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Show IIUi; U0iElt0lt AM) THE MEJIOIIIAL. The Governor hag raised eonethlnR of a breere by hie message to the Leg Islaturolu rferenca to tbu Memorial to Congress ou the Home Itule bill. The memorial did Hid urpcrl to bav come from the Governor; It u from the Legislative Assembly alone. Uut ilnce the document wa formally tent to the (loternor by the enrollment committee of the Council, duly signed by the l'nuldeut and Chief Clerk, It en not out of place for the Governor to aolloe It oniclally, aud eipreu lilt disapproval of some things It contains. In referring to the system uudir which the Territories of the United Btales are Koverned, and to the special grievances of Utah In that connection, It should always t remembered that the officials appointed by Federal authority are not personally respousl-ble respousl-ble for that system. Also that they uan-not uan-not all be expected to view the matter fromlho time itandpolut aa of those who rtgard It as uurepublhau aud op , presslve. It Is peruapa not the bight of wisdom, wis-dom, when petitioning for an Improved : plan of government, to arraign the lower and authority from which the relief I expected to come, for abuse tb( liavo arlson through the exerclso of that lower and authority. This seeinato be the opinion of the Governor. Gov-ernor. He also thinks, with mauy others, that In asking for "Home Itule" In tho manner proed, thero la virtually virtu-ally an admission that the Territory Is not yet ready for stattbood. Of course that Is not meant by tho memorialist. They merely defer to the vies of the country ou this point, and would rather have tome relief than none. Hut tho Governor It eutllled to hit views aa well at the Assembly, on a matter that vitally concerns the Territory, Ter-ritory, and also the right to express At to the growth aud prssperlty of the Territory under the Intlueucis and oMcersof thepsit, we Ibluk Hiatal-though Hiatal-though the progress enterUlued was made under those condlllous, It must las conceded that It was In spite ol them rather than In consequence of them that Utah has thus advanced. A nd there can scarcely be any question that as the Territory Is now in aposl-, aposl-, tlon requiring relief from the restrlc- tlout that bind her, a change lu the form of government Is n nicesalty and won Id be of gnat benefit. As to what that form should tie thero ; Is a illflerence of oplnlou. We agree with the Governor that statehood It ( the proper thing. Hut if, as lie Intl- maUis,tlie country Is not ready for this would It not be far better to have some approach to a republican form of gov. i ernment, If we tannothave Its fulutss, than to remain In our present toudl-tlon toudl-tlon which In some respects Is akin to However that may be, the Governor has tha freedom of bit vlewt on tho iiuistlou, and since tho Council sent blm the memorial of the Assembly, It buoamo his right to treat the matter lu his official cauu.lly according to Ills . own JuJgmeuU YVedo uot rtgard his I message as a "scold," and It uas I Anally disposed of In a proper manner, I being filed as a publlu document. |