Mr. COWAN. They were created equal; that is at the very outstart the cytoblast, the primal cell of all individual, was about and about. I suppose it was. I doubt whether the best microscopes would detect any difference there. But it unfortunately happened that after they left that primal stand point, after they had progressed from the corpuscular monads, they became very unequal. And it seems this is an exceeding stretch of equality upon the part of this Government to allow a few people in Nebraska Territory to have the same weight upon this floor that NewYork has and that Massachusetts has, and which may be wielded to the detriment of NewYork and Massachusetts, and wielded without any detriment to the people of Nebraska. When the Territory of Nebraska shall have been reached by people from all parts of the U.S., when it shall have that kind of society which is known to publicists as a State, when they shall become a State in fact, when they shall have such an organization as constitutes a State, I shall be willing to receive them as such. It is well known, Mr. President, to you and to others of us that it is not every collection of people which constitutes a State. A State is a thing which is not made by legislative enactment; a State is a thing which is the growth of time and the growth of society. That that exists in Nebraska I should hardly think was pretended on the part of any of those who advocate her immediate admission. Then, as it is evident and must be evident to Senators that the admission is simply for the of putting 2 more Senators on the oor of this body, I would appeal to the dom inant majority to know what is the necessity for that. Clearly you have enough already. You have enough for all possible legislative purposes. You have enough to override the veto of the President. You have enough to carry any measure, no matter how wild, how strange, how dangerous it may seem to be to some of us. You have enough to carry it without resorting to anything of this kind, and therefore I cannot see the necessity of it. I think that those who represent here the States, the actual States of the Union, are as much interested as I am to prevent anything of this kind until we are absolutely certain that it is necessary and proper, proper not only for the people of Nebraska, but proper for the people of the Union, too. if I understand this question correctly, it is exceedingly doubtful whether there is even any great majority of the people of Nebraska in favor of it. So far as I remem ber the election returns, there was but a majority of simply 100, and that majority was contested on the ground that some precinct had been thrown out which had given more than 100 of a majority the other way. If this is the case, and only half the people of the Territory desire this change in their condition, it is still another reason why we should pause and not be overhasty in our action. I trust, therefore, that this question at least, in pursuance of the amendment, will be submitted to the people of the proposed State in order that we may have fairly their sense. Who knows but that this 100 of a majority may be 100 the other way next time, and what then? We are not to force sovereignty upon these people if they do not desire it and do not desire to pay the expenses of it.