Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-05-03
Admission of Colorado.

Admission of Colorado.
Our telegraphic dispatches yesterday
morning announced the fact that the
United States Senate had voted to adj
nit Colorado into the Union as State.
Although several objections have been
urged against the admission OF that
Young territory, the most stress has
been laid on the fact that the word
white" occurs in her State constitu-
ton, discriminating against men Of
color.
"Perley" of the Boston Journal tel
eeraphs the following interesting &C
count of the Senates proceedings. All
Vermonters will feel proud Of the COM
pliment paid to our new Senator, Mr..
Edmunds, whatever may be their in
dividual opinion of the bill, or the OBJ
iections raised against it. "Perley" says
The Senate was enlivened this after
/ noon by Joint discussion on Wisconsin
/ politics by Senators DOOlittle and Howe
the one defending his votes on the
vetoes and the other opposing the or
! thodOxv Of those vetOeS until Reverdy
| Johnson asked what question was be-
| fore the Senate, and on being told by the
| Chair that il was the admission of Col
OradO. said Il cannot, then, exactly see
the point of the remarks of the Sen
atOrs from WircOnsin." They admitted
that he could not Colorado was then
taken up in earnest, and Senator Lane
of Indiana made one of his honest, eff
fective speeches, saying in the course Of
his remarks that while he would rather
that the word white was not in the
constitution of Colorado, he would not
exclude that people because OF it. lie
would not exclude the rebel States be-
caus Of negro suffrage but would admit
them if they would disfrauchise their
rebel voters
Mr.. Williams of Oregon and Mr..
Stewart of Nevada, also advocated the
admission Of Colorado, and Hendricks
and Mr. EdmundS opposed it, The re-
marks of the new Senator from Yer
mont were especially eloquent and to
the point. The State which he repre-
Sented. he said, never tolerated any
distinctions inpolitical equality on &C
count of race. We have now entire con
troll over the subject and it is our duty
to exercise it, nor should it he urged
that this control has never been eXer
ciSed before He was a Democrat in tht
fullest sense of the term, as he under
stood it, in favor Of the political equal
itv Of all men, nor was he willing Il
Weld principle for n temporary pOitiCa
- advantage. When Mr.. Edmunds con
r cluded his able remarks" Mr.. Sumne
/, rose and thanked him for the nobl
stand taken by him in defense Of human
! rights,
Mr.. Cresswell OF Maryland advocate
the admission of the State, and the
r Mr.. johnson opposed it. By this tim
= it was dark, and an adjournment wa
r moved. but it was defeated. 1t was evi
: dent that these who desired to relntorc
y the Republican vote by gaining two ne'
= Senators intended to have the questio
decided before adjourning, and so tn
vote on reconsideration was at las
reached, and was thus announced
. Yeas-Messrs Chandler, Clark, Coz
{ ness, Cragin, Cresswell, Howard, How
. KirkwooA, Lane of Indiana Nye, POm'
l. roy, Ramsey, Sherman, Sprague, Stewar
e Trumbull, Van Wrinkle, Wiley and Wi
J. sOn-19.
ie Nays-Messrs. BuCkalew, Davis, Do
d little, Edmunds, Foster, Grimes, Guthri
IA Hendricks, McDougall, Morgan, Polan
10 Riddle and Sumner-13.
{, An attempt was made to introduce
to proviso that the act should not take {
le feet until there should be no distinctit
Il of color in the new State at the ball
ar box. and all persons should be equal b
D. fore the law, but it only received sew
w votes.
81 PASSAGE or TIP BILL.
1n The bill was then passed by vote OF
We yeas to 10 nays, as follows
to Yeas-Messrs. Chandler, Clark, Co
I'd ness Cragin, Cresswell Howard, How
lie Kirkwood, Lane of Indiana, Nye, Pom
roy, Ramsey, Sherman, 6prague, Ste
of art, Trumhull, Van Wrinkle, Wiley a
,m | Wison-19.
or Nays-Messrs. Bucka]ew, Davis, DC
he little, Edmunds, Foster, Grimes, Guthr
be Hendricks, McDougail, Morgan, Polat
ne Riddle and Sumner-13.
OIL Mr.. Dixon came from his sick bed
vote aga ust the bill, but paired of vi
he Lane of Kansas, who would have vot
lIv | for it. Nearly if not quite ali of
ost | other Senator's were pair d, and 1t is
tn | d, rstoo that one SeuatDr who w0J