
of New Mexico, and of our Dele.
gates to Congress being always
men of ability. All of which is
true. The laws of Arizona are as
good rs those of the most advan-
,ed States, and our Delegates to