Mr. SUMNER. I shall consider the question to which the Senator directs my attention at another place. I do not wish to avoid any thing. I was now portraying the failure of this community; its fall, rather let me say. I do not use too strong language. I say it was a fall when this community, which had solemnly enacted justice, after the lapse of 3 years reversed its own decree, and solemnly enacted injustice. T here it stands on the stat ute book. You must recognize it. You cannot blink it out of sight. 1 on cannot beinsensible to it. It is a fact in the history of this Territory. No other Territor in the history of the country has ever been t as guilty. No other Territory which has risen to the height of justice has ever dese ended again so low. No other Territo which has undertaken to recognize the rights of man has afterward undertaken to overthrow them. The Governor of the Territor, in the mes sage which I hold in my hon, speaking of this question, says in language which does him honor: “It seems ineredible, and were it not for the record it would be ineredible, that such a measure could have been adopted at such a time." The Governor in the same message goes on to show that these same mlored men while des oiled of the elective franchise are never the ess compelled to pay taxes to support the whole government and to support the public schools from which their children are exc uded. Some of the more prosperous of thein, in order to secure education for their children, have been obliged to send them to distant parts of the country, because this churlish and unjust community has denied to those children the rights of education while their parents are taxed for the support of schools. All this again is set forth by the Governor in the mes 8135;: which I hold in my hand, and he then a s: “I do not proposein this connection to discuss the question of equalitg of race. about which so inaii words and so much labor have been wasted: butI submit without argument the fact that the colored people in Denver and various parts of the Territory are taxed for educating white children while their own children are excluded from the public schools, and your action will determine how long this humiliating spectacle shall be presentedto the world." Could anything be more flagrant? and yet this community now appeals for your favor and countenance and welcome as a State. I have alluded to the message of the governor. I now cite another authority, which is a telegraphic dispatch from a colored citizen of Colorado, which has traveled over the wires a very long distance, as follows: Dzxvzn CITY. Cononno, January 15.1866. The law adopted by the Territorial Legislature in 1861 allowed all personsover 21 to vote, without distinction of color. The law passedin 1864, signedby Governor Evaiis. deprived colored  citizens of the right at the very time when appealimrto them to help save the country. under her {recent constitution makes that low permanent. [not admitted now. this can becorrected. WILLIAM J. HARDING. A colored  citizen.