Mr. POMEROY. Mr. President, at the close of the remarks made esterday by the Senfrom Massachusetts, Mr. Sunnanj I desired to make a brief reply; but the Senate went into executive session, and the bill was laid over until today. I understand now the Senate are anxious to take a vote on the subject, and I do not care to make any extended remarks. Some of the objections urged by the Senfrom Massachusetts, I have no doubt, force themselves upon the conviction of eve Senator. It is a fact that this Territory of colorado has not a large population, and that it did not come within the time prescribed by the enabling act. All those facts that the Senator related are for the most part true: but I desire to say a few words in alleviation of those facts. In the 1st place, it must be borne in mind that the election under the enabling act, submitting to the people of Coloradopthe question whether they would have aState government or not, came off in September, 1864; and we ought to bear in mind what was the condition of Colorado and the country at that time. they had been called to the polls at any other period, they would not only have polled a larger vote, but they would have undoubtedly poled a larger majority in favor of the constitution; but at that time their young men were almost all in the military service. No State volunteered as Colora O did, in proportion to its Oulation. In the next place. a draft was being enforced upon the States at that time, and the people of Colorado who had volunteered so largely supposed if they formed a State organization at at time, in addition to their volunteering, there would be a draft. enforced upon them; and that deterred a great many from voting for the State constitution at that election. I shall never for et the services Colorado rendered in the field, means one of her regiments was down on the border of my own State in that month under the command of GenlCurtis; and I was with them at the time of Prices invasion. More efficient service was never rendered anywhere to any State than those troops from Colorado rendered to my own State. T hcy prevented that invasion, and saved the State. That regiment had then served out its full term of 3 dvearfli and “9 men were entitled to be mustere out; but they would not be ir catered out, because there will be a battle impending, and they staid in the service and fought through that battle. I desire to say. furthermore, that when the election was held last year, itwas held during a season of Indian difficulties that had been unsurpassed. Like the Senfrom Massachusetts, I too have received letters from citizens of m own State now residing in Colorado, in which they state that they could not go to the Olls at that election; they had to fortify and defend their own houses and would not go. One of them in writing to me details the difficulties of some of his neighbors who did go, and he tells me that one of them was killed by an Indian, and the gentleman who wrote the letter pulled out the arrow and sent it to me, and I now hold it in my hand. My informant did not O to the election himself, but some of his neighbors did, and one of them lost his life. That is another reason why these eo these circumstances could not and )di a large vote. But I wish to call the attention of the Senate for a moment to this question of population. The argument is not all on one side, as has been represented. That they have not taken a census sin 1860 is not the fault of the people of Colors. 0. The States generally did it in 1865. The reason why a census has not been taken in the Territories is because Congress made no appropriation for it and there was no law for it. But it seems they did take one, though imperfectly, in 1860, and under that census it appears there were 18, 223 adult males over 21 years of age. Now, it is a fact that the population in all Territories is composed almost exclusively of males, but they represent females and mine rs at the old homestead somewhere. You may go today in Vermont and V Vermont was admitted into the Union when she had but 65,000 inhabitants and the population would be represented by less than 18,000 male adults; and the same is true with regard to any congressional district in the U.S. The I population will be 5 or 6 times greater than the number of male adults over 21 years of age. What the population of colorado is at this time none of us know, nobody pretends to know. My own opinion is, from the amount of emigration I see going there from my own State and through the town whereI live, that it must be quite large. I do not believe that it has decreased at any rate since the census of 1860 was taken.