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Copper; and; as your petitioners most firmly believe; the development of 

these mines will make a change in the currency of the world; only equalled 

by that caused by the gold mines of California。 

     That a great part of the Territory; between the Rio Grande and Tueson; 

is   susceptible     of   cultivation     and   will   support     a   large   agricultural 

population。 

     That this portion of the Territory is in the hands of the Apaches; and 

useless; unless redeemed from their grasp and protected to the farmer。 

     That    the  highways      of  the  Territory    are  stained   with    the  blood    of 

citizens   of   the   United   States;   shed   by   Indians   and   by   public   marauders; 

who commit their crimes in open day; knowing there is no law to restrain 

and no magistrate to arrest them。 

     That this Territory; under a separate organization; would attract a large 

population and become immediately developed: and; that its isolationits 

large    Indian     populationits     proximity     to   a   semi…civilized     Mexican 

province;   and   its   peculiar   and   wonderful   resources;   demand   protection 

from     the  Government       more    emphatically      than   any   other   territory  yet 

recognised。 

     That   our   soil   has   been   stained   with   the   blood   of American   citizens; 

shed by Mexican hands; in an armed invasion of our Territory near Sonoita; 

and that there is no civil magistrate or officer here to even protest against 

such an outrage。 

     That throughout their whole Territory; from the Rio Grande to the Rio 

Colorado; six hundred miles; there is no Court of Record; and no redress 

except that inefficiently administered in a Justice's Court; for civil injuries 

or crimes。 

     That the population of the Territory is much greater than was that of 

Kansas      or   Nebraska     or   Washington       Territory;   at  the   time    of  their 

organization;      and    that  it  is  steadily   increasing;     and   will;  under    the 

influence   of   the   Road   and   Mail   Bills   of   the   last   Congress;   be   greatly 

augmented。 

     That there are no post routes or mail facilities throughout the Territory; 



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                MEMOIR OF THE PROPOSED TERRITORY OF ARIZONA。 



and that finally; we are cut off from all the comforts of civilizationand 

that we claim; as a right; that protection which the United States should 

everywhere   extend   to   her   humblest   citizen。   Wherefore   your   petitioners 

humbly   pray   that     the  Gadsden   Purchase       may    be  separated    from   New 

Mexico and erected into a separate Territory under the name of Arizona; 

with such boundaries as may seem proper to your honorable bodies; and 

that such other legislation may be made as shall be best calculated to place 

us on the same footing as our more fortunate brethren of Kansas; Nebraska; 

Minnesota; Oregon and Washington; that we may be enabled to build up a 

prosperous   and   thriving   State;   and   to   nourish   on   this   extreme   frontier   a 

healthy national sentiment。 And we; as in duty bound; will ever pray。 

     'Signed by more than five hundred resident voters。' 



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