Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-28
ARLZaNAls CRANK.

Government her, or the farce that ha passed for 1t, you know as well as tha the chief thIeyes, scOuudrels and law breakers have been either under tn commission or patronage of tn Federal Government. As the frs resident commissioned by Presiden Lincoln, can aEiul to say thi without prejudice. If the Gov ernor expects to get any assistance iron Washington to perpetuate the state O affairs which he has inaugurated, Kan sas in it's worst days will not equal Arr Zona. If the Governor presumes to in terfere with county elections or to re move county officers without authority he will precipitate pocket revolution 1T which he will likely leave vacancy 1T the executive. Nobody wants the party strife. The people prefer to sell and work mines. The evaporation agains United States Deputy Marshals, Indiar | Agents, and the Governor as their cham | pion, IS excessively violent. My person al reputation reaches somewhat beyond the Arizona boundary, and am not in | cluded in the proclamation. YourS truly. CHARLES D. PosroS.
 There is a grain of truth in this let ter, but not enough to redeem it from being clsssed generally as q lie from the beginning to the end In 1t Charles b ?oston writes himself self-conceited ass,as well ns aconsummate liar and hyp. ocrite.
 It was not difficult to define what Governor Tritle was going to Washing ton for; the whole press of the Territory published it, and Poston, If he was sober enough, knew It. The proclamation did not raise the devil all over the Territory, as Poston well knew. On the contrary it was followed by an era of quiet such as the Territory mad never known before in its whole history. The resistance to the law was notorious, and Ewing Hunt was then and IS now at large and no attempt has since been made to effect his arrest, al- though he shot officer Gillespie while at tempting to serve a warrant on him.
 Upon the official scoundrelism in the Territory we are disposed to concede c. D. P. point or two. He was one of the earliest Federal appointees, and has held, if We are correctly informed, three offices. each one of which he was char itably let out of. Now ii he will coDfne his charge of official scoun- drelism to himself and a few others, whom We might mention. We will admit the truth of his allegation.
 His threat against the life of the Gov ernor is simply ridiculous and shows the writer to be either knave or a fool
 Dut the iIlsr s,.utssns.- Jorrnes '=Iv --ll,E- in the cOcoanut. My personal reputa- ton reaches somewhat beyond the Ari- zona boundary, and I am not included in the proclamation" c. D. P. IS a crank upon the subject of personal notoriety. He is constantly annoying both the journals in this city with his opinions upon every conceivable subject until he has become an insuiferable bore, and we are in constant dread of having a com munication showed under our nose sign ed c. D. F. This letter was evidently written for the sole purpose of airing himself in some eastern papers,and Del egate Oury, in our humble judgment, has made mistake in gratifying the crank's vanity.
 The hypocrisy and duplicity of this crank, Poston, IS almost incomprehensi- ble. At the same time he mailed this letter to Delegate Oury. he thrust upon Governor Tritle, then on the eve of de- parture for Washington, a number of letters to prominent men whose acquain- tance be claims to have. Poston has proved himself such a notorious liar, however, We would not advise any one to rely much upon letters of introduction issued by him.
 The Governor must have been some that surprised upon reading the above 1tter and comparing it with the follow ing received from C. D. Poston about a month previous:
 TUCsoN, , April, 1882.
 To Ills ExCELLENCY F. A. TRIPLE,
 GOVERNOR OF ARIZONA:
 SIR: | herewith enclose letter sent to me from "Arivaca" through the Unit ed States Mail.
 Tn case your efforts to establish law and order in Arizona should be sustain .d at Washington 1t may be matter of proper consideration whether Arivaca shall be temporarily placed under the provisions of law.
 The place was purchased by me in De- cember, IS56,of the Mexican owners,who were then alive and made a valid convey ance. The machinery to reduce ores at Arivaca was hauled in wagons overland at enormous cost in lS57-S. Everything imported into the Territory, amounting to several hundred thousand dollars, has been stolen by persons subsequently ln Governm snt employ. In nearly quar- ter of a century has the Government st- forded any legal means for adjudicatIng titles, much less for redress of robberIes? The courts up to the present day have afforded no legal remedy.
 I am Very Respectfully Your Obedi- ent Servant, CHARLES D. PosTOS.
 The enclosed note was as follows:
 c. Poston-You blackmalin sun of b-h You have tride to blackmRle me onse to offen and I propose to kill you first time I see you. will shute you on sight.
 "One of many who want to attend your funeral"
 This note was published in the CITIZEN some time since, though at that time we did not examine 1t closely. Now We have examined it carefully, have compared it with Poston's hand writing, and have about reached the con- clusion that this was written by Postol himself in q disguised hand with a little bad spelling, for the purpose of getting his name in public print.
 Whoever wrote it WAS evidently not far from right in his estimate of the man to whom it was addressed.
 As to the genuineness Of PostOn's claim to the Arivaca grant, We know lIt- tie and care less; but We are informed that there is record of dishonesty in connection with the acquiring of the title which a respectable man ought tO 1 blush to bear.
 It is not and will not be the practice of the CITIZEN to speak thus plainly of persons. We much prefer to discuss opinions and principles which form the basis of good government, but when i man, while practicing the arts of 6 ! hypocrite and sycophant, smuggles intC i the channels of newsin the East, through