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Show fllE I'i:i)Cl..lUTHM IMl'OUT. I The amnesty iiroclaniallon of llio l'resldonl naturally comes In for ' KMiljr abate of comment anions nil tolassca of tho communllj not that any conddcrablo I ottlon are o posed to the extension of clemency uudtr tho clrcuntitsncis named, but that In tome ' j ijuaitcn them N a steadfast nud rather Bl petty Inclination on the iprt of tlinati who thoroughly approve ll frlendll. mil, to belittle Ha effect ami Impugn tlmmollvet that romptod It. Coralnx from luch tource, thin secma K to Ua to be 111 exceedingly Ui tiute; f from llioto who utterly disapproved of r the proposal amnesty from tho outset f nuil who aro opposod to It oa principle, criticism of tho klnJ referred to mUM be expects! aton with Buy other uu- I favorable ttrlctures lht could autjurtt ft themselves; but from thoH who ro- ! ! Jessed to be friendly to and auvloui for It, who were no imtatlent, In lact, 9 that they aought to msko political I ttltaloutof lit poatponement, lliero f would Mem to bu no occasion fur ot- ' eervallone ifich at have been made ami published. Kor ourselvra wo Incline to the opinion expressed by tho Tniunti "Wo belovo that tho urdun carnei with It full restoration to cltlieuitilp." Una eminent legal authority lu this olty exprcatca the vlow that "'It wipes away tho idaln entirely." Olhera agree In tho afn opinion, that It means not only Immunity from prosecution prose-cution to those who avail the rnselvcs of It, but a ojmplote restoration to the rlgbta nnd privilege that may have been loit through oirciisos onaliisl the law rrefonod to. Wu thould regard It ai n poor compliment to the I'rislilenl'a heart to have to believe that lie hedged hit clemency round about with reservations bsyoud those plainly atateil, that It ttiould mean only half that It utter, that It ahould bo only the tltilow uf tho full, free and goneroui rrccujnltlou that the ilrcunmancsa warrauted. Wu cannot fuel to regard It from any aJch narrow ttaudpolnL Todoao would balltle less tltau to spurn llio oiler with contempt nnd thua Indirectly tu reject the friendly olllocaof (Jovernor Thomas, Hecrctary Hellt and Clilil Justice Kino, whose teas strong endorsement of the llllou for M amnesty will bo remembered, at well U oa thoiu of tho very many gentlemen H of all ahadei of religion and politics H both Jn and out of Utah, who labored H t nergrtically and who Joined In ex. H prosing the earnest liopo that a favor. H ablo rcinoiiei would not bo denleJ. |