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Show Merritt's Bill for the extinguishment extinguish-ment of Utah his tit'e fur it is "In aid of the execn'i"u of rii" ?ws iQ the Territory of Uuh, and for other purposes" pur-poses" U nice reading for a wicter afternoon. The siitcenth section the bill only contains twenty-six sectionf, and is about the length of the Levitical law provide" that the governor is to appoint all "probate judges, justices of the peace, judges of elections, notaries public and sheriffs in taid Territory;" but why the deuce the governor isn't to be provided with power to appoint all the lawyerj, b'aeksmiths, store-kceper, store-kceper, school teachers, and the delegate to congrc;?, we can't see. We havo commenced reading the bill through, and propose fici;hlng it, if it tikes till neit Chri-tma; yet, after all, there is no question but tho whole affair could be greatly simplified, tie re is the rough draft of a measure which, shou'd congress kindly pass it, would answer every purpose: Sec. 1. Be it enae'ed, .c., that the governor, ihe three judges and the marshal of Utah, by and with the consent con-sent and advice of the "ring," shall do as they darned pleae in that Territory; and anybody that dares to dispute the righteousness and constitutionality of this measure shall be "shot down in a quiet and Chrii-tainlike manner,'' as the immortal Strict, expressed it. face. 2. All laws, except this, relative rela-tive to Utah, arc hereby now and forever for-ever repealco. That would fiil the bill, and wo offer it to congress, certain that its passage would solve the Mormon problem; for with such power the "ring" would commence to cut each others wizens over the spoils in less than a fortnight. |