Arizona silver belt., 1886-01-02
rnE ACrIoN oF THE GoNERNoR.

His eXcellency, Governor LuIlck, lS- sued a proclamation and regrets that he felt called upon to do so. Had he written his proclamation on slate and immediately after completing it wiped it out with a sponge, it would have been better for his reputation. The Governor is full of regrets at hay ing been called upon, officially, to no tice the inhammatory appeals to the prejudice and passions of the people upon our Indian difficulties, but ex- presses no regrets that our citizens have been frequently robbed and mur- dered by Chiricahuas. He fears that citizens will resist these acts of Indian violence and, therefore, keseeches them to uncomplainingly take their medi- clne, and if they do not, the Governor threatens them with the powers of the federal and territorial governments. The Governor also, in his proclama- tion, points to the necessity of main taining the law and while doing so he 0Y5-F7Sa~thSGaet that our courts in tue entOFoS, 6f law are obliged to lnuckle to the ipso d;xit of Garland, 'the Attorney-General of the United States, as in the case of the Chiricahua Indian Dutchy, who was indicted by a United States grand jury for the mur- der of a white man. That there may be no misunderstanding as to the U. s. Attorney Generals position in re- gard to his nullifying the criminal law in Arizona, we quote from his let ter of instruction to District Attorney Zabriskie in which he says: "In the case of Dutehy, a Chlricahua Apache Indian accused of murder, you are hereby instructed to issue no process under the indictment now pending against him, unless so directed by the Attorney General of the United States"
 In view of the fact that, by such acts as that referred to, where a cabi- net officer who is not in harmony with written law, dictates what courts shall and shall not do, 1t would be difficult for citizens to comply with the Cover nor's appeal to maintain the law when courts are illegally restricted from ex- pounding it.
 The proclamation convey the idea that the whites are about to break out and are disposed to incite to lawless action, when in fact, under surround ing circumstances, they have proved themselves worthy the commendation of the universal Yankee Nation, and it is a slander to say otherwise. Our people are in harmony with law, they recognize its power and civilizing in- hu3aee, as well as the duty enjoined by Eps1a-tsss s.zsent e pstotsct s1s people from murder and rap1ne, in which 1t has most signally failed; and in that vlew of the case, will it not be considered that Governor Zulick's proclamation is an incorporate out burst, calculated to injure the good | name of the Territory, which he "be- seechingly implores" citizens to pre- serve. The Governor seems to have forgotten that he is only temporary | creature of power and that his duty is | defined by written laws, and in no in- stance do they recognize him as an authorized scold, but as he, by his proclamation published to the world, | assumes that he is, we do not feel | called upon to become his apologlst. While we do not agree with the Gov ernor in his opinion of the people of Arizona, we are char1tably inclined to regard the tenor of his proclamation collossal mistake, which he will profit by in his future communications for the guidance of the people. The news papers of the Territory are altogether too fierce in their condemnation of Ills Excellency. They should have taken into consideration the fact that he IS not properly mentally balanced, as is not only evidenced by his procla- nation, but by the confrmatory fact of his having telegraphed to Washing ton that troops are required in the neighborhood of San Carlos to protect the Indians on the reservation from a threatened outbreak of the whites.
 The Governors appeal for troops to protect the Indians of San Carlos against the whites, has been favorably considered. There are now nine com panies on the way from Nevada and California for the purpose indicated.
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 The Chiricahuas, who recently raid ed the White Mountain Indian camps. numbered fifteen, and were headed by