Skip Skip Mr. SUMNER. I present a petition of citizens of the Territory of Colorado, now sojourning in the city of NewYork, in which they express the hope that the Territory of Colorado, to which they belong, may speedy be admitted into the Union, but with a provision “provided that she shall be assured a RFG now and for all time to come;" and whatever other measures Congress may adopt to that end, they most earnestly and respectfully ask that the word “white” be expunged from her constitution wherever it may occur before she be permitted to count herself and become one of the sisters of this eat an most glorious Republic. As the bill or the admission of the territory of Colorado is already on the table in the Senate, I move that this petition lie upon the table. The motion was agreed to. Mr. CHANDLER presented a memorial of the Board of Trade of Detroit, Michigan, praying for the improvement of the StClair flats and the enlargement of the Canadian canals by means of a treaty with GreatBritain for that object; which was referred to the ComForRel. He also presented a petition of citizens of Michigan, residents of the collection district of Detroit, praying that that district may be divided into 2 collection districts, and that the principal office of the new district may be located at Port Huron, on the StClair river opposite the terminus of the Grand Trunk an great Western railways in Canada; which was referred to the ComCommerce. He also presented a memorial of the common counci of Port Huron, Michigan, praying for the sale of so much of the military reservation at Fort Gratiot, in that State, as may not be required for actual military purposes; which was referred to the ComMilAffrs . Mr. BROWN. I iresentapetition of certain colored citizens of cover, in the Territory of Colorado, showing “that the State constitution, framed by a citizens convention, and adopted by an almost insignificant majority of the legal voters of Colors o, preparatory to admission as a State, excludes all colored citizens of the Territory of Colorado from the right of suffrage by the incor oration in that instrument of the words all white male citizens. ” The petition ers, therefore, “beseech your honorable body not to admit the Territory as a State until the word white be erased from her constitution.” I ask that this petition may take the same course with the petition which was just presented by the Senfrom Massachusetts in regard to the State of Colorado, and lie upon the table. It was so ordered. Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I present a petition for universal suffrage si e by some of the most intelligent and accomp ished women of our land, asking an amendment of the constitution of the U.S. that shall prohibit the several States from disfranchising any of their citizens on the ound of sex. The petition sets fort that the constitution classes them as “ free people ” and counts them as “whole” persons in the basis of representation, and yet that the are governed without their consent, taxed without appeal, and punished without choice of judge or jury. Therefore, as conto the constitution in harmony with advancing civilization, lacing new safeguards round the individual rights of 4 million emancipated slaves, they ask you “to extend the right of suffrage to women, the only remaining class of disfranchised citizens, and thus fulfill the constitutional obligation to guaranty to every State a RFG.” Justice and equality is what they pray for, and as the only sure protection for that they demand the ba lot. One other word I perhaps onght to say in presenting this petitition; it is that they, the women of the jand who have shared so many of the hardships of this war, and shed such ra diance of Christian charity over the wrecks it has wrought, have, so far as they are moved to make this demand for equal suffrage, been content to hold their claim in abeyance, that the nation might establish the principle of freedom in the person of the slave. But having done so, they fear now that the same constitutional amendment which may carry civil rights to the emancipated classes may prohibit those rights, either irectly or by implication, to women. They deprecate any such action or thought, and in View of it they feel no longer content to remain silent. They believe in the rightfulness of their demand; and so believing, they apeal to the reason, no less than the sympathy, of the Congress of the U.S. to ta e heed that at least nothing prejudicial to their claim shall go upon the record. I move the reference of this petition to the JtComReconstruction. The motion was a eed to. Mr. SAULSBUR. I rise to present a paper, in the form of a memorial to the Senate and HoRep, upon a very important subject, and, as I desire that the ComReconstruction should give it their particular attention, I will read it as it is very short. In presenting iIt wish it distinctly understood that do not desire to invade the exclusive domain of any Senator upon this floor is in these words: "The undersigned, inhabitants of Appoquinimink hundred, in the State of Delaware. respectfully but earnestly on troatgour honorable body to adoie t such a proposed amendment of the U.S. constitution, to be. Presented to the severalStates for ratification, aswi l foroyer prevpnt eve Statefrom making any distinction in CIVHrightsnn privileges among the natpralized citizensof the U. S. residinlg within its limits or among personsborn on its soi, on account of race. color, or descent.” As there are a few earmarks upon this petition, which show the manner in which they are gotten up, I beg leave to read themit will take a“t a moment: Postmasters and others receiving. copies of the blanks Will dothe causeagoodseryico yp ueingthem in such hands aswill canvasstheirneighborhoodsfor 81811623, c"a!sethey cannot give properattention to the matter themselves. “ The aboveblanksshould beattachedtothe required number ofhalfsheets of aper and may besignedby personsof both sexes. hen filled onecopymay be sentto any memberof the Senate" I suppose that is the reason this has been sent to me “and the other to the memberfrom the petitionars district in the House. both ostagefree. xtra copies of theseblanks maybehe at the antiSlavery o co. No. 6 South 5th street, Philadelphia.” The memorial ess has now before it amendments " To the bottom of the petition is attached the following: “I have oiferedthis foreignersand no onewill sign; so you may setit down we have no negro men here.” I move to refer this paperto the JtComReconstruction. The motion was agreed to. Mr. ANTHONY. I present the memorial of loyal citizens of Lou oun county, Virginia, rayin g for compensation for property destroyed by fire, and for live stock ta enfor the use of the Army or sold for the benefit of the U.S. by order of GenlSheridan. The pe titioners represent that they are, and always have been, loyal citizens attached to the Government, subjecting their persons and pro rty to peril on that account, and conceive emselves entitled to protection. I move its reference to the ComClaims. The motion was agreed to. Mr. ANTHONY presented the petition of Rebecca Irwin, widow of Archibald rwin late a private in battery C, 1st regiment of RhdIs nd light artillery, praying for a pension; which was referred to the ComPensions. He also presented a memorial of Edward StClair Clar e, an acting asst parentvmaster in the U.S. Navy, praying to e relieved from all responsibility in consequence of money lost by robbery in May, 1863, while he was at tached to the U.S. steamer Sumter, then lying at the navyyard at Brooklyn, NewYork; which was referred to the ComNavAffrs. Mr. NYE presented the memorial of Fred erick Vincent, administratorof James LeCazc, late of the firm of LeCaze &Mallett, praying for the payment of a balance allegedto be due for advances made by them to the Government. during the revolutionary war; which was referre to the ComRevClaims. Mr. DAVIS presented the memorial of Mrs. Maria L. Saunders, praying for indemnification for losses alleged to have been sustained by her in the destruction of her property in Paducah, Kentucky, by U.S. soldiers under the order of Colonel Stephen G. Hicks, on the 26th of March, 1864; which was referred to the ComClaims. Mr. MORRILL presented the memorial of G. Buckingham, S. J. Bowen, and B. H. Na dal, the executive committee of the National F freedmens Relief Association of the DistCol, praying for an appropriation for the relief of refugees commonfiy called “con trabauds, ” and that authority be given to the SecyWar to place under the control of the Free mens Bureau such Government buildings as are not r nired for the public service; which was referrzii to the ComMilAfrs and the Militia. CREDENTIALB.