Crawford avalanche., 1889-05-02

Kentuckv's Application had been two months
earlier than the Green Mountain States, but
the act admitting her was Was framed SO as 70 tske
second. Fifteen States joined In the election Of
President Washington for his second term.
As New York had set off Vermont, and Vir.
ojnia had set off Kentucky, I'm December,
i7S9, North Carolina had set of Tennessee, aud
early the following year this Territory was for.
maliy conveyed TO the General Government
and by it accepted. Six years later its people.
in convention, adopted n constitution ard aps
piled for admission into the Union, which ap-
plication promptly granted, to date from
June l. 1906 Long before that time the North
west Territory had been established under the
famous ordinance OF July 13N7o7; During the
slowly settled, and an act was approved April
80 1902 allowing the eastern portion OF 1t to be-
come State on forming constitution. This
was effected on November following and full
compliance with the law on November 20 161
so that Ohio then became the seventeenth
State.
sion of another State. Louisiana had been
formed out of the territory ceded by France un-
der the treaty OF April 30 1903 The following
year this French territory had been divided by
Congress into two parts, the southern being
called the Territory of Orleans and the northern
the District OF Louisiana. Lou Tne people OF une
der an enabling act passed by Congress eleven
months previous, and the act for their admis:
sion as the State of Louisiana was approved
April 8, 1872. Louisiana Was followed by In
diana December H. 1916; by Mississippi Decem,
ber TO- 1917; by Illinois December !, 1878, and
by Alabama December IA, 1919, making four
new states in four successive Decembers. In
diana and Illinois, OF course, had been
formed from the Northwest Territory
to to' Gia'' the United states by south
Carolina and Georgia. Maine also quickly fol.
lowed, March Is, 1920, being formed out OF a part
of Massachusetts,; while Missouri, which was
formerly the District OF louisiana and had re.
ceived its new name in 1872 was admitted Au.
gust 10, 1891. Hers was one OF the most mem
orable OF all admissions, for the act authorizing
II was also entitled an act ~to prohibit SLAYER
In certain Territories" passed March 6, 1S
The memorable debates on that subject resU
I'm the appointment OF a joint committeN
Senate and House, which reported n "resoluN
providing for the admission of the State OF M
souri, into tho Union on certain condition.
which condition was formally accepted.
The nine wears from 1872 to 1921 had thus been
fruitful to the extension of the Federal system,
having resulted In the admission OF seven new
States covering a large area, This ACTIVITY IN
State-making was followed by a lull lasting nj
teen wears during which no Stnto was added.
But when the first half century OF the Govern
ment under the Union drew TO n close the event
was prefaoed by the creation of two new States
Arkansas, formed out of the French Territory
admitted June %, 1886; Michigan, formed ire tm az
the Northwest Territory admitted January 26
1887 Thus the fifty years closed with twenty
six States in the Union
Another long interval followed before a new
period Of State-forming activity. Spain had
ceded Florida to the United States under tho
treaty OF February o. 1919 aud twenty years
afterward In l63J, 1Is people sOuBHO huuhooiOh
as n State. But a contest arose over the pro-
posal to divide the territory for the purpose OF
ultimate adni ssion into the Union OF East and
West Florida The wariness which had for
many years existed regarding the admission OF
a great preponderance OF either Northern or
Southern States prolonged this dispute, ana
meanwhile the great Northwest had begun 70
grow RAPIDLY Tho consequence was double
admission the first in the history OF the
country-though now outdone by the recent
uuadrliple admission--the Territories proht1ng
by it being Iowa and Florida. Thore was some
thing very significant in the extreme southeast
and the extreme northwest OF the then popu-
lated regions being brought in together as II to
Offset each other. 1t happened, however, that
the admission of Iowa was not consummated
till 1876 and meanwhile Texas came in ahead OF
her The act Of March 3, 1645, followed the
usual formula except for including two States
instead OF one
the same are hereby declared TO be, States of
| the United States Of America, and are hereby
] admitted into the Union on an equal footing
| with the original States In oil respects what
| over"
The entrance Of Texas, which occurred near
the end Of 1si5, was exceptional as the hrst ad-
! mission Of an independent republic, and also,
/ of course in it's being followed by war with
| Mexico In 1S46 Wisconsin came in, and Cali
(Drnia followed in 1850 Another interval OF
] Ight wears then occurred without the admfs-
] Sion Of a State, succeeded by period of nine
years during which no fewer than SIX states
were admitted These were Minnesota In 1888
/ Oregon in 1852 Kansas, In 1891; West Vir-
! ginia in 1868; Nevada, in 1864; Nebraska, IN
/ 1867. Then, after another nine years, came Col.
orado in 1875. Finally, after an interval oi
thirteen years, we see the first century OF the
Union rounded out by four new States, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Washington and Mon