Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-09-17
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PrOnuucssm smeuto Of tho People oi
Arizona-They Declare for the
Remnvaa Of she Apscnes and sn-
Disco nsanua ane &c ef Ressrvas,eas.
TUCSON, Sept. 16.-The adjourned
meeting of the citizens met last
night to receive the report Of the
committee appointed to draft reso-
lutions on the removal of the
Apache Indians from Arizona and
New Mexico. The following are
the resolutions adopted:
Your committee, in view of the
fact that the final settlement of the
Indian question rests withCongress,
beg leave to report that they have
framed brief memorial asking
for the speedy removal of all the
Apache tribes to the Indian Terri
tory, and that, until such removal
can be ACCOMPLISH, all the Indians
upon the different reservations be
placed under the care and control
of the military authorities. The
memorial we report for your ap-
prevail and adoption, and recom-
mend that the same be print
ed and circulated through
the Territory for the sig
natures of the people generally
In order that Congress Mayo in.
formed of the opinions and desires
OF our people upon a question In
which they have q great and direct
interest. To this end your COM
mittee recommend. that q commit
tee be appointed by this meeting
who shall be charged with the duty
of printing and circulating said
memorial, and to whom the same
shall be returned when signed, and
who shall thereafter forward the
same to Congress through our dele.
gate, Hon. q. II. Oury.
(eigned) JNo. s. CARR,
Chairman.
The resolutions were adopted and.
the following memorial will be cir
culated for signatures throughout
the Territory:
ITO the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives in Congress Assens-
bled.
The undersigned, residents of the
Territory of Arizona, in view of
the present condition and past ex-
perience of our people, respectfully
and most earnestly ask that all the
Apache Indians in this Territory
and Western New Mexico be re-
moved at the earliest practicable
moment to the Indian Territory,
aud that in the meantime all the
Indians in this Territory and the
be placed under the direct care and
control OF the military authorities
Of the United States. We make
this urgent request believing that
permanent peace and safety cannot
be secured to our people under the
present system. That the frequent
alarm, as we'll as the actual danger
to which q portion Of our territory
10 exposed, retards immigration
and hinders the development of our
resources and the prosperity of our
people. That the reservation sys-
tenn is, in this Territory, a failure,
not only In securing peace and a
sense of security to our people, but
also In securing to the Indian the
benefits intended. That if the sye-
tenn itself be right, which we do
not admit, the character of the
country does not favor 1t. Agricul.
ture is not possible without irriga-
tion and skilled labor, and only
small portions can be irrigated,
while the mountain cations furnish
secure retreats for the small bands
that will not remain upon the res.
ervati0ns. That the education OF the
Indian cannot be accomplished un-
til he has learned the peaceful pur.
suits OF agriculture and become &C.
customed to local habitation.
That the reservation system in this
Territory must, for all time, con-
tinue to be practically q prison sys.
tenn, on which the indians are con-
nned at q large expense to the
government and without benefit to
the Indian; and, finally, that
placing the Indians in the
Indian Territory has proved
not only measure of vast encono.
my to the government but the most
humane and beneficial to the In
dian Of any that has yet been di-
vised.
Hon. W.. s. eOury, John
Davis and Geo. H. Dowker were
appOintd cas- a committee to carry
the resolution into effect. Several
addresses we're delivered In which
the subject was fully discussed.
Everything will be done to insure
the success of the movement.
A BOLD Dash Gnr Liberty.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18.-A
Portland, Oregon, dispatch this
morning says that Edward Nor
daunt, the escaped convict who is
supposed to have leaped over
board from the steamer Column.
bia below Astoria, was found
slowed away in q vessel.
Moredaunt, on being discovered,
leaped into the river and attempt
ed to swim ashore, but was seized
with cramps and shouted for help.
He was secured and brought on
board. when 1t was found that he
had broken off his shackles. He
was sent to the penitentiary at Sa-
lam tO.dav