Mr. NYE. Not at all. They do not mean the same in the western States. One means sage brush, the other a place where things will ow. grMr. SUMNER. They mean substantiall the same; and it did seem to me that in the form of the statement there was a disposition to exaggerate uncandidly the actual condition of the Territory and if I am mistaken, then I am happ to be corrected, and proceed at oned to consider the important question of population; It will be remembered that when this enabling act was under discussion my excellent friend, the Senator llom Ohio, [Mr. Wanna] Who had the bill in charge, stated as follows. I quote from the Globe: “I understand theremustbe nownbout 60,000 inhabitants in Colorado. Some think a cat. cal more than that. That is the smallest number I find intimated by thosewho profess to know any tbing about it. this n Territory which is filling up very rapidly. Judge Edihunds tells more that he has not the least doubt in the world that before they finish their arrangementsand becomea State, there will be sulflcient population lhere for a representative in Congress accordinn to the ratio of representaotion fixed by the last census.” That was more than 100,000. So that when the enabling act was passed the Senfrom Ohio announced to us, on authority which he regarded, of course, as satisfactory, that there was a population there actually of 60,000. ow, the population, instead of increasing to 100,000 and more as the Senator trinm h antly promised, has been constantly diminishing, growing smaller year by year according to all the evidence that comes to us, especially as shown in the annual elections. Thus, for instance, at the election for members of n Ten rirorial Legislature in the autumn of 1861, the aggregate vote was 10, 580; in December, 1861, a few months later, the aggregate vote for Delegate to Congress was 9, 354, diminishing, you will.obse rve. In October, 1862, the aggregate vote for a Delegate to Congress was 8, 224, still again diminising. In September, 1864, the aggregate vote was 5, 769. In Sep tember, 1864, again there was a vote under the congressional enabling act to determine whethera State government should be adopted or rejected, and the aggregate vote was 6, 192. Then, again, in September, 1865, only this last September, there was another vote on the adoption of the constitution now before us, when we have, all told, only 5, 905. So that you will see that from 1861 down to the last evidence before us, the population of this territory instead of increasing has been diminishing. Instead of rising to the proportions and the stature of a State, it has been gradually dwarfing into proportions, I might almost say, hardly ht for a Territory. It has shrunk in conceivably and be ond all precedent. I believe there is no other instance in our histo where a Territory has gone backwards. A ways before population has increased. It is the rule of this country; it is the tendency of } ourpeople., But here the reverse has occurred. If you ask the reason why it is plain. The Tmitory of Colorado is vast in extent, situ ated on the 2 opposite sides of a chain of mountains, like Its y "parted by the Aperinines, " sparsely settled, with few centers, with scanty resources, so that emi rants arriving there from foreign lands or mm the East, instead of being tempted to stay are seduced to go still further West. “ Westward the star of empire takes its way, " and they finally plant themselves in Montana, or Idaho, or Oregon, leaving behind them colorado, so that in point of fact this Territory can hardly be said at this moment to have what may be called a permanent population. It is a floating opnlation not yet attached to the soil, but still subject to change, and still subt. to the temptation of emigration to other erritonea. Thus, for instance, Hon. SAMUEL MOLEAN, Delegate in Congress from the Territory of Montana, says in reply to inquiries addressed to him, that he Wasnresiderit of Colorado from 1859 to March, 1862; he then Went to Montana, and in the fall of 1864 was elected Delegate. He estimates the population of Montana at nearly 40,000, “one 4th of whom went there from Colorado and are still going.”