forth in brief, plain terms, their situation and necessities, and
prays simply for a separation from New Mexico and a Territorial
organization under the name of Arizona. As a matter of necessity
for the successful carriage of the mail across the country, this
Territorial organization is imperative. No contract for labor or
supplies can be enforced in the present condition of the country.
Courts of law must be established, with officers to enforce their
mandates, or the contractors will be utterly unable to carry out
their contract.

The great necessity of a safe and speedy overland communication
with the Pacific, has directed public attention to the
organization of Arizona as a separate Territory, and the desired
legislation has received the unanimous endorsement of the press
of the whole country. Petitions with thousands of signatures from
leading citizens of the majority of the states of the Union, will
be presented to Congress asking for the immediate organization of
the new Territory as the best means to at once open a highway to
the Pacific; and so important has this view of the question been
deemed as to call from the President of the United States a
recommendation in his message to Congress. No opposition has been
made to the most just prayer of the people of Arizona, and it is
believed that none will be made, unless it comes from New Mexico.
It must be born in mind that the Gadsden Purchase was not
originally an integral part of New Mexico; that it was acquired
years after the treaty of Gaudaloupe Hidalgo, and was only
attached to the territory of New Mexico as a temporary expedient.
It must also be remembered that the Gadsden Purchase, with the
portion of New Mexico which it is proposed to include within the
limits of the territory of Arizona, is separated from New Mexico