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Show CONSISTENT. BUT FOOLISH. t When a u;in iuLcm a serial of Man- (lurs U tft unite con.iitcrit tu cunUuur , in tli.; same course, tut it u v-:ry Tool 'r Uli, if ho known any Utter. Thw w.'j exactly wlmre ju-ltre M:Ki:an fttanJ.s j1 in hu deirtiuDi. Wli:n lie came to j tlie IlKIlAI.D toklliiui tliat aluuM every judtfu appointi-d to a Territory . iiuainen, fur tlic lirt nix muiitln ol ' j bid i ileum bandy, that every body iu uuoli Territory w an Uiiuramu.i or a . fool in matters of law; and that alter- i I ward.-t In; hi'tjiiiH to find out llie U I; "I , LnuwIi.dO 1.1 Wltll lliui-t lf. .III..!:'-: ' t Alt: Kuan upt'ii'-d out as if all lii.s pru . djcea.iur.H on llie Utah ln:iidi had Uuii j : thonitiru.it tyros in Ic.ijal lore and La-1 biuri in jurisprudence. Ho reversed! the duci.iioiH of the ditriut and su - . pre-we eourW of the Territory, by uthur . i duui.iiun.H that were somewhat startling in their revolutionary character; and' having thus eommenccd blundering he could not, to bo consistent with himself, him-self, do oihi;r than continue blunder- , intf. In ihw litflit we view his decision deci-sion ol" yesterday, lie would nut admit ad-mit to bail the parties now in custody because ho had refused before to ad mit t ho iu to bail; and he treated the instruction of tho Attoruey-iieneral of tho United Slates in the same way ho did the defendants' counsel. It had boon tho custom for some timo p-ut to telegraph cast and west to tho prcsa, with regard to every net or deeiaion of tho judieary here, that "it niecUf tho approbation of all the (ientilea," &o., and doubtless we will find tho saiuo expression cropping out Momcwhere in the press dispatch concerning con-cerning this decision when it comes baek to us in our exchanges. This "approbation of all the (Jeni'iles" is tho result usually of conversations with three or four of tho more rabid members mem-bers of tho "ring;" and it is just as woll for the puUio to understand that tho telegraphist does not know the general opinion of the Clentiles on ttueh matters, that ho does not take tho time nor trouble to ascertain what tho general view is, and that a determination deter-mination is avowed by the "ring" and ita satelites to "go fur" U. S. attorney Hates, for so'uc reason or other probably prob-ably because ho has manifested a sense of decency iu these proseuulious and a desire to have them conducted honestly hon-estly and with some regard to the dignity dig-nity of the government which ho represents. rep-resents. With tho quarrel between judge iMcKean and general I Sates, if' there bo one, we have nothing to do; I but with tho decision of the court we are per foot ly satisfied; for we wish this consistency of blundering to continue, believing that tho malevolence andj bigotry which prompt it will (he i sooner work their own defeat. ; A Minimi Law. To pass a mining! law (hat will meet the minds of all those who are engaged or interested iu mining would be simply an impossibility, impossibil-ity, and to attempt it would be an absurdity. ab-surdity. Those who prospect for dis-1 covory a;id locate merely to soil, want a law very ditl'ercnt to that which would meet the wi.-hes of men who locate lo-cate to work and develop. Tho bill first introduced into the legMature by : Mr. Jennings was praised mid bespat tercd in turns, and by men, too, of. sound judgment in mining matters. So with the substitute bill siuec introduced. intro-duced. Home miners of long experience experi-ence and sound sense spoke of it to us yesterday, before wo had time to carefully care-fully read it, in the most eulogistic terms; yet "Quartz-Koek" pitches into tho bill and its author, in a communication com-munication which will bo found in another column, in somewhat savage terms. As tho object of the legislature legisla-ture is to pass a bill that will secure tho greatest good to the greatest number, num-ber, suppose these conflicting gentlemen, gentle-men, who are not altogether unknown to each other, meet and talk over their ditTcrcDCCS of opinion, and coaie to a sensible understanding. Don't light through the newspapers, gentlemen, mainly with a view to having your own little axe ground first and sharpest, but consider what is best for the greatest number and take your share with them. And do not kill legislation on mining altogether by contentions eon-ducted eon-ducted in acrimony and for e!ti-h purposes. pur-poses. We hive some eomment.1 to make on this substitute bill, but must hold them over another day. |
