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Show CURIOUS COMBI'.N'ATIO.. 'I'i.t; i;vii;I'iuali'-n ui -mi ;. U.l-Sli:uii.tu U.l-Sli:uii.tu "lii-uv.i ' I i.ili i one "!' lilt: IW-'. cuiii,; in tin: hi-tup,' if (iniinuul urli...-. If i-.: ( i l!i Ii-d littk C'd.L-'ji'ii, Lut lliu iiKib-ii:u.-i coui-io.-ii: it ui i: w.ji ili :i .-lmrr il.r--1 i - Lion. Firi-t, th'.ie :i f ' ".v nf i ii-: v. ultra r:iili.'.t:s "l" tiie ilfj-uLlit;:!!! )..u,y. uch' a, Jrfj. ;,.-). II. .Maxttirll, 1.0 Li-hymn Li-hymn t..u siili uu hiiiL' (.'vt-i t.i c'j.i;c tr iliuir ail at. it u-l iL.-m l-j the Tcl'rituiial oliii:Ji. V.L cons ; mjuiO l,u!t:it':tl lunatics, luJ Ly tm 1- -.1 a pr-, hoii:iL.-u iliiiii ex-Marsii.il .Miii. Oir, : whoc closest intimate cmidn'l .-wi-ar, I il ml on ii.illi, what liU j.!iucal! tiiiu;Liii.s arc, ur whctiitjr Ii;; ever Lad aiijj aiiJ .v2 milit adil, M;j.r 1 letup-j stc.nl, conspicuous iV-r having uiorej Lraiiib than all the rest put together, and who h;H .straddled the political1 truce so Iuiir tliiit ho i.-i in doubt liim icif which bide he will timilly jump to. The chief pl.uik ofil.3 p!j.uhrm cuii-n cuii-n true ted Ly thcJ worthies id opposition opposi-tion to wiiat tliey term 'theocracy" and a determination to have polygamy! rooted out; and to accomplish these' sublime objects they havo eu lured into a copartuerahip with a religious "riu" J wiiieh has made uioro pretentions to theocratic power than any similar eon-greutioD eon-greutioD on the continent, and some of whoio members aro prominent representatives re-presentatives of polygamic marriage, in which tlicy happily hold tliem.sclvos, only denouncing its practice in others who decline to acknowledge their ulaiuia to bo dictators in matters spiritual. spirit-ual. Add to these a few business men who were disappointed in not being able to make more money out of the people to use lor thoir injury, and the head and front, body and breeche?, of j the Shanghae party are seen at a' glance. But the moat ridiculous part of the combination is tho thcceratic-polygauiicj element, which over a year ago: started in to give religion to tho world, and endorsed polygamy in the strongest manner for a few weeks, and only "went back" on it theoretically to obtain a littlo syiupa- thy, and with the remote prospect of having some governmental pap admin-j istcred to them. Knjoying the felicity j of the "peculiar and multiplied mar-: tial relations," they aro grasped, lig-! urativcly of course, to tho breasts of; its most streuuous denouueers, and the! antipodes unite to make common warj for office and emolument-. ! If the Shanghae "liberals'' wore! honest in their opposition to theocracy, j they would shelve the theocratic rep-1 res cut a fives of the "Church of Ziou;"' if they really were opposed to poly-: gamy, they would ''slough off" poly-j gamists from leadership in their lim-; ited ranks. But as they only aim at office, and as consistency forms no part; of their political creed or moral rule of action, they seek to obtain support! from men lately come into the Territory Terri-tory by sailing under borrowed colors, and shouting the cry of "liberal party." Their peculiar "liberality" is found in the savage attacks made by them upon any and everybody who declines to accept ac-cept such hypocritical leadership, and; the beauty of their consistency may bej inferred from the preceding statement of facts. j |