Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-04-21

us admit that some of the journals re- ferred to represent the Indian question, and the inefficiency of the army, from a citlzen's standpoint which x" severely condemns. Yet he turns around and represents-his own side of the quest on in behalf of the army after the same ex- treme fashion of some of these papers referred to.
 ssX." complains "that Mike Gray" a herder, whom it was reported had killed and scalped an Indian. "did not do so.T Are the newspapers responsible for NIT. Grsy's herder's failure to kill and scalp an Indian. aad if the story is false are newsuapers responsible for it: K" al SD states 'that since one Duncan, a boy who. in a mile race near Huachuca, proved more nimble of foot than the flashing strides of six Apacbes, there has not been a single hostile in the Ter ritory." We shall not turn upon "X.' 70 after hls own fasmon and say to him that be is "rather flush with false state ments,~ as he charged the CITIZEN, but We will say the statement Es erroneous, as it can be shown that there has not been three days at any time since the date referred 10, that Indians have not been seen in the Huachuca, Mustang or Whetstone mountains.
 "It is a well known fact" says "N, ' that the miner, hustler or travelling man, never sees the lurking Apache un- til it is too late, and most generally no one is left to tell the. tale Generally speaking, such is the case, but there are many. very many exceptions, and if is not an established fact by any means. We take 1t that "X.," in this reference, has put the settler down as a hustler 70 AS "miner or travelling man" seem tU cover the balance Of our population. Here again. in our opinion. "X-' has gone out or his way to brand the unfo-- tunate settler of Arizona as a rustler; vet. after all, it is about as cd a cog uomen as could be applied to him, for he does have to rustic for bis life.
 As soon as a small band makes an appearance" says X, :" land the report is well cIrculated, one can hear of Apa- ches all over the Territory, and numer- ous bloody and daring fights. EverF- body at once leaves work and property and strike for a town pr post. So who Is the greater enemy to the Territory, the citizen or the Apache" This IS certainly a strangely put question. IT the poor, defeuseless settlers and pros pectors are denIed the right to seek safety in our towns and posts during h. dian raids, in Gods name where will they go for safery or what should they do? It would certainly be the night oi folly for them to stay at home, when Apaches were known tO be prOwlng about, unless they were sufficiently strong Co defend themselves, which too often is not the case. As to the latter portion of the above paragraph, which asks, "Who IS the greater enemy of the Territory, tre citizen or the Apache" We must confess our astonishment that any sane man could have asked such question. What is Ari- zona. Is it for Aparhes or for the white man? Or Is II a place where soldiers are quartered2 We had supposed that 1t was one of the Territories of this Union, that the citlzens who came here had a right to do SD, and being citizens of the United States they were entitled to protectio from both foreign and in testine foes. IL would seem that N. '" would have citizens go after the Apaches, instead Of seeking safety in towns and posts. But he forgets that these same citizens and other citizens work at home and provide the means with which to pay the soldiers for doing the fighting for them; not only this, but they have paid for the edu cation of the officers who command the soldiers. and we are sorry some Of the officers of the army look down upon these citizens who have so largely helped to make them what they are, and who are still paying them for their services and furnishing them with thelr daily bread.
 "X. " thinks ct simplest way to au- nihilate the hostile Apaches of Arizona, would be to blow up all the newspaper offices We'll that would be a novel way of putting down the Apache, in- deed: and is a brilliant idea. But we did not know the Apachss were receiv- ing so much aid from the newspapers; We. at least fail to find Juh or Geronimo g name on our subscription books, and We don't believe they see our paper at an. unless they borrow 1t from some oi our soldier subscribers, and We had no idea that We controlled the movements of the army to any extent.
 ''X." planes us for publishing news dispatches "nine-teRths of which, he says, "are false" They are not. Most of our dispatches are true. Our core spondents are, many of them, among the best men in the country, and while it Is impossible to always gain reliable inf rmation, they furnish the facts as near as possible at the time of writing We are just AS strongly in favor of the truth and of facts as K can be, and We have. under all circumstance, tried to lay the facts before the people; but as Is the case with all newspapers ID al countries, false impressions and errone oust statements reach us and sometimes find their way m the columns of the CITIZEN, but they are the exception rather than the rule.
 So far as anything We may have stated in the editorial columns of the CITIzEN about the army or the way it has beeI handled. We have nothing to retrsct We have stated only facts, and our con. victiops after mature deliberation. and not ip the manner of Ks" communics tion. which must have been written 1T haste, without any idea of how 1t wo lid read in newspaper.
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