The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-12-15

According to good Republican authority,
there is now in Washington a delegation of
government officials from New Mexico, whose
business it is 10 procure the admission, dur
ing the present session of Congress, of that
Territory as State in the Union. An effort
vii. also be made for the admission of Colo
rado During the administration of Presi-
dent johnson he very properly vetoed bill
for the admission of the latter Territory, but
as Grant has shown himself to be merely a
willing instrument in the hands Of Congress
to register its DEGREES, no danger of the exer-
else of the veto power is now apprehsnded.
1t is rare thing that the people of Ter
ritoIy desire to change their relations to the
general government ard assume the duties
and responsibilities of State organization.
The reason is obvious. While they are in a
territorial condition all the expenses Of the
government are betrayed out of the Nationa!
Treasury, but the moment they are admitted
into the Union the taxes are enormously in
creased and bear heavily upon the scattered
and sparse population of the new State
Some of the men who are pressing these pros
iects are ambitious of becoming Governors
of the proposed new States, others United
States Senators, while a majority Of them
would be content to serve as Congressman.
In 1869, at the election of delegate to
Congress, New Mexico polied "A ACT votes,
only ,48I more than double the vote polled
in Cambria county at the President election
in 1868. which was 6.493. In 1868 the
vote Of Colorado WAS 8, 167, only 1874 more
votes than were cast in this county at the
same election. The combined vote Of New
Mexico apd Colorado in 1868 and 1889 was
| 2,684, In 1858, at the Presidential elec
ton, Lancaster county polled 24,S05 votes,
| or l GIL votes more than the vote of both
these territories put together. In 1859,
Montana poIled $3.50 votes, or 1,l80 more
than Colorado did in 1868. But no Radical
members of Congress would ever think of
voting for the admission of Montana, for the
simple reason that it would be a certain
Democratic State.
The Radical party is rapidly losing the
power which it has so long and SO hagrantly
| abused, and therefore as matter of party
necessity, four more Radical U. S. Senators
must be obtained by the creation of two
rotten borough States out of the thinly pop
ulated regions of New Mexico and Colorado
Is it fair-is it just-is it honest-that these
two Territories, when transformed into
States. with a population less than that oi
Lancaster county, should WELD the same
political influence in the Senate as New
York and Pennsylvania, with more than
eight millions of inhabitants And yet thi;
is jnst what the Radical majority propose tc
do. The proposition is monstrous and ab
surd, and without the shadow of reason OF
an excuse. Grant has set his heart on
reelection, and feels that he cannot succeed
without some special political good fortune
New Mexico and Colorado. with their si1
electoral votes, might possibly, although WI
do not think they would, cave him from
being overwhelmed in the coming politica
storm, and hence the determination of hi
friends to put these two infamous jobs thro
Congress may be regarded as foregone con
clusion. When it IS done, it will be shame
less, unparalleled outrage-a low politica
device to bolster up tottering administra
ton and to thwsrt and nullify tie infuenc,
and will of the old and larger States in tn,
Senate.