The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-01-26
COLORADO.
Supposed Mistakes Corrected-"hs
the Territory Wishes TO Become


the Territory Wishes TO Become "a
State.
WHEEE1NG, w. Va, Jan. rs, 1870.
Editors OF the Register.
/ In your paper of Saturday morning
YOU have an article on very INN
/ States" suggested by the action OF a
Senatorial caucus in Washington, which
met for the purpose of considering the
nronriety of admitting Colorado and
Nov Mexico into the Union.
You can't hit the Radicals too often or
too hard to suit me, but in this particular
instance YOU got off on the wrong track.
You do Colorado injustice, and | being a
resident of that Territory for the past
thirteen years, would like to be allowed
to suggest one or two corrections. |
make this request not because think the
discussion Of the Colorado State question
in a Wheeling paper will be llkel Y
to influence the action Of the Rad
ical politicians who are at present
disgracing the National Senate chamber
- but because | know there are great
mauy people in West Virginia who are
looking for homes in the west, and be-
cause | think your remarks calculated to
create prejudice in their minds against
my territory.
Briefly then let me tell you what Is the
matter with our people. The only rea-
son we wish to enter the Union ut pres
ent, is to escape from degrading tyran-
ny. 1t is good deal cheaper to remain
as we are. We get along with less
number of officials, and the government
helps us to pay them. The Gov
ernor, Legislators and Judges
all receive pay from the govern
ment, and we also receive the benefit
of occasional appropriations to build
penitentiaries and kill Indians, &c. We
were perfectly happy under the existing
situation until batch of carpet baggers
came out and took charge Of the territory.
From the office of Governor down to the
tiniest postotfice, all are filled by strangers,
and not tirst-class strangers either. How
would you like to see all old settler turn
ed out of Your postotfice here and long
legged snipe from some Yankee State.
whom YOU never heard Of before take
his place That's exactly what
Happened in my town Georgetown
only short time ago. The Indignation
of the people goes for nothing-they are
made to feel that they are only serts.
The same aggravating, degrading circum-
stances attend every other change which
has been made-and now we are to have
another change of far gravcr charac-
ter. Wcarc to have new set of judges
sent on by eXpreSs-indlgent hangers
on, who have earned in some dark and
dirty way, Il place from the government.
Take it home to yourself. How would
YOU like to see the Judges of Your courts
dismissed for no fault but to make room
for some stranger?
1t Is such little unpleasant circum-
stances n | have briefly alluded to,
which has made many Of our people
change their minds and wish to enter
the Union.
We have more than the legal requisite
population. We have money enough to
pay for a State government and We con-
cmde that rather than be deviledt to death
by carpetbag shistcrs, we'll have a State
government if we can get it. You are
mistaken about the wealth and pOpula-
ton of the territories, and the quotation
YOU make from the North american Re
rie,r, is not reliable. don't know who
General VIM. HaZen, of the United States
army is, but do know that when he puts
( the population of Nevada Mt forty thous-
and, he made mistake which an eight
wears old child III one of our public
schools would be well punished for. His
remarks about the population of New
Mexico is equally childish In the same
sentence he says, at costs many millions
for its administration, and the Ameri-
can population could sit in the shade of
good sized apple tree. You max"
another mistake in supposing Colorado /"
be a Radical territory. We elected II
Democratic Congressman last fall by "a
ma orltv of 2,263 and we will elect two
good simon-pure Democrats to the l. ;:
Senate if We get the chance. But II
/ Grant would only keep his poor trash at
home we would be happy to remain in
our present territorial condition for ten
! wears to come.