Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-12-02

New States Preparing for Admission.
The Philadelphia North American calls
attention to the question of admitting new
States into the Union this winter. 1t
says:
awe have now attached to the Union
the territories of Daeotah, Nebraska, Colo
RADIO, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada and Wash
ington, seven in all, the whole of whose
governmental expenses are paid outof the
National Treasury. These territories had
the following amount of population when
the census of 1860 was taken: Colorado,
96, 538; Dacotah, 2,576; Nebraska, %, 841;
Nevada, 1884; New Mexico, $1,000;
Utah, 4O,699; Washington, II, 1853. None
of these have the population required by
the ratio of representation. New Mexico
has once before made application for ad-
mission as Free State, and would no
doubt do so again if there were any chance
for admission. The case of Utah is anom-
alous, and cannot be treated Of at present"
Since that census was taken, there has
been large emigration to Colorado, lying
as it does in the pathway of emigration
and being rich in gold mines. 1t is as
populous as Oregon when it was admitted,
and more SO than the average of the South
ern States. Nebraska, lying adjacent to
Iowa, Minnesota and Missouri, has re-
ceived larger influx of population than
Colorado. It has been claimed, also, that
the census was fraudulent, and that the
territory actually has larger population.
The North American says:
By the admission of New Mexico, Colo
RADIO and Nevada, we could reduce the num-
ber of our territories to four, diminish the
outlay from the National treasury, enlarge
the strength of the free States, and give
representation to people who have now no
voicein the National Congress. The latter
point is one Of no mean Importance, for
these seven territories now contain 220,-
1876 people who are totally unrepresented,
taking merely the census Of 1860 as our
guide If census of them were taken
now, the number would be near four hun
dred thousand"
"These people are all as loyal as any
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 will
derness, and run up new communities re-
mote from friendly aid, and it becomes us
10 recognize them at the earliest practi-
cable 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
whenever such q population is reached
"Utah territory should also be divided.
Important gold discoveries have been made
in the unorganized part of old Oregon ter
riSory, which lies between the one hundred
and seventeenth meridian of longitude,
the Rocky Mountains and the forty-second
and forty-sixth parallels Of latitude. Large
numbers Of emigrants have poured into
this wild region, and a new community
has been raised there as suddenly as in
Colorado and California This region,
nominally, is attached to Washington ter
ritory, but really has no government.-
Now let it be made the basis of new ter
ritorial organization, comprising also all
Utah north of the fortieth parallel of lati-
tude, which includes Salt Lake City and all
its adjacent settlements, fixing the seat of
government on Salmon River, in old Ore
gon.
"There are numerous precedents for
this. The Red River settlements, made
long ago by Lord Selkirk, belonged to the
British, then to the Northwest Territory,
then to Wisconsin, then to Minnesota, now
to Dacotah, and may yet pass through two
or more territories before being finally
disposed of.
@Since Dacotah was organized, the terri
tory of Nebraska is a long strip of terrific
ry stretching from the Missouri river TO
the Rocky Mountains, but the western
half will no doubt be separated when Ne
hraska ia admit. ad az State, and will,
with the northern part of Utah. constitute
a new territory at some future day"