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Show A CONVERSION. IjiHt Hummer, during the heat of tlio oleelion campaign, if ever a warm and enthusiastic admirer of "honest Horace" felt downhearted or discouraged, discour-aged, bo bad only toHoek. tbo proncncc of tbo CO ni; regional delegate from Idaho, Hon. Sam. Merritt, our ncigh-bor, ncigh-bor, to find Hympathy, if not comfort. Tbo way jn which bo would "cusa" J rant, lament tho thousand dollars ho had staked on Ureeley, denounco tho unoonHtitulinnal interference of Genera Oraut with Utah, and level bin elnqucn' indignation against 'miHMuu jurists," WftH a caution to 1 i t u lo. If there existed in thi wide Republic one man who would Hcoru to barter bin opinions, would disdain to uxproH xympathy with any anti-Demoeratiu measure, and would eoutiuuo to denounce the 'ring" polioy regarding llJtah, tliat man surely wad tho lluii, Sam. Morrit. Hut Sain has effected a ohango of base. Idaho will know him no morn u.h a delegate; tho Demoeratie and Libera) .Republican fusion was defeated; Sam lost bis mouey, and evidently lout bis faith in "a government ol tho pouple, by tho people and for tbo peopto" at tbo same time; and, becoming a coo-vert coo-vert to anli-L'tab CUgott, appears to havo endeavored, at the outlet, to surpass sur-pass bin preceptor from Montana. To tell all that Sam sai.l when ho got norvod up to it would take muro space than wo can spare; but if the New York Herald's Washington correspondent correspon-dent does not misrepresent him, which is probable, ho said the following iu an interview with l'rosidcni (Jruut, Mcssiours Clagott, of Montana, and Noglcy, of Pennsylvania, being aUo present: For a li'iijr time wo people of ihc Territories n-)j aoont have waited in patience for tbo government to abolish tbo despotio and corrupt rule at our own doorf; but tbcru has been delay alter delay, until wo foci that tho evils of tf righam's management should bo no longer borno. 'I'ho demoralizing olfeet of this rule, and its exclusion of all others except Mormons from a nlu.ro iu tbo riches of Utah, should bo abolished. We'd liko to havo that on Mr. iMer-ritt's iMer-ritt's oath. Ofeourso it wouldn't be u whit truer; but. then it would ho a satisfaction lo kuow that tho honorable honor-able gentleman was prepared to sustain ' his oon version by such unequivocal action. It is sad to think tint "all others except Mor mans" are excluded from a share in tho riehes of Utah. Shades of Johu Uly, l.ivid K. Unci, I. U. liatcmnn, S. W. Uowtand.T.W. l'ark, W. U. Stewart, J. Woodman, Warren Uussey, Walker llro's, and a host of others fur ihe-o gentlemen must all bo dead teeing that they par-tioipated par-tioipated in the lulu's of Utah why do you not intorui tho woild how you managed to evade tliat monstrous power which prevents li entiles from paiticipatiuj: iu tho wealth of this Territory Ter-ritory V There is littlo woudcr that l'resident Grant should interrogatively repeat tho word "Exclusion i1"' Nor hat Mr. Merritt should think it woulJ be tw well iu the face of very patent facts, to tpialily his assoriiou by saying; Well, equivalent to lliat. Tho laws discriminate wish treat severity against thojso who do not belong to liiii;hauj Vouujt's church, mi that it amouuts to virtual excision. We would like to ei.iuiic if llou. Sam, Merritt ever believed any such 6tuS" himself? or if ho imagined the capitalists of Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, or New York, who know so much bolter, could be got to swallow a dose of tho kind? Or whether Mr. Megley could convince his I'ennsylrauian constituents, con-stituents, who aro now participating in tho wealth of Utah, that Mr. Merritt is altogether a reliable person? An answer from any of these fiendeuien will bo readily transferred to tho Herald. Her-ald. Wo wilt oloso with Mr. Merritt by giving the substance of tho last egistativc bantling on Utah, intro-'dueed intro-'dueed by him, which rather gets ahead of the wonderfully democratic measure introduced by Voorhees on tho same subject. We rind it in the New York Herald of the 4:h: first Tho Veiled Slates marshal is to servo all pn.ce.-scs ef tho United States cvnirts. SeeoJu Lhc c itr t auornry is directed to pr.jcjuio ail eliencs aciu.-t :hc ias of (he United Stales, as well a tho Territory. Third Grand and petit jurors are to bo drawn by the United Suiic jude, ninrsha! and district attorney. b'ourt h In pr-ecu' i-n-f for polygamy poly-gamy proof of eohabitaiiuu, declaration of aekuole-U;ueut of moio than one wile, is fu (Scion t. Fifth Mermen courts tj be tcsitict-ed tcsitict-ed in their ULudicmn. Sixth iiie election Liv to be amended, so as io cive fiee cxprcssicn lo the b . 1 ; o and aliow o:i' ili!c citizens cit-izens to v.uc. Seventh No y-:-'. .miists to be allowed al-lowed to be niiuruiicd. ilifrlr.h lo.-pcctors .ftIcct:on, j 15-tice 15-tice of the pc.ico, notaries, c, to bo appointed by tho sovcrtior. iinth All bed grants made ty ih.' Mormon Iciiaturo to be annul'ed- j Tenth Ad acts Oi Mormon !c;is'a- tion iu conTaveotioa of the Or- i-ic law of the Territory to W d:?ip'orovci : by coasrsss. ' |