Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-06-12

OuS sIdlu eIOrt 70 secure the removal
 of the Apache Indians from this Ter
 rltory. There can be no intermediate
 measures adopted with the leas. essur-
 ance Of safety for our people in the flu
 ture, even though the hostiles now op-
 erating against the whites be conauered
 and transported by rope or rail, for the
 breeding den brings forth sure crop
 or devils whether it be a ssaanu o' ! i-as.h or ie,u-e. A" ..rty.,u- ,l- ....
 lsctnr tls qu-st ,r L,se be.u met 'y ."e most summary aGi se lra F. nll s 'i at tLe nd. e those in pcwer. | taT-Jci ipr howl of aue faction i...t 2.
 Was 50 scao.e to get ? sssf-loa uf C cir
 lands On the other hand, an apathy
 la o1s et,r 70 have the | dians re-
 moved, k EeSa,d q Es desire 50 keep
 ;4em Ler- for t3e mo1ey thy bring iu,o
 the iersiior' through Tat contracts, etc,
 and their raids are even thought to be
 inslgated by avarici ius spectators who
 profit by the misfcrtuHes and death of
 their fellow citizens. No matter what
 the movement may be, it IS charged
 with selfish motives. The blood that has
 been shed and Is daily flowing does not
 seem sufficient to coGnterpoIse tie ner-. cenary suspicious 70 adToltly charged
 against our people. l. may be well to
 recognize tEe fact that our people are ln no mood 10 daily with this matter. They have borne their sufEerings with heroic patience which attests their fidel- ity to the trusts of good citizenship, and n the long promised but prOcrastinRted measures of relief they have restrained every impulse of retaliation, hoping in vain for protection and to have their deep wrongs righted. The black em- blems of mourning are rapidly creeping into many household where such ter rible grief corrodes the heart and nerves the hand to vengeance against the whole race of the fiends. The lesven Of | blood is working, and We my as we'll | publicly state the fact, wrong as the l course may be, and criminally wrong | foo, there are thousands of sorrowful | men in Arizona to-day, who are ready | to respond to the call leader to carry | carnage and death to the innocent as well as the guilty. on the Apache res erv8tlon. We do not countenance such | a mad scheme, but it must be remem- bered that our people have endured SO much sorrow and woe from this haven | ot red refuge that they are becoming blinded to all moral sentiment and are | fast yielding to the human nature that | is within them, for retaliation. They | feel that Inc government will do uoth- Ing more than to toy with !he question. until they make some overt act | which must be recognized, and | even at the self sacrifice they must make m taking such a desperate step, they are ready to become martyrs for the glory and prosperity of their poster ity, The mut:erings are heard on all tides, and when the hard clods of earth drop heavily and cruelty upon the cofliu- lidsaf each succeeding victim of Apache atrocities, the woe succeeding the first looks f dszed consterna'ipn upon ihe coun chances of the he eGyed friends about the gr -ve, gives pla,e e an oE- pre-. s.cl of settled determination aud resolu on, the sequai Ci which is Tea D to rom D the secret Te-esseJ Of tho . f.T.....--1.
 C4a such -;sta ot rEgi-s as ov exists m Ssu,hera hriz)ns long remain without cheek and the people be ez- Dected to submit to ths daily siGushte. win patience and caimEes:? They ar not cowa-dly, but neither are they vio- l..cr5 of the law, They ere and have long been booking iu vain for ,be gov .-rIaeutal am which was created for their protection. The tima is close at hand when they will recoil f7os ih;s deadly opDresslon and destro- he Ul- cer that is preying u on tke!r vltals, and if. through theIr steur and unsAilliGl surgery, they prrne deeply and cut out root and branch even where DO puru- lence is plainly visible. the emergency of the situation will condone the pos sible sin.
 We say again, tha. we 10 k with dis favor upon any such ill-adyised and movement, and We urge upon those Tn auIhorily to apply radical meas ures for the solution Of the curse now over our Territory, and not only diserm those now within the keeping of the gov srnment, but the removal of the vicious tribes from our territory and the de- structiou of those now on the wsrpath. For the safety of ths Indians; for the reputation of the government; for the good of the people who would have removed from theIr path md in tue name of humanity, let these .hings be done. and done before 1t is too late.