Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-12-19
New slate. PreparIus for Admiration.

New states PreParIHs for Admission.
The Philadelphia North American calls
attention to the question Of admitting new
States into the Union this winter. 1t says:
ave have now attached TO the Union
the territories Of Dacotab, Nebraska, Colo
RADIO, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada and Wash
ibgton, seven in all, the whole Of whose
governmental expenses are paid out Of the
National Treasury. These territories had
the following amount Of population when
the census Of 1860 was taken: Colorado,
1886; DacOlah, 2,576; Nebraska, 2s,s41 ;
Nevada, 1894; New Mexico, $1,000
Utah, 10000; Washington, IL, ,l6s. None
Ofthess 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 anomalous,
and cannot be treated Of at present"
Since that census was taken, there has
been large emigration 10 Colorado, lying
as it does in the pathway Of emigration and
being rich in gold mines. Il is as populous
as Oregon when il was admitted, and more
so than the average of the Southern States.
Nebraska, lying adjacent TO Iowa, Mime
sofa and Missouri, has received larger in
fux Of population than Colorado. II has
been claimed, also, that the census was
fraudulent, and that the territory actually
has larger population. The North Amer
ican says:
"By the admission Of New Mexico, Colo
RADIO aud Nevada, we would reduce the num-
Der of our territories to four, diminish the
outlay from the National treasury, enlarge
the strength Of the free States, and give a
representation to people who have now no
voice in the National Congress. The lat
ter point is one Of no mean importance, for
these seven territories now contain 22O, l95
people who are totally unrepresented, TAX
ing merely the census Of 1860 as our guide.
If census of them were taken now, the
number would be near four hundred thou
sand"
"These people are all IS loyal as any in
habitants of the free States, and have right
to share in our deliberations in some way.
They have left comfortable homes elsewhere
to brave the porils Of the wilderness, and
run upnew communities remote from friend
y aid, aud it becomes us to recognize them
at the earliest practicable moment This
was the consideration urged in the case o
Oregon.
Congress at this session should also
work for the future. 1t should pass acts pro-
vidiug for the admission Of Dacotah, Wash.
ington and Nevada, whenever they shall
have a fixed amount Of population, say fifty
thousand, and authorizing the Territorial
authorities to call conventions whenever
such population is reached.
"Utah territory should also be divided
Important gold discoveries have been made
in the unorganized part of old Oregon ter
ritory, 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 new community has beer
raised there as suddenly as in Colorado and
California. This region, nominally, is at
tached to Washington territory, but really
has no government Now let il be made
the basis of new territorial organization
comprising, also all Utah north Of the fort
ieth parallel of latitude, which includes Sail
Lake City aud all its adjacent settlements
fixing the seat Of government on Salmon
River, in Old Oregon.
"There arc numerous precedents for this
The Red River settlements, made long ago
by Lord Selkirk, belonged to tho British
then to the Northwest Territory, then tC
Wisconsin, then to Minnesota, now to Da
cotah, and may yet pass through two o.
more territories before being finally disposed
of.
"Since Dacotah was organized, the terri
tory of Nebraska is a long strip of territory
stretching from the Missouri river to thu
Rocky Mountains, but the western half vii
no doubt be separated when Nebraska j
admitted as State, and will with the north
crn part of Utah, constitute new TERRITORY
at some future day"