The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1867-01-04
BLOOMSBURY, PA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1867.

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the adoption of the constitution, j,S0j, |
upon which vote majority of 1jj in
favor of the constitution was reported,
In this connection / will give the fig
urc5 from the census or enumeration
taken in 1851 to show the division of the
population rs to sex and age.
Mr.. JOHNSON. Under what author
ity was that census taken?
Mr.. BUCKALEW. Under the au-
thority of the territorial Legislature,
| suppose. The census of 1860 shows
facts OF the same character, but | take
the figures of the enumeration of 1861
because it is little later. In 1861 there
were in Colorado 1S,223 adult males,
4,4S4 adult females, and 1922 minors
making a total population of 25,329,
showing Il decrease of total population
from the previous year Of about 5000.
MIR. President, as has been frequently
stated in this debate, in the settled
parts of the country the number of vot-
ers as compared with the whole popula-
tion is about one-fifth. In the Terrific
ries and in the new parts of the country
from the fact that females and minors
do not go into them as largely rs adult
males, it follows that the proportion of
voters to tie whole mass Of population
is much greater; and of inevitable ne
ccssity, therefore, in estimating the pop
ulation of Territory or new State
you must multiply the voters by small
er number than five. That is inovita-
bic, and the explanation is abundantly
furnished by the enumeration in 1861 in
! Colorado, which shows the enormous
prepOndcrancc of adult males over fe-
males and minors in the population Of
that Territory.
But, sir, there was Il peculiar reason
for such great prCponderance applying
to Colorado which does not apply to all
our Territories. 1t was Il mining region;
it was the case of shifting and chang
ing population; and you cannot apply
the same reasoning to the same extent
in agricultural Territories. Now, sir, /
pass to the case Of Nebraska. BY the
census OF 1860 its population was 2S, ,Sll,
of which there We're white m&los-I take
the white population alone, because the
negroes are so few that they may be
omitted from the calculation-l6,6 $3.50
and females l2,OO7, showing that one
fourth of the whole male population of
the Territory was in excess Of the fo-
male. On the ID of June, 1866, the
vote on adopting the constitution
amounted in the aggregate to 1916, and
for Representative to S,0SI. In October
last the total vote was 9,l3G at full
election, at a time of excitement, and
when it is likely that as full vote was
pOlled rs could be polled at any time
within its limits.
These figures in regard to Nebraska
prove that the population Of that Terri
tory Mt tho time of the October election,
all those who made up the total mass OF
people from whom voters were taken,
could not have exceeded forty-tivc thou
sand, and the probability is that the
number did not exceed some thirtysiX
or thirty-sevcn thousand. The Senate
} is told that there has been Il brisk immi-
grafton into that Territory during the
past SUMMER and Fall, during the six
months within which the provision az
to residence of voters applies. They
must be at least six month in the Terri
tory before they can vote. Sir, if you
should make liberal estimate of an
Immigration into the Territory Of some
two thousand families, say Of five mem
bcfs each, or n total immigration that
would be equivalent to that, you would
on!ygct some ten thousand additiOnalin'
habitants, and the introduction of that
large number Of persons into Il Terrific
ry containing only thirty-iive to forty
thousand people would be matter O
general observation and of universal re
mark; it would be stated and held by
all to be very large increase of popu
lation. If, therefore, you should assume
that there was within six months tht
large immigration Of some ten thOusanC
into that Territory, you would not &c
the total number above fifty thousand
But it seems that some one connected
with the Bureau of Statistics has writ
ten letter addressed to gentlemen G
Nebraska who are here, in which h
> expresses n general opinion that tn
population of that Territory is som
righty-odd thousand. Now, what ha
he to go upon? In the first place thi
) is not an official paper; it docs not pre-
tend to be. There is no authenticit
u about it so far as the Senate is concerned
| 1t is not paper addressed TO it, nc
= one made up under any responsjbilit
G whatever And, sir, in what way ca
l. men of the Bureau of Statistics kno'
c anything about the population Of tn
Il Territory? They cannot certainly kno'
Il it from census, because there has bee
Il none taken. They cannot know it fror
/, an enumeration of taXublcs in the Tel
q ritOry, because there has been no sue
e enumeration. In what manner ca
II they then acquire information about il
) do not know any statistics there ca
o be in the Treasury Department applic'
u be to this question unless it be the r.
- turns of incomes; and to attempt TO c'
d innate population upon returns of thu
e kind would he so absurd that suppos
= no man inside or outside the Burua
o would attempt it, If there be any il
q formation in the Treasury Dcpartmcl
Il accessible to thi, officer Of the Bureau
Statistics, or accessible to any one els,