Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-04-25
The Iron-CIad Contractors
ADMISSION OF COLORADO
THE NIAGARA SHIP CANAL.
The Reorganization of the Armv,

WASHINGTON, April "a. 1866.
| WOOL GROWING
Mr.. CoWan presented the petition of wool growers
OF Hestmor Gland county Pennsylvania asking an in
crease OF duty on foreign wool. Referred to Com.
mIttee on Finance. WIN
| MALT.
Also, petition of Massey, Collins & Co and otbo,
preTers asking reduction Of duty on imported malt
| helerred to Committee on Finance.
| - WEST VIRGINIA
MI. Wiley offered joint resolution, to provide fol
e reet OF loyal citizens Of the counties of Berkey
anu Jefferson, IN the State of West Virginia which
| authorlzes payment for quartermasters stores and
subsistence supplies taken for the use of the United
Mr.. Trumbull said bill from the Judiciary Com.
ia was now Rendng before the Senate proposing
States for supplies furnished
Mr. Wiley said he was aware of that but as that
@ oiI PROPOSED TO compensate citizens all over the
country, including the South it would lead to dis
| cusslon and consequently delay. The two connfies
named above belonged to the loyal State of VI est
Virginia. and there was no reason why they should
ne excluded from the provisions of the act of ink
9o4 lie asked the present consideration of the
The joint resolution was then referred to the Com
| mlttee on the Judiciary. ~
| REWARDS.
Mr. Howe offered a resolution REQUESTING tho San-
retary Of War to communicate to the Senate the re-
port OF the commission appontedto make the awards
in the of the Lieutenant Colonel ofthe4tb Mcbi
gan cavalry. and the evidence upon which the awards
| was made. Adopted.
On motion of Mr. Guthrie it was resoIved +bo+ tho
Secretary OF the Navy be requested to communicate
TO the Senate, copies Of orders of the Department.
which deprive officers of the navy not on dntv of the
privileges OF citizens of the United States with re-
spec to their privilege of passing from one State into
| another or to the city of Washington; and also
Whether the Department has refused to permit off
GERS to visit Washington for the purpose of personal
appeal to The President or Congress in their own
case, and if So by what authority this right is with
drawn from them as citizens of the United States.
| y IRoN.CLAD CONTRACTORS.
On motion of Mr.. Nye. the bill for the relief of
ouilaerS Of certain lron-clads was taken up, the
question being on the amendment of Mr.. Nye to the
amendment OF MIR. Grimes to insert fifteen per cent
| instead of twelve per cent as the maximum amount
on the contract price to be paid to the contractors
| MI Nye Withdrew his amendment, and the dues-
| uon was then taken the amendment Of Mr.
GHmes limiting the amount to be paid to twelve per
| The amendment Of Mr. Sumner, proyidine that
| the same prices shall be paid to Donald Mckay, of
| Boston, and Miles Greenwood. of Cincinnati as to
the parties building the kind of vessels and
! chlnery built by them, was agreed to.
Mr: Henderson moved to POSTPONE the further con-
cember next. on which he demanded the yeas and
Mr.. Hendricks moved to postpone the further con-
slderatlon OF the BILL and make it the special order
Tor tomorrow at one oclOck, which was agreed to-
Inc Chalr announced that the unfinished business
| now before the Senate.
Mr.. Pomeroy moved to postpone this and all prior
orders, and take up the bill for the admission of the
| State of Colorado into the Union
| Mr.. Sherman hoped the regular business of the
DAY would be proceeded with.
| Some further discussion took place. when the mo-
| ton OF Mr.. Pomeroy was agreed to.
The Chair stated the question to be. shall the Sem
ate reconsider the vote by which the State Of Colo
raS3 was denied admission into the Union.
| , Mr.. Sumner said that on the 18th of March the
Senate by vote of q to A. had decided that Colo
rado was not entitled to admission, and now scarce
amonth after, it was proposed to pen the question
He had however, objection to this; it was his de-
sire that the whole subject should be thoroughly ex-
amlned. Having alluded to the wrong perpetra ted
upon the coOred race in the constitution Of Colorado
which excludes them from citizenship, Mr. S. entered
into lengthy and critical analysis of the
and resources of the Territory and repeated his oh
Jectlons 10 giving such sparse population repre-
Seata{on IN t5l Senate equal to the great States of
pamphlet was on his desk addressed to tn @ hon.
9rable members Of both Houses, signed By Messrs.
Evans and Chatfee, Senators elect from Colorado.
He (Mr. S. did not wish to enter into personalities
but he could not refrain from giving his impression
that the character of one of the sgners to this
phlet not of such character as to entitle the
| Colorado shdGR4 we're adduced in the pamphlet why
at the hands of the Senate. fn much consideration
to invessata 1 the fva9 agG the p report
b. l.. Wade. Chairman to the effect that the test-
mony OF Governor Evans of Colorado concerning the
massacre of the Cheyenne Indians was of a most
shutting and prevaricatng character and that he
was forced to admit that the of the Indians
was not Justfable: Mr. S. then continued his argu-
ment, and maintained that the Territory was going
backward; lie read from letter OF Hon Samuel R.
