The weekly Arizona miner., 1882-02-24
OUR MILITARY COMMANDER.

Never has Arizona been in more quiet, peaceable condition, so far as her Indians are concerned, nor more prosperous in al, other relations; still, the outside world is led to believe through hbelous, malicious. untruthful newspaper articles, that we are in s>ate of rebellion, without a head to our military affairs. The whole truth of the matter, in a nut shell, is this: South ern Arizona is and always has been jealous of the Northern portion; hence, any oLe who lives in this section, or at least north of the 34th parallel is subject to undue and malignant islander from the press south of the Salt River Valley. A few years ago Gen. Kautz, good soldier and Commander of this Department, was approached and even bribes were offered him if he would recommend the location of Military Head quarters at Tucson. Gribes were scorned, and like true man that he is, a recom- mendation for the removal of Headquarters he ignored and positively refused. The hounds not content with being ''bluffed, " then set up howl forthe removal of Kautz. To appease and quiet the wrath of the great men of the Santa Cruz, it was thought judicious and prudent to have change of Commanders. Gen. Kautz was superseded by Gen. Wilcox, and upon his advent into the Territory and for three years thereafter Websters Unabridged Dictionary contained words wholly inadequate in which to give him taffy by the press of Southern Arizona. By degrees the Headquarters subject was again brought up. Gen. Wilcox was i'm portuned and urged to recommend the re- moval; but seeing the thing in true and honest light, he could not make the sugges- tions asked True to their old tactics, war is now made on Gen. Wilcox. The Commander who three years ago had no peer in the Army for ability, to-day, with the same men and the same press, is only the peer of the greatest imbecil in the Army. We are sorry indeed for our newspaper cousins who so far lose honor and manhood as to stoop to falsehood and thieving ill or der to carry their ends. It is to be hoped that the powers of the War Department will see this matter in its proper light, and place just such weight upon newspaper maligning as it deserves
 Last summer the Indians upon the San Carlos reservation became somewhat unruly, but were promptly put down. Since that time there has been an occasional Indian scare, on paper.-nothing real; and. still it is kept up by our grasping. greedy friends in Pima and Cochise counties. Our mill tary affairs have been well and ably han dled by Gen. Wilcox, and instead of the howl from Southern Arizona, there should come manly words of praise to one who has been active, energetic and careful
 For Gods sake, sectional friends-for you are sectional-give us fair play. Tell the outside world that the Indians are quiet, and that people can safely come to cur Ter ritory. Tell them that you want Head quarters, the Capital, etc. and you can't get them, hence you are angry. Tell them that the Government can't afford to aban- don good climate, central locationand valua- ble buildings just to gratify the whims of Tucsonites Tell the outside world that Arizona is not Tucson; and also admit that there is such a place as Prescott in the Ter ritory; and above all, like honest men, tell the truth and say that our Military Con- nander has done his whole duty regardless of locality, party or people. Just for once in your miserable existence condescend to tell the TRUTH.
 The Tucson star, to a certain degree, is not inclnded i'll OUT remarks.