Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-11-19
New states Coming.

ing in population to the condition that will
qnslify them for state organizations. There
are seven Of these acknowledgements. Ne
braska, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Neya-
da and Washington. In 1860 their popula-
ton was as follows Colorado &c, 1928; Da-
cotah 1916; Nebraska 2S,S41; Nevada H.
364; New Mexico $1,000; Utah 40, G99:
Washington ll,l6S. Since 1860 the popua-
ton of some Of them has largely increased
In Colorado the increase has been very rapid
and large, the rich and inexhaustiblc gold
mines in that territory attracting many
people from California and some of the west
ern states. 1t has now a larger population
than Oregon had when that state was admit
ted. There has also been a large increase in
Nebraska and Nevada; and it is claimed that
there were many more present in Nebraska,
in 1850, than the census reported. The Phil
adelphia North American says =
''By the admission of New Mexico, Colora-
do, and Nebraska, we couldreduce the number
Of our territories to four, diminish the outlay
from the national treasury, enlarge the
strength of the free states, and give repre-
~ A'SblllC nave HOW HO voice IN
the national congress. This latter point is
one of no mean Importance, for these seven
territories now contain 220, 1875 people who
are totally unrepresented, taking merely the
census OF 1860 as our guide. Ii a census of
them were taken now, the number would be
near 100000.
"Ihese people are all as 10y al as any of the
inhabitants of the free states, and have right
to share in our deliberations in some way.
They have left comfortable homes elsewhere
to brave the perilS of the wilderness, and run
up new communities remote from friendly aid,
and 1t becomes us to recognise them them at
the earliest practicable moment. This was
the consideration urged in the case of Oregon
Congress at this session should also work for
the future. 1t should pass acts providing for
the admission of Dacotah, Washington, and
Nevada, whenever they shall have a fixed
amount OF population, say fifty thousand, and
authorizing the territorial authorities to call
conventions and frame state constitutions
whenever such a population is reached.
utah territory should also be divided. In
portant gold discoveries have been made in
the unorganized part of old Oregon territory,
which hes between the one hundred and sew
enteenth meridian of longitude, the Rocky
mountains, and the f0rty-second and forty
sixth parallels of latitude. Large numbers of
SAh45 ans nave Oultu llllO lillS WIN region,
and new community has been raised there
as suddenly as in Colorado and California
This region nomnaly is attached to Wash
lngton territory, but really has no govern
ment Now let it it be made the basi OF a
new territorial organization, comprising all
Utah north OF the forteth parallel of latitude,
which includes Salt Lake city and all its ad-
Jacent settlements, fixing the seat of govern
ment at Salmon river in old Oregon.
"Ihere are numerous precedents for this.
The Red River settlements, made long ago by
lord Selkirk, belonged first to the British, then
to the northwest territory, then to Wisconsin,
then to Minnesota, now to Dacotah, and may
yet pass through two or three more territories
before being finally disposed Of.
''Since Dacotah was organized the territory
of Nebraska is long strip Of territory, stretch
ing from the Missouri river to the Rocky
Mountains, but the western half will no doubt
be separated when Nebraska is admitted as a
state, and Will, with the northern part Of Utah,
constitute new territory atsome future day"
Congress will undoubtedly act on this sub
ject with proper care and elaboration, and
not without an accurate knowledge of the
number and condition of any territorial COM
munity that may seek to be organized as a
State. Probably the population of either
Nebraska or Washington territory is more
liked and stable than that of Nevada or Colo
rado, the mining interest being the chief at
traction that has drawn people to the latter;
but there is no goodreason why any established
territorial community, having a population
sufficiently numerous, and being truly loyal to
the government, should be withheld from the
whole business Of self government. BY pre-
pairing the way for organizing such communi-
ties as states, the government relieves itself
Of expense and gains an increase of active
support.