from the st louis luminary A few hints to editors priests and judges A high minded and honorable man cannot be found to assume the government of the latter day saints in ili utah because it is well known that the present governor is far more competent and has a hundredfold greater claims that any other man either mormon or anti mor mon it was this reason that induced colonel steptoe to refuse the appointment it was neither fear nor cowardice the gentile editors statements to the contrary notwithstanding it was the honest convictions of his heart produced by actual observation and matured by personal acquaintance and when he signed the petition to president pierce to beg the reappointment of governor young he be knew kney perfectly well what he be was about for he was well conin convinced ced of this fact that brigham young is the only man that call can govern utah to the satisfaction of the people we do not wish wholly to discourage those gentlemen who may be plotting and scheming in order to obtain political distinction and preferment in utah let them work out cut their own discomfiture and disgrace they will then eel feel as the tha digger felt after he had been whipped so much the better after they have done smarting although we have evidence that an honora honorable ale man would not accept the gubernatorial chair of utah yet we believe that there are men who would resort to any meanness perpetrate any villa villainy illy lity fell pell their best friends abd alid plunge the nation into perpetual difficulties and ruin if they could by that means obtain the envied chair and make themselves a name in the gentile world wn we should not be surprised if some of the U S judges for utah should be taken with the office hunting fever and nd quit their judicial bench and proceed to the white house in search of frefel ment anent we should judge from the history of gentlemen in it the mountain territory that they leally really need it we might refresh the memory of our readers by reference to the correspondence of mr air T 8 williams which presents the U S attorney for utah in a most unenviable position which so identifies the honorable gentl gentleman ernan with SQUAW that it would not be the least surprising to find him with other kindred spirits on a mission to washington to seek preferment by which to cover Their shame and wipe out the disgrace of their association on the occasion to which we ire have referred sundry articles ai tides were demanded of the honorable gentleman in public court such guch as blankets paints ac in consideration of agreement made between said attorney and squaw the objects of such contract we leave our readers to cor cot conjecture jecture suffice it Alt to say that i we have no brothel houses in ili the mou mon mountain antal n te territory I 1 ills not surprising therefore that these gentlemen fild fird the state of things in utah as a certain jud judge e said very hard upon them nor is is it surprising to hear of them luxuriating in the charms of the copper colored laughters daughters of tile the desert these things are quite consistent consi stant with the spirit of antt AMI mormonism and if these gentlemen should present themselves ta president pierce as candidates for the governorship or other advanced post ili lil in the territory Tern tor we shall be happy to back up their application with testimonies from tile the A lormon mormon the luminary and other interesting te documents concerning them for we should like above all things lungs to see ahm m rewarded according to their works we recommend all people henceforth to mind their own business and leave mormonism to those who can handle it for all its opponents who have yet vet entered the field are notoriously incompetent to touch its interests in any manner the tile latter day saints are known to be in good hands their destiny is 13 with the almighty it is is his power and influence that has placed governor young otin olin g ill in his present honorable station and he ile will keep him therein hs ts long as expedient tile the lord has given him sufficient w wisdom eadom ta to cope with this generation no matter in what position he may maybe be placed he is equal to every avery emergency lie he is is a perfect master of theology in ili all its branches as a politician be is unequal unequalled led as a tactician he be cannot be excelled he is is unquestionably the most judicious economical and excellent governor in any territory of the union his influence over the people under his jurisdiction is is a hundred per cent greater than that of any other governor in ili the united states and both saints and sinners sinners endorse him as the most honorable and competent man mail in all the country and nd colonel steptoe too he whom four foar very kind friends hoped would lay liy the power of prophets in the dust even he be endorsed the almost universal testimony concerning his superiority over any an other otier man we wish mish the gentile priests and editors and judges 7 to remember these lings things and understand that the he tables are turning against them and no apology or excuse that they can make will ever cover their shame or mitigate the disgrace of their disco discomfort ure re