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Show "UTAH TRODBLIS." Under lliifl licad the New Vurk Herald of tlio 4th has a nsuUiO oi Ciah afl'airH, iJicpaririK itf rfuderi for expected difliuultieit in Salt I.Aa City jii that duy, m that they miht umk-r-flfWid Urn caufit'ft of said troubles. Takftii altoRciher it is one of th! most huncut articles we havo Been in the i ft raid touching Utah nmiluiri for a long time; and it i uvidmitly from the K-n of fOino (jiiu who ui ultima nils moro uLuut thw Bubjecl thun ninetcen-twentictliM ninetcen-twentictliM who attomiit to viito oil L'tnh uftairs. StartinK with tlm proc-lamalion proc-lamalion by uuting Governor IJInck, i: j jtidcecdn to loiioh uj.uu tliu history of'1 the Uiihtiaol" tins Territory, briiiKiiitf it down bi'iffly to ilio proclamation: issued is-sued ly fcJ ha tier last year; Htid then re-fera re-fera aain to iitaok'tt proclamation. We have no dcnire to weary the public by enlarging on the details of a controversy with which they arc familiar ; but will give tho Humming up, so fur an Black itt concerned, of the Herald : With the knowledge of all those facts, rho proclamation of acting Governor Gov-ernor lilaok seems like .noekiin? u quarrel, quar-rel, and is doubtleafl the result of evil counsellors. Had tho order of General U'ella been aw before iur mu-itora, drilLH, Ao. the reproduction oi'Gover-nor oi'Gover-nor yhaifcr's proclaruaiion would have probably been in order, but to apply it in forbidding citizen soldiern to take part in a military capacity in a procession proces-sion of mcchanios, urticans, laborers and flohool children, in honor of the nation'! birthday, the same a.i will be done all over the L'nioojookx doubtful on tho tide of wibdom. Wo think there is not a sensible man iu the United States who will not ngreo with (It is; and tho luck of wisdom in the matter will ho the more apparent when it is understood that mou iu this city, before the proclamation proclama-tion was Lidued by Black, expressed themselves Mrontfly in liivor of urging hi oi to issue it that ho Uii'ht "make: a fool of hiinbelf" us thuy politely expressed it. Thanks to the counsel of wiaor men, no difficulty occurred. The militia appeared as announced in tho programme, but appeared without arms, entering an emphatic protest against the illegality of the proclamation, proclama-tion, yet showing their determination to give no cau?e for the attempted tyrannical Usurpation of power. The proclamation was as much repudiated in point of fact as though tho entire militia had assembled, iustcad of tho compouics called out. The Iferald further takes up. the judicial difficulty, not that in which mining intorosta are merely involved, but that resulting from tho decisions pive by Judge McKean, and say: Judge NcKrunhau done in law what Governor Shaller did iu polities; but McKean has lived on and been humbled hum-bled and defeated. The Federal Judges had the same experience as tho Federal Governors, aud nearly all oi them havo done their grumbling, but to no effect. McKean was determined to tackle it, and refused the recognition recogni-tion of tho Territorial Marshal and Attorney as Shiifler did the Territorial Territo-rial Nauvoo Legion and its Lieutenant General. but tho Judge comes to grief tor tho moment. He held his court with United States officers; but the United States Treasury would not honor tho Marshal's drafts for the expenses of the court, virtually acknowledging ac-knowledging that, tho Mormon interpretation inter-pretation of the question iu dispute was correct. Here is the Chief Justice Jus-tice of tho Territory of Utah, a gentleman gen-tleman of learning, ability and moral character, completely baffled and smarting terribly under his deieat. He had essayed to do something and had tailed. Not from want of physical support, ibr the United States army and all the volunteers that eould be called tor would have rushed "to sustain him, but he failed because he could not sustain him&clf as the law stood. This is particularly heavy on the "jteademan of learning, ability and moral character," who, the Herald admits, either did not know enough to honestly administer the law as he found it; or knowing it, strove to warp it from its legitimate bearing to accomplish accom-plish certain purposes. We are willing will-ing to leave the Chief Justice on either horn of the dilemma, which the Iferald provides for him; and would simply say to all officials, that a faithful faith-ful and honest- administration of the law is what the country demands and will eventually look for at the hands of all its servants. |