, 1866-03-17

ng amendment, offered by MIR. sumner: i
Ptcridad, That this act eha1 not take effect ex-;
he State there shall b. no denial Of The elective!
anch1se, or any other right, on account OF color or
tsce; ana all persons .haa be equal beio5e tae lay
by The Governor Of the Territory, declare their as-
sent to ibis Fundamental condition. and the Goyer-
nor thall transmit 10 the President OF the United
faret an authentic statement Of such assent, wnen
ever the same shall be gisen, upon the receipt
whereof he shall. By proclamation. announce she
10 Congress, lbs act sbaIl take effect
MIR. PoMEAoY spoke briefly In favor Of The |
admission of Colorado.
Mr. SALISBURY could not vote for the ad- !
mission OF State with such small popula- [
ton. He was very GLAD 10 SEQ TINT when the
question Of negro suffrage was presented, oat
Of very little over Ave thousand voters, only
four hundred and seyenty-six were lunaties
enough to be in favor Of II. Il
Mr.. GR1MEs opposed the bill. He spoke Of
the burdens Of taxation Which State Govern
ment would impose upon the people Of Color
ado. Those who were friends OF the people
tlis additional burden. II he voted for the
admission Of Colorado today he would have
to vote for the admission Of Nebraska to-mor
row, aud Of Montana tomorrow. He under
stood that Gen. Ncngher was organizing q
State Government in Montana, and so Of other
that, before State could be admitted, her
population should be equal to that required
10 elect member of the House Of Rcprescn-
tatives, ought to be, enforced. :
Mr. HESDRlcKs wished to say word for
the sake Of dtselalming any intention Of 70.
ting against the bill from the same InotiFes
that induced 4ir. Sumner to oppose 1t. He,
State because Of the adoption Of negro suf.
ftage, nor because of Its rejection. He WAS
pppOted to the admission ol Colorado because
he did not believe the fifteen thousap5 C,17,utc
Of Colorado should b. entitled to the saInc;
right in the Senate As The thirteen Hundred
thousand people Of Indiana. He then spoke
of the irregnlarity and want Of uniformity Of
egates 10 the Sthte Convention as detailed 10;
debate yesterday, showing there was but one
hundred and fifty five majority In favor ofthe,
State government.
Mr. fIsx, Of Kansas, said the arguments of
Mr.. Hendricks against the admission Of Colo.
1nisaion OF Kansas by Mr. Hunter, Of Virginia,
aud other Southern men. California and
Florida were admitted without any enumera-
ton Of population. Fiorida WEB forced into
the Union by the same power, to offset the
admission Of the free State Of Iowa.
Mr.. GRlMRs said the reputation OF Callior-;
MIA WINS over ninety-two thousand At the time;
was understood at the time Of her admission;
that she had population enough to elect 4,
member OF the House. Had he been here
when Kansas was admitted, he might have
voted for II without reference to population,
for the sake of settling the slavery agitation
There WIS no such reason to govern hi5 vote
now III the case Of Colombo. -.
Mr.. LANE, resuming the lloor, said be would
vote for the admission Of Colorado because
the people had slgniticd their willingness to
bear the responsibilities OF State Govern
ment. Colorado had as many people within
her borders now as Kansas had when every
Republican Senator yoted for the admission
OF Ean6a9-
Mr. WADE said, though be reported the
pending bill, he did 30 reluctantly, and lie
was not now In iavor OF It. When the en-
abling act Was under consideration, the Conf
lnittec on Territories were informed that the
people were Goeklng to Colorado as they did
10 California tew years ago, and that soun
there would DO q Tsry large population there.
Mr.. 1icDoUaAL spoke Of the limited kaowl-
edge there prcyniic1 concerning the far Heak.
The lands OF the West wero being developed
more rapidly than Senators were aware Of,
snd Territory soon o9tgrows Iesf,tofss, 1., 81
Congress. lie believed Colorado would he
much better of as \ Stntn than a. Territory.
Mr.. TRuMBuLL aald, If this were d new
question, he might be opposed to the oluils-
slon of Colorado; but Inducements had been
held out to the people Of Colorado. An en-.
ablipE act had been passed, and tho people oi
Colorado had been invited to form q State
NR. FEssESpEy said the people Of Colo
! RADIO had voted against tho formation Of q
| State Government under tho enabling oct
subsequently they voted for admission Is
State.
III. TRuABuL1 mentioned that the cnab
| ling act vas still in force, Notwithstanding
| the refusal Of the people to adopt Statt
! Government on one occasion. The enabling
| act had not been repealed. As to the lues
| tiou Of population, he said 1t MAS bad Gaath &
1 population Wills now as great as when tht
! enabling net was formed lie held that al
| the requirements Of the enabling oct had bee.
| complied with.
III. SUMNER said the population Of Colorado
| had decreased since 1Sa1- In lsdf there Mes'
10000 and upward of voters, In 1855 ther'
were less than COCO.
| Mr. DooLITTLs said he voted for the ena
bling act In the belief that theEe were At tha
time from 10. COO to 5Q, QC0 people, and that y,
| the time Of the formation Of the State govern
1nent there would be population enough t
cntltlc them TO a representative In Congress
Il would appear, however, that thcre wei
4 enabling act was passed, mud the population
\ lad since been decreasing. These facts force'
upon his mind the belief that 1t was Ills dut
to vote againsl the admission OF Colorado.
had 1,een held that Congress was bound by th
enabling act. lie did not think so; becaus
the pcop1e had once refused 10 adopt STAT
government under that act.
MIR. CRA1IS belleTed Congress, BY the chi
bling act, was bound to receive Colombo
There was no discussion about population {
any irregulaTity in the Committee on Teri
torities when this bill was before 1t. He VII
fully persuaded there vas population
forty Thousand in the Territory. He saw n
reason now for not admitting the Slate thu
did not exist at the time Of the passage Of Il
enabling act.
gress 10 repeal the enabling oct Easa standlc
| Invitation to them to form q State Cover
rnent. Beside, the Stats Of Colorado WAS
ought not to be demanded as of TezEitoEl
Mr. GRIMES said the enabling act was nj
. I repealed because 1t expired By Its own limit
i | tions the moment tho people had refused
| adopt q State Constitution, as they did in 7
Senate was prepared TO sanction o rott'
4 borough systcm which would give to twel
OF fifteen thousand people an equal pow
with New York In the Senate.
Mr.. CoHSEs spoke agu1nst the admlses'
Of Colorado, believing Il TO be contrary
good policy.
4 Nj. suASER Withdrew his amendment, N
| o vote Hns ordered On the bill, which mere
recognizes Colorado aa one Of the States
i the tntou.
s Thcycas and nays were demanded on t
= motion 10 order third rtading Of the bl
a. and the Senate refused 30 to do by the folio
YEAs-Mess5e. Chandler, Cragin, Iii
e Eook, Lane Of Indiana, Lane Of Kansas, !
y Dougal, Nes1nith, Norton, Pomeroy, RAMS
r She.man, Stewart. Trumbull, Williams
NA1s-Messrs. Buckalew, Conness, CT
well, Davis, Doolittle, Fessenden, Foss
4; Grimes, Guthrie, Harris, Hendricks. Morg
& Morrill,, Poland, Riddle, Sprngue, stockt
= Sumner, Van Wiukle, Wade, Wilson-a.
y So the bill fbiled,