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Show A POSSIBLE OUTBREAK. The News of last night, in discussing the Collin-McMurrin case, says : There is not the remotest danger of any ontbreak. The city is as quiet as any New England village, and the infamous fellows who talk about martial law and the need of the military to protect a worthless fellow accused ac-cused of crime, know as well as we do that they are merely lying for a sinister purpose." We do not think there is any necessity for martial law here, nor do we think there was any necessity for taking Collin to Fort Douglas for safe keeping, but certain cer-tain we are that this city is not as quiet as any New England village, unless such village is in a very feverish state. Further, Fur-ther, we think there is a possibility of a big and serious riot at almost any time, not premeditated nor planned, and that if any such riot does occur, it will be i J started by some untoward event. If j there are any who desire a riot, they are few in number, but when once a serious disturbance happens in a place where public feeling is wrought j up to such a state of excitement as public feeling is in this city, such riot is liable to spread as a deadly and contagious disease, dis-ease, and would in all probability infect many who are now without taint. The very language of the News on Monday night in speaking of the Collin-McMurrin affair was well calculated to lead to just such occurrences as we spoke of above as liable to start a riot. The language o the News was this : Bat the public will not expect that tbe creature who fired the numerous shots will be punished. He is a deputy marshal, whose person seems to be considered by officers and courts, unassailable. The spotter, the mgrnte, the impecunious object of "Mormon" "Mor-mon" bounty who has turned like a viper to sting the hands that warmed him, now fills up the cup of his infamy by shedding the blood of a "fine and stalwart young man, who is as deeply respected as he is widely known. And of course the assassin is to be screened from arrest and lied out of trouble.' How much more will the people here have bear with patience? If such language is not intended to inflame the people and lead to a conflict between opposing parties here, what is intended? The News confesses it does not know all the facts in the case, yet it unhesitatingly calls Collin an assassin and says . McMurrin f is as deeply respected re-spected as he is widely known." . This may be so, but it is scarcely a proper thing for one bo "deeply respected and widely known" , to apply opprobrious language to a man whom he does not like, and follow his language with a blow. More moderate language on the nart of the News would tend to lessen very much ! tiie jx)ssibilit7 of an outbreak in Utah. j |