Mr. JOHNSON. But how was the election held? You passed the enablin act in March. 1864, and you provided special y how it was to be held, and on were very cautious in those provisions. boy were intended to guard against fraud; they were designed that notice should be given to everybody; there was protection against impropervotin. How has this constitution been adopted? {ejected at the election held under your enabling act of 186 1 by a majority of 3,000 or 4,0001n a vote of not more than 7,000, it is now carried by 155; but how was that election held 1 The Clerritorial Legislature itself, even, did not pass an act authorizing the convention to be held. The presiding officers of the partisan committees, as I understand, or those who represented the political parties into which the poulation of the Territory was en pesed to be divided, got together and themse res devised the mode by which the convention should be elected; but provision as to who was to vote, under what sanctions the vote wasto be given, how fraudu lent attempts at voting were to be frustrated, how they were to be punished if successfully attempted, is nowhere to be found, and nobody can the 1 whether the whole of that majority of 155 was not the result ofillegul voting. It would seem to be hard, very hard, that you should force upon such a minority as voted against this constitution a State govern meut. They think, and think propery, that they may be taxed beyond their ability to meet it. They think it is better for them to remain in a territorial condiiion. Some of the most thoughtful, some of the most loyal to the Territory think so. We all know how these conventions are got up. Gentlemen are anxious to come to congress, to the Senate and to the House; anXious to receive the offices which will be at the disposition of the Executive after they are admitted; but the body of the people have no such interest. It is better for them, until they have a fixed and permanent existence as a people, that they should remain in a territorial condition; and I have no doubt that if you pass such an, enabling act as was passed in 1864, rejectin the present application to be admitted an put the question again to the people of colorado, they will vote a uinst coming into the Union. I have said,Mr. President, substan tially what I rose for the purpose of stating, not as well perhaps as I should have stated it in the morning if there had been an adjournment; and now close by saying that shall not vote on the question, because I have paired 08 with one of the Senators from llli nois who is not now in his seat, [Mr. Yarns]