Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-04

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The sceurge Of Arizona has been and
y Tie msrderous Apache. These fiends
have periodically broken out and do.
vaStsted the country and butchered It's
psac<i>s ipbabitants--men, women, ana
ckildfsn. Nowhere Is the prospsctor,
ntner. or settler safe from their wanton
aud fendish assaults Why Is this
Why should not the inhabitants OF Arr.
roma be as secure 10 their pcrsens and
property against Indians as the citizens
Of Massachusetts, We are citizens
Of the same republic; then why should
our homes and eur wives and our chill
drep be ct the mercy OF the pitlless
Apache without protection, without re.
dressy The Government has corralled
the Apache on the San Carlos Reserva-
ton. II feeds. protects, and permits
the Apache TO be armed with the most
approved weapon Of death and destruc-
ton. and the Apaches use the instru-
ments OF death to slay and murder our
people. The very ground Of this Terri
tory is moist with the blood of our MUIR
dered people. The very air rings with
The shrieks Of the victims Of Apache
atrocity. The glare of the fron-
tiersman's borning cabin signals
tho fact that the Apache is on the
var-path, that he has left the reserya-
ton where the Government feeds and
clothes him, not because he is in want
Of food not because the whites have
molested him in any manner but purely
in the spirit Of 6endish rapine and muir
der: not TO seek food OF shelter, but TO
seek victims TO satiate his deyilish dis
position to kill and destroy. The
Apache is by nature blood-thirsty. and
having no sense Of responsibility,
eraiifes his cruel, heartless thirst for |
blood by murder and rapine. The
time has come when the people |
OF Arizona will stand this no
longer. The Government heretofore
has protected and fed the Apaches,
but has not so much as even
protected the whites from the Apsches.
On a former occasion the Apaches ex-
hausted the endurance Of the people of
Arizona. and the whites armed them
selves and went on TO the Indian Reser-
walton and carried death and destruc-
ton into the home of the Indian as the
Indian had carried death and destruc-
ton into the homes Of the whites. This
can and will be done again. II is a
severe remedy, but it proved once
TO be an effective one. The In
dams have broken out repeatedly.
Let the whites break cut once again
md teach the Apache in the Apa-
ches' home on the San Carlos Reser-
sation that the whites can kill and STAY
rs we'll as the Apsches. Let the whites
Inaict death upon the Apache in his
home under the very eyes Of the Gov
eminent officials just as the Apache
has inflicted death and destruction
upon the whites, in full view OF the
Government. Is the Government pow
,rful enough to protect the Apache and
Tot powerful enough to protect the
whites against the Apache? This
appears to be the situation. The
Apache is protected and the whites
ire not. Retaliation and selfpreserva-
ion is the first law Of nature. The
whites have waited in vain for Govern
nent protection. Now let them as
emble and arm themselves and teach
he Apaches that two can play at the
anne Of determination, and that the
whites hold the strongest hand in the
sme." When this is done, and not
ntil it is done efIectually, will the
apache be properly and eifectually dis
osed Of in Arizona. The Apaches
ave broken out often. Let the whites
'Yeak out once.