Mr. SUMNER. There is a singular discrepancy in these facts, and the very fact that there is such a discrepancy is in itselfan argument why we should not rush thus hastily to endow this community with the great functions of a State government. I therefore go back to the statement of my honorable friend before me, [Mr. WADE] thataccording to the evidence the population from the beginning instead of increasing has decreased, because at the beginning the evidence is explicit that at an election there were more than 10,000 votes cast, while when the question was on the adoption of a State constitution there were only some what over 5,000 votes cast. but uu happily this is not the only way in which this community has fallen fallen in population, as my friend says; fallen, as I now shall procced to show positively, in another particular much more important than population. I havein my and the special message of governor Cummings communicated to the Legislature January 23, 1866, in which he sets forth how this community has fallen not in population only. He says: “The organic set provided that every free white malccitizen of the U.S. of the ageof Many one years, including those recognized as citizens by the treaty with Mexico should beentitled to vote at the 1st election; but the qualifications of voters at all subsequent elections shall be such ss shall beprescribed by the Legislative Assembly. The Legislative Assembly was to take this question of voters in hand and to prescribe the qualifications. To do that they were empowered by the organic act. What did they do! Now, listen to the words of the Governor: “Under the authority conferred by the foregoing section.the Legislative Assembly;at its 1st session. in a spirit oflibernlity that did the inhonor, passeda. law reaulating elections, approved November 6, 1861, providingthateverymiilcpersonof thengeof 21 yearsor u ward who shall have resided in t u Territor for t rec monthsnext precedingan election, shalbo deemeda qualified voter at me clco, ion. M excellent friendfrom Kansas [Mr. Poms aovfsays that there never was any law of the Territory on the subject. To his statement I oppose here the message of the territorial governor setting forth in totidem. verbzs, the very text of that statute. The Governor then goes on to say: “The Legislative Assembly of 1864passed anact, approved March 11.1864 amending the torus 0mg section by inserting after the word upward the words not being a DORIOor mulatto soas tomake it read: Every male citizen ofthoags of 21 earsand upward. not being a negroor mulatto, who shall have resided.&c., shall be deemed a qualihed voter.” There is the statement of the Governor of the Territory in the message which I hold in my hand. Mark now, if you please, the date of this territorial act, March 11, 186 1. Down to March 11, 1864, the word “white” was not in the electoral laws of this Territory; it made its appearance on that day. But this enabling act at that time had already passed the Senate of the U.S.; it had already passed the committee presided over by in excellent frond, the Senfrom Ohio, ii}