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Show DON QUIXOTE REDIVIVUS. Tito liutrc-t j-k (if ilifl ct-a.-on hi liccn nTi-irati'ii, inn! ihioiImt miiIo-' man Hijiil' Itiuiclt'lii:ail-Iir.-.L iiiln u hall. ion tlcit. ho may he Imrn.; to the ; summit of I'rrritnriiil nolon.-ty. Hun. i Oenrtre A. Ulnck has carried hir official tumors so njfi'U-tly that wo scarcely; knew of hin nfliciiil exiMcti'v; hut ho j Vaa hurt llu'oiiL-h the incnihram; , whi-'h cum lined him in a chry.vih.1 condition, con-dition, nnd h;i unjr forth full-1 Hedged as "Secretary, Ai-tin-Uovor-nor n lid Coii.iuandcr-iii-L'liK-i ;d t lie Militia" hy-the hy, where i.s thai iiiili-i tin, it' this precious proclamation ol la.it Scptcmlier he admitted? Had we received the proclamation, which nppcaid el-ewlierc, front any hands but those of Acting-Governor Black, we would immediately have concluded that some ono wa.-i trying to bring odium upon him by a huge sarcasm; sar-casm; tor the very idea of a United States official attempting to prevent American militia from celebrating the Anniversary of the Nation's birth, in a respectful, orderly and proper manner, is almost too absurd to receive a moment's mo-ment's credit. But as Acting -Governor Black handed the copy in personally, person-ally, wo must concludo somebedy has been giving him such advice that acting upon it ho has placed himaelfin a painfully ridiculous position. Acting-Governor Black will please obscrvo the grounds on which we style his proclamation the hugest joke of the season: first Gov. Shatter's proclamation proclam-ation wasn't and isn't worth the paper it waa written on, and every lawyer worthy of the name laughed at it. Second Had it actually been legal and constitutional where it was neither the nrresting men for a violation of it and trying them before a civil court tor an net which could only be legally recognizable recog-nizable by a conrt-martial, was an absurdity ab-surdity reserved for a Utah Judge to perpetrate. And third By what authority au-thority and 1'or what reason does Acting-Governor Black attempt to place the Territory of Utah under martial law this bleased summer of IS71 '! We thought George was a nico young man, but ho hits hearkened to evil adviser?. JIo will bo known henceforth hence-forth as the Acting-Governor who tried to stop tho celebration of Independence Pay. Ho ha? won notoriety, but at what a price! He will be known throughout the nation and laughed at by ever body. Wo suggest that he complete the joke by issuing another proclamation to-morrow, forbidding the celebration of tho day by any procession, proces-sion, or other gathering of any kind, nature, character, Ac, whatever, and again sign himself, "Secretary, Acting-Governor and Commainlcv-in-Chief." |