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Show On tqe Stand. It is rumored around town that the vitit of governor Woods to Washington was induced by the anxiety of secretary Fkh to have him inform the State department as to tho wherefore and how, the process of dovetailing tho official business of this Territory with mining speculatioas was accomplished. 'That indiscreet London letter may yet result in tho displacement of our governor, and if so, what a scramble there will be for the vacancy. With all our confidence in tho unalloyed patriotism and frozen principle of the gentlemen who have so prominently taken part in opposing what they call theocracy in Utah, and in sustaining the illegal usurpations of our federal ofEcials, wo can't help but think that some of them have been induced to play the patriotic part they have, with at least one eye on tho berth occupied by governor Woods. We know it is wrong to suspect sus-pect such pure patriots, but surely a little of the alloy of self-interest ought not to taint to the disgust of the public, pub-lic, such supreme devotion to principle and such a superabundance of patriotism patriot-ism as fires the hearts of (he disciples of the Institute. |