Mclean, delegate from Montana, that the population
of Montana was nearly forty thousand, nearly one
| fourth of whom were from Colorado.
Mr.. Pomeroy said there was no way to get to Mon
| tana except through Colorado.
Mr.. Sumner said there had been retrogression of
more consequence than that of population or mere
resources They had retrograded in republican prin-
cpes; they had invaded the rights of the coIored
race. While this country set in the throes of
civil war, battling for the supremacy of republican
principles, this infant Territory put its foot on this
| race. 1t was said that there were only ninety of
them In the Territory yet out of that ninety seventy
had girded on their armor and fought under the flag
of the country. In 1861 the right of suffrage had
been extended to male person over the age of
twenty years, who had resided for three months
| Territory. cd hy,
excluding from this privilege the cQored citizen.
, Mr. Irumbull read from the statute of Colorado
that the right OF suffrage was extended to all male
persons of three classes; first citizens of the United
States second, foreigners who had declared their in
tenton of becoming citizens; and third persons of
Indian blood who had been declared citizens by treaty
| No reference whatever was made to negroes voting,
| never had voted in Colorado. The laws of Colorado
never had recognized the negro Citizen although
Of course, he Mr. t. did not coincide in that opinion
| message was then received from the House an
nouncing the concurrence of that body in the
Senate amendments to the bill amending the act re-
latlng to the habeas corpus. and asking for COM
| mittee of conference on the same.
On motion of Mr.. Clark the Senate refused to re-
cede from amendments and assented to the request
for committee of conference
| Mr.: Sumner then resumed, and said in reply to
Mr. 1rumbull, that he preferred to take the inter-
rado who assumed that it did recognize the right of
the colored race to citizenship. He Mr: s. had been
| The Senator (Mr TrumbulD states that Colorado
never did recognize the right of the coored man to
citizenship: Constitutionally and legally he has
right to citizenship and power exists in Colorado
| to deprive him of it.
| Another important thing was to be considered
Some seven eight counties in Colorado most
ly populated by Spanish people living that portion
of New Mexico, cut off and annexed to Colorado
These people were striving to get back to their kin
dred. and if Colorado was admitted they would leave
and this he had been informed, would reduce the
population to about 1000. He would leave it to the
sense of the Senate to whether it was proper to
admit State under such circumstances Finally
hear It whispered that we need two pore votes, MIR
President there is something which we need more
than two Yotes-it is loyalty.
| The chair laid before the Senate message from
Ihe fresldent communicating IN response to reso-
luton OF the Senate, communication from the Sec
retary of War; enclosing the report of the Military
Board appointed on the subject of breVet appoint
Mr.. Stewart rose in reply to Mr. Sumner and con-
tended that precedent for the admission of Color
ado had been made in the admission of Nevada He
spoke Of the great resources of Colorado and said that
| 1t would make most prosperous State.
Mr. Guthrie was of the opinion that Colorado
should not be admitted having neither the popula.
tion resources to sustain State government He
had doubt that she had less population now than
great cry Of gold which caused people to flock to
that region, but antcipations not realized and
he could not think she would ever be so prosperous
as California he had no prejudices whatever against
the people Of the Northwestern States and did not
object to Colorado as did the Senator from Massa-
chpsetts tMr. Sumner because the word white was
in her constitution. He did not believe that black
men were citizens, and although wishing them we'll
he had no sympathy or communion with those mis-
sionarles who by their fanatical and iIl-udged at
tempts to elevate the negro, had so harmed him
some OF them now occupying high places in the Gov
ernment.
| His opposition to the admission of Colorado was
On entirely different grounds. He thought it better
that the African should be governed by the people
of the States among whom he lived. He thought it
would have been better to have admitted the repre-
sentatlves of those Southern States who had long
been knocking at our doors, and believed that had
they been admitted, we should all have been acting
| together in harmony by this time. Slavery having
been abolished there was nothing to prevent us from
coming toghther with our Southren brethren and
living together only with view to the good of our
common country. 1t would be much better to ad-
NIT here the Southern States which desrous to
come in, than to debate upon the admission of
feeble territory afar off, destitute of the population
Senator from Massachusetts Mr. Sumner) procaims
| his unwingness to gain more votes by sacrificing
the right. wish the Senator had kept this principle
IN view, when he cast his vote on the case of the
| Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Stockholm.
Mr.. Nye said he hesitated always to differ from
| the giant of the Senate, (Mr. SumnerO but he now
felt within him the courage of the stripping who
srove against the giant of the Philistnes and would
endeayor to contIovert of the arguments of the
| Senator. That Senator had made furious assault
on Colorado but Colorado would survive Let ms see
about the poor miserable territory so poor that the
distinguished Senator from Massachusetts can do her
reverence. Well, Mr.. President, she has twice as
much tillable land Massachusetts twice as many
/ acres under survey as Massachusetts, can have and
twice as much land laid out under preemption titles
as would cover the whole State of the Senator now
| presiding, (Mr. Anthony, of Rhode Isand) Mr. Nye
then read from statistics of the internal revenue to
prove that Colorado paid more taxes on certain art-
ucles including sales of merchandise than is paid by