Arizona silver belt., 1886-10-16
4 REMARKABLE FLOP ON THE PART Oh
THE ADMINISTRATION.

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1t is amusing to note how General
Miles acceptance df the conditional
surrender Of Geronimo and his re-
moval from Arizona has frayed the
red tape of the circumlocution officers
in Washington, when contrasted with
their action il regard to the murder
brs, Chatto, who killed the McComas
family, and Dutchy, the Chiricahua
Uut-throat, who shot and killed Jacob
s. Ferrin, q teamster on the Globe
road, for the purpose Of robbing him
of his team. These Indians were in.
dicted by a United States grand jury
and would have been hanged by the
neck, until dead as salt mackerel, had
it not been for the tender solititude OF
Che Administration, which interposed,
In their behalf, and arrested the action
Of the U. s, District Court in admins.
tering justice to those incarnadined
devils who are now in Florida enjoy.
ing the hospitality Of the government,
with the N Of Gerouimo's band, fresh
ly taken from the blood-stained trails
Of Arizona, This action should dispel
the belief in the consistency Of persons
in high places who are generally be-
lieSed, because Of their elevated posi-
tiofs, to be immaculate.
Miles, without Instructions, was jus
tifed IN supposing the President still
chicken.hearted and inclined to deal
tendetly With the red man and broth
sr. and it was upon that view Of the
ease that he sent Lieut.. GatewCod to
Sonora, for the purpose Of Offering
terms to Geronimo, to induce the lat-
ter, if possible, to bury the hatchet
edge down. and give peace to Arizona,
New Mexico and Sonora, The Lieu
tenant did find Geronimo, talked with
him. reasoned with him, and finally
induced him to close the bleeding tes-
lament of war, upon terms agreeable
TO himself.
That there was compact between
Gen. Miles representative and Geron.
imo-which embraced immunity for
past Offenses--is an admitted fact, and
Gen. Miles AYERS that he was under no
instructions as to the terms Of any
agreement that he might enter into
with the Chiricahua chief. And while
that is the fact, it is notorious that
Gen. Miles had no precedent for doing
otherwise than he did, and reasonably
supposed that the government would
excuse Geronimo, as it had done IN
the cases of Black Hawk, Billy Bow
legs, Sitting Bull, Chief Joseph and
others who, under a supposed state Of
war, imbued their hands in the blood
Of white men.
Geronimo and his gang of robbers
aud assassins ought to have been put
to death, but as Gen. Miles agreed to
save their nseks, for the very laudable
purpose of saving further slaughter
Of white men, he is justified in what
he has done, and his agreement should
be observed upon the part Of the gov.
ernment 1t will not do for the Mud
jikewis of the White House and his
advisory Sachems to put on the war
paint and induce their squaws TO let
down their back hair, with view of
engaging in war dance, before going
on the war path for Miles and Ge-
ronimo.
If those Washington city gentlemen
have been feastlng on raw liver and
have acquired thirst for blood which
will not be appeased, they have it in
their power to send to Florida for
Chatto and Ghiricahua Dutohy and
turn them over to the Arizona courts
from which they wrested them, at the
expense Of justice, and instead Of ru,
ralizing at the Adirondacks, in New
York, come West and see them choked
to death by hangman's rope. That
would be better than to see the plight
ed faith of the government violated
for the mere purpose Of gratifying the
clamor Of military Bunsbys, who are
jealous of Miles success.