The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1866-05-23

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W1safsoroN, Max'iss-The foliowlng is the
Presidents message yetoing the 4Qtogado adj
MISSION E. bin' - Cswv
To the senate of the united States
IEsturn to the Senate, in which House
it originated, the bill whichSba9passed
both Reuses Of Congress, entitled, Al
act tdfffe admission. of the Slgtapf Col
oradVipto the Uhfob, with my Objections
to It's becoming a lag at this time First.
From the best infdIs'ation wtlNlrI have
been able to obta;pss1 do not consider the
establishment ofa State Government at
present necessary for the welfare of the
peoplesof ColoradGsS Under the existing
Terrierial Government all the%rights
privileges and interests of the citizens are
proteetea and secured, sgx
Unqualified voters choose Their own
Legislatures and their own local officers,
and are rcpresentedib Congressby del,
egate Of their ownselection. They make
aud EXECUTE theif:oE munipipsl laws
satisfactorily to theFsvision BY Congress-,
on authority not likely to beNexsrcised
unless1ia extreme Or extraordiharyl cases.
The Population issUall, sOmeteSt@ating
it as low as 25,0Q0Sa&hile the.advocates
Of the Bill reckon the,number Stif0m 35,
900 100000. TIE people areAprincipal,
ly recent settlers, many Of wh9nlare un.
derstcod to be re3ayacr removable other
mining districts Bg5qpd the li@ih of the
Territory if circumstances shall. render
tie move inviting. Al5sf
Suqh,a population Can not butAnd re,
lief from excessive taxation iftht terri
torial system, which aevolvos L lIe; expense. y
OF the Executive, legislative ana judicial
del artments uponthA United FStates, is
for he. present, continued. NFhs y car
rot but find thet7seeurity of person and
property increased by, their reliance upon
the National executive power for thu
maihtaiaance Of law and order against the
disturbances necessarily incident to all
newlypreanzed Communities.
Second 1t is net satisfactorily estab
lshedtthat majority of the citizens oil
Colorado desire otafe prepared for an ex-
change Of territpriul for Stateseovern
ment, In September, 1864, under the
authority of Copgaesa, an elec,isn was
lawfully appointed-uAd held firth pur
pose OF ascertainipa HE views Of the peo
pie upon this particular question; 6, 6,I92
votes were cast, and Of this number ma
joritg Of 1852 was-given against the pro,
posed change. -
ln-SePtemter, 1865, without any legal
authority the qursfion was againprescnt
ed to the people of the Territory with the
view ofobtaining areconsideratieA Aof the
resultof the election held in complancc
with the act Of Congress approved Marcl
81, 1854. AT the Second election 5 ,9O5
votes wore polled, and small msjority
of l5Swas given inEfavor Of a-Stu,e or
ganization. II does7not seem to ne en-.
tirely safe to permit this last mentioned
result, ssoirregularly obtained, to ooutweigt
the onelwhich had been legally obtaineG
in thefrft electiop.a Rcgularity.atd con
fOrmityto law are essential to heSreser
vation'of order ndsstable gogerhmcnt
and should, as faras; practicable, always
be obseryed in the formation Of new
States. zwz
8. The admissiousOf " Colorado st thi.
time, asa State intozahe Union, appear,
to me 10 be incompatible with fhetublic
interest Of the cogRisy. While tits de.
sirrble that Territories, when sufficiently
maiured.. should be organized asStates
yet the spirit of the Constitution seems tc
requirssthPt there should be a1 approx,
nation 5oEard equality among thesevera,
States comprising the Union, mo State
can have more or less than two Senators
in Congress, ESss
| Thetiargest STAKE has population Of
| four m Hlons. Sevdtn other States have
a population exceeding two millions, and
many others have a.pupulation exceeding
one million. lfthfs Bill shoufdsbecOme
a law, the people of Colorado, tkirty,thou.
sand i1 humber, would have in tho House
Of Representatives one membef, ,ewhile
New Yglt; with a populatiiu oftssss mil.
lions, has but thirty,one Oolotad0FOuld
have ID Tie Electoral College three Sotes,
while New Yark has only thirty. three.
COlOredQT would have in the Senate two
votes, while New York has no more.
| inequalities of this character have al.
ready occurred, but it is believed none
have been appointed where the inequality
was Sssreat. When such inequality
has beena allowed, Congress is supposed
to haE Eeypermitted it on. the grounds Of
some high public necessity, and uner cir
cumstppces which promised that it would
rapidly disappear through the growth and
development Of the newly admitted State
Thus IN regard to what was formerly call
ed the Northwestern country-lyiug easl
of the Mississippi.
Their Eapid advance in population rem
dered iticertain that Ssates admitted with
only oqeor two Representatives in Con.
gress would in very short period bo en-
titled. to d great increase on representa-
tion. when California was admitted on
the ground Of commercial and politica
exiugencies, it was well foreseen that thai
State kRas destined rapidly to become q
great Aprospcrous and important mining
and commercial community. In the case
Of Cdiofado am not aware that any na
tiOna a,exigency, either of a political OF
comm Sfeipl nature, requires departure
| fraVn HI,t.Nlau, or . ...I.l.. .-l.oI L.. L.