Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-05-17
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wA.rrxerox, Nay ie.-Tns 16lloCias
~ Veesilcnt's 1eosaee vcsosng We "a ~. ~
a. sdmissioa M q ~ 6saaas q - 1ss
asiss s.;.,u 10 shs Senate, a filch hcqcs \
Sss.,.'.. ~ Congress, entitled IN sct ioftsSe
sI.-iss;on Of the State OF Co!oraao Inso VIC
IT,. J, A. INV objection 70 - DecomiDk
y.sen M time ffrst, from the lsst inlof
~ 3. ' ,s,;ch have been able - obtain !
xs..sss .,.hsider the cstablishnjoases o.nss
sSx;s.~,,y,,..nt at present, necessary 70. shs
- II the people in Colornd0; UnuS :..Sss
ns;-1;Ss territorial government ~ , .:0 srr
s,riylIeScs and INTEREST," oi ~ - ~
nrntected and secured, ss'e .s..;- ~
ci,oO.e their own legislators anu INC ~ Cnn.
-. NV ! NSlwuee 6f tlluir own selecs;
~. ~ u snd execute their own ms1iG.I
| 49,. suSiete only 10 the revlsion o. w
gress. IN authority mot likely 20 " ~.
O., ,,,,lrss in extreme or extraosulnny !.
~ Ths noAuIation is spayL some esilYetfpI y
:, =. tsaR while the a}3vOcaees~ o. the ~
rscr On tl|e nunlI,sr VI from $1,000 70 40,yOO
| The people are principally recent sf4ueis,
many Of whom are understood to " Isany
lor removal " Otlacr districts bssyono sne
limits Of the Territory II any thing sil.Au mn
der the removal moro tnyiung oucn =
n0puiatiun cannot but find relief from the
rxsrssiva taxation Of the Territorial system
| which dovolves the expense Of the executive
legislation and judicial departments upon US
II for tho present continued. 1hey cannot
but find the security Of their person anu
properly Increased by their romance upon
l the National executive pOwer Tor the MAIN
| tai,Iai,ce ,Of law and order against the uis
/ tu bauceA necessarily incident to all newly
I orRanizcl c0mmuplblse..
Sxoud'-It is not satisfactorily established
| that maiovity1of the 0itizeIs Of COLORADO
l desire or an prepared for an exchanes.Of Y
lurritoriAl for State Governments N sep
tctnber. 1858, uesler tie aatlDOrity oil Oon,
] aress, an election waA INV hlly sPpointes
ai,d held for the purpose u sscestaih'l1g talt
view Of the People upon thss ps1cu .asl
| ouest,onk 1910 votes we're cast Nnd OF INT
. ...;a.s i. gs ssss sSsssi rssss f'
In Sept. 1865; without any legal authority
the question was again presented 10 the PEG
| plc OF tho Territory with. the view 81 alltaan
, Iia9 . RECON lderation 81 the result oil tht
| election held in compliance with the act o
!. CCilhtes4 appointed March 2lst. 1854: A,
tina ~ election 5yDJ votes weregpolled ano
{ a small liaiori,y OF l5j were gwen In tavol
of q State Organization. 1t docs not seen
70 me entirely safe TO permit the last men
toned Itsult 50 irregularly obtained, ant
not weigh the one which had been legally
obtained in tie first election regularly aDf
! in Conformity and essential 10 tii0 preserve
ton Of otder and State government. an'
!. | should al far AZ practically always We c 0D
/ served in the formation Of new States. ~
admission OF Colorado at this time as
State into the Union. appears TO me ~ 2
incompatible with public interests Of TN
country while it il that territories whel
sufficiently ma,urcd should be organized a
, q state, vet The spirit of the CONSTITUTION
sce:u, to require that this should be an NJ
pruxil.aton toward equality among severa
states comprising the Union.
No State can have less or more than tw'
Senators. in Congress. The largest State ha
la population OF 4OOO,OOu. Several othe
| States have u population exceeding Two mil
lion, and many others have population TX
ccedlng ono million. 1t tins Dill should De
come u law, the people Of Colorado VIII
| 10000 in number, would have in the llous
OF l.clr i. ulalive. one member, while Nc'
YORK with u population ot four millions la
bu1 81. Colorado swoual have ~ tip talee
| toral three votes, while New YORK has Oni
! thirty three, Colorado would have IN IN
| SENATE Two votes, while New York has n
| more INEQUALITIES of the character have bee
already lie accustomed line, il IS bclicvct
never have happened where the incquslit
| MAS 50 great. Where such inequality ha
been allowed, Congress IS supposed 10 nav
permitted II on grounds Oi some high publ
| necessity, and under circumstances whic
promised that il would rapidly djsaplca
through growth and development OF newt.
admitted states. Then in regard to SINAI
States In which was formerly calie'
the North West Territory lying cas-
!. OF Mississippi. Their rapid adyaGcc Of pop
uiati N fenueied it certain that that Stat
admitted with only two Representative; il
Congress would in n very short period b.
= entitled great increase oil representatives,
: so when California was admitted. On tn
ground Of commercial and political exigen
cies Il was well for them that that State wa
DIES incd rapidly 10 become u great, prosper
Gus and important mining and commercis
community. In the case Of Colorado an
not aware thst any national .Xigency citht
| Of political or commercial nature require
| departure from the law OF equality which
" been SO generally adopted to cur his
tory OF inform Ation submit ted in connection
| with tho hill in which Colorado instead o
increasing has declined IN population. AT ~
election Tor member ot Tive TERRITORIAL Leg
stature, held in 1861, ~, 500 votes were cast
At the election before mchtt n eds III lSO4
The number was 6.13!, while ut the rcgual
election held in 1861 which Y assumed fol
| X. basis OF legislation action. Al this tim,
the aggregate number OF votes are 5,9UJ
Ever anxious Tor the welfare and prosperity
| ii every territory ard state AS well for the
! prosperity and welfare Of the whole Union
lsreeret TINS aitnIieat tlecllnc Of population
in olorati,, but is manifest that ii Is duc 4
emigration, which ~ going from that terri
tory into other regions WITHIN the United
l States, which are in Tact believed by the In
i,abitants of Colorado 10 be richer III
fs7lineral wealth and agricultural resources
II isowexvs colorado, has not really dc
cliRd in population another Censns or An
othere. cotton nrder authority OF Congress
would place the question beyond doubt and
cause bit httle delay IN the u,linlatc recel,-
t.on 0f the territory Is State. u uessseai ~
the people the tenor Of these "ljecti.sns
furnish The reply which may be expected 10
an agreement in favor Of the measure &c
rived ffom the enabling act which was
passed by Congress on the 2lst Gay OF March,
1864, although Congress then supposed that
the condition OF the territory Was such Ms to
warrant its admission as Stat0y the results
j Of two years experience shows that every
reason which existed for the institution OF
j Territorial instead of u State government
in Colombo, its first organization still con-
linues III force tHe eeadiGlon Of the Union
| At the present Mou,ent is calculated TO in
slsirc caution in ge9Aftl - 1he aGsHissi0n OF
new States. Eleven OF the old States have
been tor some Time and still remain uDfcp
resented in Congress, il is u common inter
est 81 all the States " well as these rcpres
ented rs those unrepresentcd that the In
tcgri,y and hassnony vi the Union should
be restr.ineA or completely Responsible 81
that all those who are expected 10 bear the
burden Of Federal government shall oe ~il-
suited cdncer ning Adtpission Of new States,
aud that in the uMcaptime no new State
shall I've pscusstuSs and puceremoniuusly Nd
Il mitted Il a nart;cinasiOn To tic nuliticHi