New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-14
The resolution was referred to the Commn'ee VI
COLORADO.

Finance.
| COLORADO.
Tie bill for the admission of Colorado was leem
up. The question pending wss upon Inc io"o""e
amendment offered by Mr. Sumner ,.
fyorded That this shall take effect except with ne
fundamental condition. that within the State there shall De 10
Of ooy o. and al persons shall lie equal b,ore the
and the inhabitants OF the Territory shall by majority tSs
Tsorr declare their assen, this Fundamental condition.
and the Governor shah transmit to the President the Uno
shall be given upon the receipt whereof lie shall by
proclamation. announce the fact; h a s"S
Mr.. PoMEgoY (Kansas) spoke Driehy IN ia'of u tno
admission OF Colorado. .,s,
| Mr. SAuLsBuRY (Del) could not vote for the adms.
sion of State with such small population. lie was
very glad to that when the question OF negro sur
frage presented out Of little over 1Co voters oJ
l76 were lunatics enough to be in favor 81 ~ m,
! Mr GRIMES Qowa) opposed the bill. He spoke OF tle
burdens OF taxation which State Government wOud
impose upon the people Of Colorado. Those VINO were
friends Of the people would vote against the propo:
stou 10 impose tLis additional burden. If he voted
for the admission of Colorado today he would have 70
vote for the admission OF Ncbraska ana 0i
Montana tomorrow He understood that Gen Meagher
was Organizing "A State Government IN M0ntaDs, anu
SO OF other Territories. He believed the old require
ment that before State could be admitted her popla-
ton should be equal 20 that required 10 eject cmper
Of the House of representatives. ought TO be enforced
Mr.. HENDRICKS QDd.) wished to say word loI tho
sake of disclaming any intention OF vol8 sganst ne
bill from the same motives which induced Mr. Sumner
10 oppOse IT, He w0uld not vote against the admission
of State because Of the adoption OF negro sunrage.
nor because OF its rejection. lie was opposed 10 .lo
admission Of Colorado because he did not believe tho
IL 600 people OF Colorado should be entitled 10 tue same
right in the Senate the 800 coo people OF Indiana
lie then spoke OF the regularity ard uniformity Oh
the proceedings attending the election OF the delegates
TO the State Convention detailed in debate yestef-
day showing there was but l55 majority IN aYor OF tne
STATE Government.
! Nr LANE (Kansas) said the arguments Of Mr.. Hem
bricks against the admission of Colorado were the sauna
urged against the admission Of Kansas oy ar nun.
ter of Virginia and other Southern men, Callforni3
and Florida admitted without any enumciation ~
lpopulaton Florida was forced into the Union by th9
same power TO offset the admission oi the fee state u
Iowa ,,,..-.
Mr. GRIMES Iowa) said the population OF Cal.fornia
was over 80 900 at the time Of her admission IN ,h9
lease Of Florida il understood at the time OF Lei
admission that she Lad population enough 70 eject
member of the House Had ne been here Vhen hansas
was admitted lie might have voted for without reier-
ence to population tor the sake Of settling the slavery
agitation. There was no such reason to govern bA
vote now in the Of Colorado
Mr.. LANE resumng the floor, said he would vote ZOE
the admission OF Colorado. because the people had
signifed their willingness 10 bear the respons'DhteA
Of a State government Colorado had as many people
GsI Senaos voted for the admission Of Kansas
Mr.. WADE (Ohio) said, though he reported the pendt
ing bill, he did so reluctantly and he was NOT now ~
favor Of il. when the enabling act was under cons
sheraton the Committee Territories were inio NED
tha, the people ocking to Colorado as they did g
California few years ago and that soon tefe ~oua
Mr. Nc DoUGAL (Cal) spoke Of the limited know'
edge there prevailed concerning the .ar W@s;
The lands OF the west were Dcn- CsNeIop'u
more rapidly than Senators were aware Of aud TEN,
tory soon oGtgrows the requirements OF Territoral
Government and needed representation in Congress.
lie believed Colorado would be nIeh Better on as a
State than Territory.
NJ. TRUMBULL seid If this were rev question he
mig be opposed to the admission Of Ccorato but n'
lgcements had been held out to the people OF Colorado;
on enabling act had been passed. and tue people oil Co
orado had been invited to lol N State Government.
} Nr. FEssENDEN lAe) said the people Of Colorado
had voted against the formation OF state GoveInmene
unler the enabling act; subsequently they voted for
Nr. TRUMBuII mentioned that the enabling act was
still in force notwithstanding the refusal CT tue people
10 adopt a State Government on one OCCASION ABs
enabling act lad not been repealed As to the qres5
ron of population, he said it was bad faG to reecu
Colorado on that ground because the population wea
now as great when the enabling act was formed.
lie held that all the requirements Of the enabling act
. had been complied with.
Mr. SuNyHa said the population OF Colorado Lad de.
creased since eG. n 1861 there were 1900 and up
ward Of voters; in 1865 there were less than GEO.
Nj DooIIrTLH (Tis.) said he voted for the enabling
act in I'll belief that there at that time from 10000
20 10000 people, and that by the time OF the formation
of Tue state Government there would De population
enough to ento 10 a Representative IN Congress-
1t would appear however. that there were but &ooO1
yeoue in the Territory when the enabling act was
passed and the population had since been decreasing
These facts forced themselves upon his mind IN TIE be-
lief Lat it his duty to vote against the admission
II Colorado IL had been held that Congress was
tonDi liz the enabling act He did not Liuk so be-
cause the people had refused TO adopt state Cow
,ornment under that act.
Il. ~. H.
Ming act was bound to receive Colorado. There Vas
no discussion about population or any rregunfty IN
The COMMITTEES on Territories when this bill before
lii He was fully persuaded there was a population az
10 600 in the Territory He reason now ios not
admitting the State mat did not exist at the Ine oi the
passage OF the Enabling act.
Mr. RAMSEY maintain ed that the failure Oh congress
TO repeal the Enabling act was standing invitation 10
them TO form State Government; besides. Colorado
vas a TAR distant State, and such large population
ought not to be demanded as Of Territories nearer
TO U.s. 49, -, -,<
Mr. GRIMES said the enabling act was rot repealed
because il expired BIZ its ewn limitations the moment
,he peope had refused 10 adopt State Constitution az
they did in the first instance. The question was whether
he Senate was prepared to sanction rotten borough
system which would give TO 1900 or 1900 people an
equal power with New York in the Senate
Mr.. CoNNEss spoke against the adinissn on OF COL
orado believing IL to be contrary to good po4cy.
I MIR SUMNER withdrew his amendment iad a vote
vos ordered on the bill which simply recognizes Col
, orado rs one of the States OF the Union
| The yeas and nays were demanded on the motion to
order third reading of the DILL and the Sonn.e refused
SO to do by the follow lug vote;
YrAs-Nfsssrs. Chandler Cragn. krkwood Lane lind j.
ave AMI McDongal Nesmth, Norton. Pom Ramsey
Sherman, Stewart, Trumbu, Wiianis-lS.
SNAYs-llrsrs Bucksew CONFESS CTesswel, Davis Doc.
little Fes.enden Foster Grimes Guthrie tarr' Hendricks,
Morgan Morrill, Poland Riddle sprague. stockton Sumner,
Van Wrinkle, Wade. Wison-2l.
So the bill failed.
The Regular Army bill made the special order
for to morrow at | O'clock, aud the Senate then adj
journed.
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