Arizona citizen., 1876-01-01
Another weak and Perhaps Ir responsible Clergyman DamRg. ing she Cause Inc Appar-
 entIy Advocates.

y- doubt honestly devoted to the best in 1t terests of the Reformed Church. Itap e peared November IS, 1875:
 l. Reverend J. M. Mickly, from Ari
 Izona, IS now in Akron, O., supplying
 for the time being his former charge His purpose is 10 supply and aid these people in securing a pastor, while he
 is desirous of entering field of labor, - lon account of his health, in more southern latitude Vacant charges
 suitably located would do we'll to cor 2 respond with him, as they would se- 1, cure in him an efficient pastor. He purposes to give a lecture on his ex- perience in the Indian field. In a let : ter he says: Il have finally left Ari zona for the reason l could no longer cOuntenance the great dishonesty prac- , ticed in the Indian Department. This - is done through the Ring, which Ring extends to Washington. Prof. Marsh. of Yale, NIT. Welsh, of Philadelphia, and others, found out, too, as I did, that the great mOneyed influence of the . Ring prevented d successful expose of its rascalities. The investigations would be conducted ex parte, and we
 were only abused, misrepresented, and boldly and falsely attacked in charac ter, etc. etc, by the contractors and
 their helping agents. As to the Indian
 Department We have urged a reform.
 We hope it may be brought about.
 Under the circumstances the Boards of
 Missions which did not operate in con-
 inectiOn with such Indian Department did themselves the more credit"
 About two years ago, we warned
 The Christian World to be very careful
 how it touched upon the Indian busi-
 ness, having at the time innocently
 enough, no doubt, published monstrOus
 misrepresentatIons with reference to
 the conduct of the Pimas and settlers
 about them. Itpraised Agent Roberts
 when all actually cognizant of the
 facts about him, knew him to be liar
 an attempted blackmailer and other.
 wise disreputable, and we now hold a
 iCtIO4 l4Ohl lNCN. J. lh- tETlS, StCretdrV of the Reformed church missions in
 New York city, thanking us for cx- posing him, and we have no doubt but The Christian World has willingly ; enough ceased to keep that miserable creature before the public.
 When Mir Mickly came throucb ( New Mexico en route to Camp Apache. friend advised us that he was "a good sort of man "-One evidently easily { used to make the worse appear the bet ( ter side. And such proved to be exact. ly true, taking the most charitable view the circumstances will possibly justify. Probably the usurper Ogilby who used this weak brother, told him that he was a great man, and he will k lngly believed it and consented to be c party to a most fragrant violation of c law-just as fragrant as it would be ( upon the part of Secretary Belknap, V should he take troops, march them to t' the Interior Department, expel Secre. Il -ary Chandler and put Prof. Marsh ofIy Tale college in charge thereof. Ad. c mt that the weak and we'll meaning u hickly found Roberts bad and inef jl icient Agent, he was nevertheless the h awful and only one who could at that lme rightully have charge of the h. Agency and Its property, and NIT. r 1ickly had no more right to take til harge Of II, than he had to forcibly E nter the private house of James E. toberts and take possession and man. n cement of his household property. =. 'othing could have been more fla ., rantly unlawful than this act of Mick T's, and yet he has the almost inex. - licable effrontry to say that he final. q; ly left Arizona for the reason (he) or could no longer countenance the dis " honesty practiced in the Indian De ,o partment;" and that too at time and on Ter he well knew that same depart ro ieht had legally got rid of Roberts, s di an who successfully imposed himself pon the Reformed Church as Mickly
 ems to have also done, to its discred. ge and injury to the service of the Unit. be States. ml The only officer of any earthly ac- ad 'unt which the Reformed Church ever ms lected for the Apache or San Carlos Ie Idlans. is John P. Cum. who IS 'SltlVe credit to his country and most no, Ivantageous officer to the Indians iao lder his charge; and yet the Rev Jo, lcAly course tends to damage him fir, a strengthen his traducers. He fails
 Tell the country what failure he IS as an unlawful agent, or what an Fr' iclent and upright man succeeded ext m and Is thoroughly sustained hy COT department he maligns. We ab. 'he lu'ely sympathize with the Reformed I lurch in its misfortune of possessing bet ickly. He poss,bIr r,oo .,, the Is badly He may be Ian efficient Fo' Stor" but is also a proved inefficient Sta
 certain necessary affairs of "the acr 'rid.' He may be truly well.mean. ret' law-abiding man. but it can be slol sly proved that he was a prominent Fo' -or Tn pslpable violation of law in Me izona- He may have an excellent res, art but such bad understanding of GU bI'c affairs that hls good heart is pos rse than useless. The fact that inc the V. Nickly ought to be representa- oe of the highest order of truth and Ina