Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-11-11

ttNN sAlt.t ".ia ~ ,sPetnet "ttttfl,
u will noi admit New Mexico. Nations
change their policies ~ cell ~ individ-
uala, and there has been % munh com-
Admission of HpaFseiy settled western
states that congress has called a halt
Some one has said that Uncle sam hnp
gone out of The business Of admitting
aaFc brush states Win dense popuia-
tlonh ~ prairie doHn However that may
BE-. NO one doubts that n those states
they would not now be admitted Hlngly
into tlsc Union
They viii tril you further that Il il
wrong IN the small eastern states 20 op-
pose the adminsion % a territory ~ iarEe
Have We any way of helping 0nraelvcs3
But this opposition tn fhe east ~ not of
sudden or recent stewth, bat v old AZ
the government Itself
Mr.. German. one of the members Of
the convention which formed the c0nsti-
tuition, said. And the Atlantic states.
having the government IN their own
tcrosta. by dealing oui the right of cop.
rcaentatinn N safe proportions % the
western HtRtee"
Nr Madison was opposed "a giylnx the
nparaeiy SETTLED western stntcA the same
power poascssCd By the eastern states.
lie was not opposed to their haViRg 4
voice Va proportion "a tho number Of
their inhabltndts.
Mr. Gerry thought that the number of
allowed o. exceed the Atlantic states.
% she states then existing.
The plan of requiring the consent OF al
the states tQ this admission of new states
for the Committee on Detail, submlSfed
a plan Tor the Union, Tho seventeenth ar
tlcle ot which provided for the admits
sse., on s,,,e wv ~ sn .a,es ~ sns % consint on
ana provided, also, that these new states
should BE- admitted 'on tha same terms
with the original atatna,
Mr.. Morris moved 20 strike ont the lat.
BY ,ho voteS Of New Hsmpahlre. Massa-
chusctta. Connecticut New Jersey. Penn
aFltenio, DetnWarc, North Carolina,
South Carolina, and Georgia, Maryland
ANA Virginia voting against a.
A. finally adopted, however. the shlrd
section of the fourth article Of the Cun-
ltitution provides for the admission 0f
nov states without any restriction na 10
thc power they may WELD.
have noted these motiaaa ana vo4aa
in the convention, however, Tor the pur-
poee ~ calling attention 10 tbs fact that
eastern lsalousN oi western pQwer y NOS
IL Well or ili founded h a question which
unfortunately Tor IN. has not been sub
mittrd 90 our decision. The very treaty
United states sec0gnlacd the plcnar,
power Of conareas In the premises by
providing not thar the cltinonn % the
asw,s ase,apired territory might com. N
nlrc. but that they should be admitted
whenever u suited the congress Of the
United states 10 ADMIT them
nilsled 10 our hurt. Statehood Il a do
Hira0ie condition. The advantages 10 81
derived from 4 are 200 numerous 20 ad.
therefore h Il. that at ths very shrcshoid
Of this address, / dlacsnln any intention
90 discuss the general question.
u 10 enough 70 say that Il will bring
10 "a that greatest OF ali boons, self
government
Bus ~ are told that We ought not 20
surrender the name We bear Why uoti
What u there IN the name New Mex
/ icn' that IN 10 very dear 10 ua that We
cannot afford 60 surrender g., even for
the Hubntantiai advantage Of statehood
ci,laens are $50 so-csiled ii' 's Mssicans, but 4
IN equally true that Some ~ the ben.
citlzona ~ the Atlantic states were Ems
/ liH,li some Of the best citizens ~ New
YoTa aid the mlddle slates Weiu Oef-
/ manHi the Freater number of the best
citi1cnn uf the lower Mlaglesi9ps valley
we're French and sti. we have 30 State
mnnTi" Nor New France"
4 doubt N congress can ever be In
| duced 20 admit, under She name of New
Mexlco, Z territory iying alongside ~
the Repuhllc of Mexico Hut Tor tke In
terminable confusion that arises from
the identity Ut names and the luKtapo-
sitiou nf he two commemorative n my
SELF would not ohoioct ta the nnlno ~
Il New Mexico. There are today, however.
an over thc cast thousands % inteill-
sent ciil4egs Nhe de nei comprehend
/ Maaico and thc Territory ug New Meg-
i ico. except that by Homf one ia called
old and thc other new
other territories hRVc given up favnFite
nantes 20 become states. The Territory
Il ~ Franklin surrendered the n4lne ID
that KfeAt philosopher % become tMe
nlssins spoon. i = true % ia, sa aaas s' Il
/ the eastern states adopted Mares com.
1 mc0ratlVe Of foreign rulers. Virginia.
| Georgia, the Caroitnna and Louisiana
New York, New Hampshire. and New
| Jersey, were named for English prov
snces. PennHy itania waa named IN honor
preserved beautiful Indian terms. ae ir
seg case % Ainoauai ana others the
name ei lndian tribes, ~ pakotai hul
nss % ne ,ess' ga seh ssnaa ,bs1 ne rs srs e
rived
II We wish "a perpstuate the msnor,
lilRativn, the man who was az once mon
arch, hero, aud statesman, Ne might n
/ wNii chrlnton the new state Monte
suma, elthoggh he never set foot a
But lei ~ nog eaersflca the auhstapc,
90 the shadow. Lot W not forNet tina
80 grander work has ever been ail0tes
a. man than the creation ot pe4toi mol
should We forget that Wc are wofhInl
NOT ~ fauck Tor ourselves nh Cor on
| p0HlerslY.
Rsader' ia me ask you one or W.
questions. End iet your answer np nn in
der 90 the course you nff 20 pursue
40 you eNuoci tiiia % be thp anlnn o
Your rhiIurrnf Are you Eoo1 1itia1l
And taxpayer, with no olher end inlFiee
than 10 leave 30 your children the herii
aHe ~ a aQoq state, ana q ei4all com
; patoucr. which shall - oryQnn tpH ~
paclaY pf a horde of oticu hVidtfn an
h 81 would you prefer % nnnHian that
] fortunes to the state of New aleNIce
q within is urrHfat boundary. ~ o.
! state composed ~ Now Mexico ana Az
n you were . ciilsch 81 Texas wonA
} y0u oItf0F from ali other ItAnNe ln
dcslre 90 have the state diVidedf
\ New Mexico. within ila nfohOUt lim|lI
q / r. a. laf6f ~ ghC asatc4 ol Nnlua, Ne,
Z Hampshire. tefm4ut Rhode Island an
4 ] Connecticut combined Af4 gou ln fave
y | ~ ditidsnN NeW Mexico into five states
1 M no4 why uOif IA would give ua le
p afnNtofa, flVN times oa many 10 NeI
n Ipfk. ItnnHylFnrin. fNinCiE Nhin ~ III
diana, of a. much power ~ the sfu4l
J. az ail ~ these great states combined.