, 1881-11-12
TIE 3TATE OF DaKoTs.

It is already apparent that the question of
the admission Of Dakota into the Union viii
| be ono Of the most Important subjects be-
t fore the Forty-seycntt Congress. If the
Democrats shall attempt to defeat or post
pole tile Dakota bill, as it is now said they
| are resolved to do, the contest over it may
! easily assume Il Significance which will
make it the chief measure Of the session. AS
the contests over the admission Of Arkansas
and Michigan, Florida and Iowa, California
and Oregon, and the settlements Of e0ndi-
| tions for tile Territorial Governments Of K;lil
sas and Nebraska made successive sessions
memorable. before the War, it is possible
! that the Dakota question may be the Gil
crossing topic OF debate tile coming winter
Southern Jealousy OF Northern :sggrandize
nent is again cropping out; and, though
there is no longer the old reason Tor resisting.
q 1'olitrnnce, tile admission Of Il Northern
State without Southern ma|leweisht, tller,,
isstil1 enough sectional feeling left To make
Southern opposition probabic, In the case of
Dakota. also, there IS a new kind of op-
position which none Of tile anti-slayery*
States had to encounter. We observe, for
. example, that the New York Herald objects
to the organization Of il neW Stat2 i'll tho
+ West, Aid i'll SO doing exhibits All amount Of
rancor wllicl, can only be the product Of SEE
: tionll preilfdice. There scents to be dis
tinct> effort to array tho East against the
West on this question, as If all divisions Of
our common country did not havcan identity
Of interests III the welfare Of e1ery part it.
! The attenptto excite tic prejudices of the
East, and by means OF then, secure the cN-
clusion Of Dakota for 4 brief period, will
not Succeed. Neither the East nor the South
has anything to gain by denying justice 10
Dakota. The Democratic party itself would
bette: make i. viyturof necessity Instead Of,
F: by seeking to postpone the evil day, making
the great empire soon destined To grow MP
7: in the Territory a Republican State Or States
for ell time. lava and Michigan. with their
splendid Republican nlajorltics and solid
Republican, delegations i'll Congress, are
monuments to this day Ut Democratic: per-
fldy in keeping 1nc1n ont Of tho onion when
they had the 1noral right to come in.
The lIerutd, iii the article TO which we
have referred, shows a curious unwilling
ness to tell the ruth about. Dakota. It coni-
pares this vast and fertile territory-having
.twicc the area of Pennsylvania and the ca
p.ci:jT for supporting 4 population Ut several
.uillions-with sterile Nevada, barren
mountain region, worthless except for its
mines now approaching exhaustion, ard fur
Its pasture lands. But iu tha year 1879 Da-
kota produced. s.ooo, 900 bushels Of wheat,
,, ,ooo, ooa bushels OF corn. &c, Geo bushels OF
OATS and other grains in proportion. In the
two years which have since passed the re-
sources Of the. Territory have been rapidly
developed, AMI it is probable the crops OF
next year will te double tllosc Of ls79. This
isa record OF which any young State might
well be proud. It is sufficient testimony to !
the ability Of the State to su pport a large
population. ,,:-... T.: TX =: <.:=
j 4: With reference to population. Dakota has