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Show THK LATEST BANTLLNG. . The latest cflvrt of McKcaii. Carey, 1 fuwoll efc Co. was apparently thut Little bill reported by McKee from the committee on Territories, on Friday, to "akI in the execution of tlie laws in ltah, and for other purposes, ie." The country, very generally, is ignorant ignor-ant of the direct aim of this and its kindred bills, and it ia necessary to . repeat the information. In Utah Is i population of nearly 140,000 people, divided into Mormons, Gentiles and the) "ring" with its henchmen and strikers. The Mormons number ay 125,000; the tientiles probably 14,150; the "ring" and iti Kicking less than the odd $50. Jude MeKoan ia deeirous of having a jury; not such jury oa would bo drawn in any other part of the Union, which is the reason why the present uiy law of the Territory Terri-tory i ignored, why the first jury bill passed laat aession ol the L-jisl tlure was vetoed, and why the Governor "declined to consider' the feeoud bill passed. This jury is required by Judge McKcin to be f a pari: cular oompleikm, to suit his missionary rurpceoa. It must be composed of: men who would not have soul enough ! to repudiate a charge to them that I was untenable in law and an insult to common Bcnse and the simplest Lind ' ofiuide: but of thrso win- would etolkiy hear the evidence introduced, animated only by viodictivenass against one portion of tho people peo-ple of the Territory, and who would bring in such verdicts might be required rogarulcea of law or evidence. evi-dence. This is uo idle assumption. The wliole country saw its workings and practical iilustrHtion a little over two years ago. (Joiwtjuent'y all of these bills introduced in Cour provide tor the "selection'' of jurore by iome two or three of thcee whom malignity and mercenary motives prompt to this crusade. It would not do to trust the having a jury from the 125,000 Mormons; nor from a mixture of Mormons and Gentiles: nor even from the 14.150 Gentiles ; but it imiai b "eelectcl" from the W3 than -r0 "ring" members and satellites, that there may be no doubt about verdicts, nor any waste of time iu securing convictions against obnoxious parties! Thi L the liberty and republieanisn'i which have come to Utrth Irvm Sar-atosa Sar-atosa ! Knowing liiis. and knowing how easy it is to send pi-titions, memorials and misstatements to Washington, the "ring" dreads a Congressional investigation, in-vestigation, and the exposure of it ileneas sure U follow. And bo these little bills arc prepared, and Congress is asked, besought, implored to strike a fatal blow at the liberties of the entire en-tire people to gratify these mischief makers, whose mottoes are "Kule or Ruin " "Booty and Beauty, but never Duty!" "Our Jury Bill first: then Confiscation and Fhuultr '." |