The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-05-23

THE COLORADO VETO MESSAGE.


THE COLORADO VETO MESSAGE
The President has vetoed the bill for |
the admission of Colorado into the |
Union The action vas anticipated by |
the public, aud is not likely to be revels'
ed by the Senate.
The reasons assisu1 in the message
are as follows:
|. That the establishment of a State
government in Colorado is not necessary
at this time. That the existing Terrific
rial government is entirely adequate to
the wants OF the people, They make
and execute their own municipal laws
subject to the revision Of Congress, and
elect their own officers. The population
of the Territory is small, ranging from
2j 900 to 40, 900, is transient in charac-
ter AMI decreasing in number. Security
of person and property is abundsntly
afforded by the local and national gov>
ernments.
2, There is no satisfactory evidence
that majority Of ahe people OF the
Territory desire state government -
In September, lS64Sthc question was
submitted to the people, under the
authority Of Congress, and in a vote of
6, 1902, majority OF 3,l52 was found
agairs, the proposed measure, In Sep-
tember, 1865, the question was again
submitted to the peopl" without authority
OF law, and in 4 diminished vote there
was found n small majority of one huns
dred and fitytive in favor ofa State
government There Is, therefore, nc
sufficient evidence that the people of the
Territory desire any change in thei,
present prlticsl relation TO the Genera
Government.
8 The unfairness of admitting tc
political equality with the old States .
small community of only 80, people
This objection is very forcibly present
cd, and held to be conclusive agains
the bl'l. The ratio Of representation II
lower House Of Congress is 1875, 900 -
If Colorado with her 5000 people ID
admitted she will he entitled to one rep
resenta,iv., without one.fourth of the
number required In the States already il
the Union, She will have two Senators
while New York, with her population o
; 100000, has no more. Should til,
election OF President and Vice Presidcn
be devolved upon tie House OF Repres
entalves, Colorado would have one yot,
OF 81, equally with Pennsylvania, Ohi'
and New York Such policy woul'
= destroy the political equilibrium Of III
Government. The irhuerce of th
population of the great middle State
. would be to great ex;eDt nentra|lzed.
The President also urges the objection
: that eleven States of the Union are no
. represented in either House of Congress
: while new one is proposed to be intro
dured INTO the political association. Th
great concern of the people is that lo,a
men duly elected from the States latpl
in rebellion should be admitted to par,l
$ cipste in the Legislation OF the country
, While these are excluded. the PresidrD
deems it unH iSe and jncxpcdcnt to en-
large the number of Slates.
Some ofthe objections of the Presdcn
: are indentioal with those urged by pro
g minent Union Senators and Members
O when the bill was under discussion. l
q the Senate among those " no vote
sgainst'ths bill, or were paired against i
e were the following: Messrs. EDMuNps
y FusSENpEN, FosrER. GRIMES, HARnl.
5. MORGAN, POLAND and SUMNER; als
3. Messrs CowAS, DIXON, and DooLIrrIv
Twenty-seven Republicans voted agaln'
o the bill in the House, including some {
4 the most prominent of all the New En-
gland delegations Neither body CAV
n the bill two>thrds vote, and there
s hardly prospect that tho veto will
# overridden, sustained as the Presider
y ia by some OF the strongest members
the Senate.