Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-12-23
COLORADO and wyoming.

A correspondent of the ST. Louis Democrat
thinks there was time when the BostOnians
knew as little Of the west as the Londoners APP.
pear to know of the United States. He came
east, he says, some thirty or forty years ago,
and saw the Atlantic cities for the first time.
One purpose of his mission was to engage Bos-
tonians in the work OF building railroad from
Boston to St. Louis; but he was told that
his project came twenty years TOO
soon" He says: 81 was shocked to see,
in 1889, how little Boston men, with their great
wealth, knew of our broad west. Merchants
engaged in commerce with India and all the
ports OF Europe aud the Mediterranean, inquired
of me: upon which bans of the Mississippi is
ST. LOUIS located7'" But he found among the
Boston merchants one man, Hon. Amasa Walk
er, who appreciated his scheme and induced
him to explain and advocate it in series OF
letters which were published.
Now this gentleman finds St. Louis as igno-
rant of Wyoming territory as Boston was of the
west, thrty-four years ago. Boston very soon
found and understood the west; will St. Louis
find and comprehend Wyoming2 Why, Chi
cago is far ahead of st. Louis, in this res ect,
he says. The reason for the letter is the talk OF
cutting up Wyoming and dividing it among
adjoining territories, in connection with pro-
ject for having Colorado legally qualified for
admission into the Union as state. To this
scheme the people of Wyoming twill never con
sent" 1t has been favored at StLouis in the iner-
est ofCoorado, we infer; hence this genteman's
earnest letter OF remoustrance. The territory OF
Wyoming, he tells US, is a glorious region, as
large as Ohio, Indiana, and the five old states OF
New England all added together, and full OF
rich lands, coal, and iron, with chances for gold
and silver mining. We believe he does not
overstate the case, and agree with him that it
would be wretched policy 10 sacrifice Wyoming
TO Colorado or any other territory. Let Color
ado wait for admission into the Union until she
has actually The requisite number of inhabit
ans; and leave Wyoming in peace TO realize
the rapid growth 10 which this, the youngest OF
the territories, is destined.
There can be no good reason for attempting to
get Colorado into the Union at the present time.
That territory has not one-third OF the number
of inhabitants requisite for state. 1t given
out, at Washington, that Colorado has not less
thar 100 600 inhabitants; but this is utterly i'm
poSslhle; II Is romance, ana perhaps something
worse. In 1850 its whole NUMBER of inhabitants
was S4,277. In 1870, it was 80 ,s64. II the whole
number now were 100000, the increase, during
the last two years, would be over $4,000, which
is not credible. No doubt, there are men
and rings who would have delightful
time fixing things" if Colorado were now
a state, with only few people TO be Influenced;
and monopoly would have a free field; hut such
influences should be baffled and defeated. 1t
would be wonderful growth if that territory
should have people enough, in $780, for the Or
gaDizatlon of a new state. AT present, there is
not the number of people requisite for state,
in the territories of Colorado, Wyoming, Mon
tana, Daco;a, and Arizona, all together. Time
will change this; but it can not be changed by
any essay of romance, no matter how extrava-