The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1866-05-23

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MESSAGE FROM THE. PRESIDENT.
V,to Of the Bill Admitting Colorado as State.
To he Senate Of fhs Uaiied Siaiss.
Ireturn to the Senate. in which II origi.
mated. the bill which has passed both Houses
III Congress, entitl:d IAN act TOR the sd-
NISSAN of the State Of Colorado into the
Union" with my objections 20 its becom.
ing law aatthis time. sasss.ssasasaass.aassa !
First. From the best information which
l have been able 70 obtain, 1 DO not cum
slider the establishment 81 a State govern.
msnt At present necessary for the welfare
Of the peepIe Of Colorado. Under the ex.
isting Territorial government all the rights,
priv ileges, and interests Of the citizens are
protected and secured. The qualified yo-
tiers choose tl,eir own Legislators and their
own local officers. and are represented in
Congress by delegate Of their own selec-
tion. They make and execute their own
municipal laws. subjec, only to revision oi
Iongrrss-an authority not likely 10 be ex-
ercised, unless IN extreme or extraordinary
cases. The population is small, some es-
timatIng il as low as twenty Ave thousand,
while advocates Of the bill reckon the nun.
Der at from thirty five thousand 10 forty
thousand souls. The people are principal
~ recent settlers, many OF whom are un-
derstond 10 be ready Tor removal To other
mining districts bey ond the limits Of the
Territory, III circu,nstances shall render
them more inviting. Such a papulauon
cannot but End relief from excessive tara.
lion II The Territorial system, which de.
valves the expense Of the executive. legs.
latlse. and Judicial departments upon tie
United States, Is for the presen ut continued.
They cannot but fnd the security III pr.
son and property increased by their reli-
ance upon the National executive power for
the maintenance Of law aud order a.ains,
The Disturbances necessarily iReidenl IL Al
newly organized communities.
Srrond. II il not satisfactorily establish.
cd that a majority Of rhr citizens of Cole.
RADIO desire Or ARE prepared Nr AZ excl, ,uge
Of Territorial for State government.
10 September. 1864. under the authority
OF Congress. an election was lawfully APP
pointed and held for the purpose OF a.ser-
tanning The views Of the people upen ihzt
particular question. Six thousa nduonc hun :
dred and ninety -iwv votes were cast. ausf
Of this numb. Z nsj"riiy II 5.l5s va. si,.
en- against The porpnsed change. In sep.
tember. 1865. Without any legal authority.
The question was again presented t. the
people II the Territory with the view OF
obtaining reconsideration &c the rrsUIt II
the election held in compliance With the
act Of Congress. approved March ~, 1864
At this second election 5.9O5 votes we're
poiled. and majority Of l55 vas given IL
favor of State organization. II doe. No,
ssem 70 me entirely safe to receive ihi. "A i
mentipned result, 80 irrcgplsrly obtained.
a. Sufficient TO oatseigh the one which hal
been legally obtained 10 The irsi ,betion.
Regularity and conformity 10. law are e.
septlal TO The preservation 81 Order and
stable government, and should. a. far o.
practicable. always be observed In the fos.
NATION 81 new States.
Third. This admission of Colorado, Al
this time. as State into The Federal onion.
appears TO me incompatible with the pub
hc interests of the country. While Il is
desired that Territories Sufficiently MA.
tured should be organized as States, vet
the spirit ofthe Constitution seems 10 re-
qsirs that there should be an spproxiIaa-
ton towards equality among the several
States comprising the Union. No State
can have more than two Senator's il Com
gress, the largest State has population Of
lour millions, several of The States have a
population exceeding two millions. and
many Others have population exceeding
one million.
/ A population Of liz 900 10 the ratio Of
I sppvrtionmeaL Of representatives among
the several states. lf this bill should be