Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1876-05-20
a PIatitude.

The San Francisco Post of May ,, |
commenting upon some remarks ofthe
Alta upon the late Chlricahua REBEL.
ion, saws:
The Alta quotes from THE ARIZONA
CITIZEN of April 10, something for a
pretcXt to throw all the blame for the
late Apache raid upon the Indians
They are called murderOus savages, -.
which is a cheap plaitude, and the.
public IS informed that this is Just
what might have been expected from
treaty with such a tribe, with the in.
ference left that determination would
have been the wiser and better policy.
What barbarities may We not pardon in
the rude border men, when a ncwspa
per of high character, published with,
in the sound Of twenty Christian
church bells, speaks in this cruel, par
tial and savage strainy The real cause
OF the outbreak is not even limited at.
That is. the starvation Of the Indians
upon the reservation, which forced
them to the alternative of pillage or
death by hunger This is confirmed
llN ATCll bAlts anu ANulNAA Nv llO bllNs
What would white Christians, what
would the publishers and editors Of the
Alta and CITIZEN do under like provo
cationy OF course, they would quiet
~ fold their little arms across their
gentle bosoms and thank God for the
privilege of starvation under disci-
pline. But such resignation is hardly
to be expected from Apaches.
We have been getting a good i'm
preston of the Post lately from its
kindly tone to Arizona and the evident
/ interest j; takes in publishing the news
Of the Territory, and We dislike TO see
+ it misled and misleading others. As
we have said before, the Indians who
caused the trouble were not starving
/ They were. on the contrary. well fed al
4 the time of their rebellion, and com
mitted their outrages from pure and
simple innate cussednesS. Gen. Pope
I. has nothing to do with the Indians in
Arizona and knows nothing Of them.
We believe New Mexico belongs to
Pope's department, and he was prob
ably referring to the Indians IN that
Territory when he enunciated his
starvation theory, although if he still
wears his headquarters in the saddle -
he can't know much of affairs even in
his own department. THE CITIZEN OF
MAY 13, fully and truthfully gave the
cause of the rebellion, and, if it wish
the Post can post itself therefrom. We
/ might also correct the idea of the Pos
that the term "murderous savages
is cheap platitude" The term /:
neither cheap nor is it platitude, ex
b. cept in so far as the English language
presents no words Of eXecration and
' eternal damnation but what are mean
ingless and inane when applied to these
inhuman beasts \ cheap platitudC
= f0rsooth, Why its appellation hat
: been gained at a cost Of thousands o
wavside graves and fortunes and sui
p ferings and broken hearts and ruined
fortunes. Ask the many men of TIM
: Territory who are dragging WOUNDED
e limbs along our streets or limping oI
crutches to their graves, if there is an.
= cheapness about any form of epithe
+ that could be applied to these savage
devils. Suppose, Mr.. Post, that tn
cherished and beloved wife of you
bosom should be met in her evening
walk by a fiend in human shape an
forthwith ravished, tortured and slain
and suppose as you stood by her corpse
her mangled, bleeding corpse, wit
your soul in that last long gaze OF you
eyes, and every drop Of blood in you
:; veins turning to gall with bitterness
y and hate, suppose you should so ia
forget yourself as to apply the teri
- "murderous savage" to the rulhle'
murderer and rayisher; and suppos
the editors Of any OF your neighbour
, Journals, sitting i'll the bosom ct the
- families and unacquainted with Il
b depth of your wrongs, should sly
your epithet a cheap platitude. Ju
II suppose such a case for moment,
YOU have soul enough to rise {" Al
10 supposition after writing as you ha'
written above.