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Show M OUR AIMS FOIl THE PRESENT. In the first number ot tlila paper so H paid among otlicr tilings, that In politics o wotiM be liberal and independent ami that our aim would bo to ndsccato H the principle of the greatest good to the H grcntcel luunlior. At that timo tho idea H o(thepcoiln of I'tnli dhidlng upon B National party lines lutd not ixnclied ni H in tho shape it is non present sUtli us lit.ro in I.clil, and now wo feel called up- H on to say bomctliliig inoro upon the eu)- jeet. Democracy and Hcpuhllcislm nro B now features to most of tho people of H Utah, wo huo necr before been called H iiion to chooso whom wo will scro in B regard to tlio government of our nation in consideration of tliu merits of l'rotec- H tlon or Krco Trade. Thu light lion nl- H wnjs been between tho Mormons nnd outsiders. All this lias comu to an end H and wo think that tho time is opportune H for us as a Territory to fall into lino H ith our neighbors nnd tho rest of the H States and Territories nnd consider that wo nro boincthing bcsiiles n mark for tho wholo world to ioint at ns n peculiar people. We may still be a peculiar peo- plo as fur ns our religion goes, but Hint Q nhoult) not hinder ns from hnlng our itty nnd doing otir'j'haro towards liming H our choice as to whom wo will h.ie to -' nrranga tlio nlVairs oi tho nation in a Bj mniiiier that wt think would bo far tho BBfl best good of thu greatest nnmtitf-. As 9fb s.Miulcrrcd to before, llio ilisiAn on H. party lines 1 n new era to mb jsKltnli, '""1 "" should bo wry iiireul JBr we BBfl nre doing, wcbIiouM throughly 4ncstt- BBV gato the sltuntion from an unprejudiced BBB Rtnndpolut nnd w lien w e do uinbe up our BBB minds to go tho one side or tho other let BBfl it bo with n lii m LonMition that wo are BBfl in the right nnd not becnuse our friend BBfl or neighbour or anybody else thinks bo, BBB Now The IHs.seii is in tho same Ilx BBB ns tho majority of the people of not BH only Lchi but of the Territory in BBB general, and if wo start out to try and BBB win proseljtea for either tide, wo wish to BBB do it intelligently and with good rea- BBB sons for so doin. Wo notieo that somo BBB of our people are Joining with tliu part BBB ies imuudiately after somo rally, now BBB wo think this should nut bo done only BBB bythoi)wiio linvo gicn tho matter BBB try serious thought us there are two BBB sides to eery question and one story is BBB alaseij good until tho other is told BBB no matter on what bubject. Wo also BBB notice that tornu who mowed them- BBB selves ns on tho ouo sido beforo a meet- BH ingor rail), after It tool: tlio roorsc BBB si le , perluips bec.uiso they thought that BBB the; hud ,i good exiuse for tho sake of BBB pjlicy or as w o underitaud it, for their BBB own peronnl benefit to take such a BBB stand. Non this paper wishes it to bo BBB dtitinctly understood that it is uel- BBB thcr Itepublican nor Democratic for tho BBB present Blniply because wo hao not in- BH Mstlgated tlio situation tutllcicntly to PBB gienn opinion, nor tile with either PBB party, but when we hao, wo will then PBB say what we mo fearlessly, nnd will bo PBB able to give Intelligent lentous why wo PBB lia c done so |