Mr. GRIMES. Mr. President, there isprob ably no State in the Union more deeply interested in having a strong and prosperous State in the Territory now known as the Territory of Coloradopthan the State of which Iam in part the representative. She is destined to be, when she becomes a State, one of our neigh bors. We are intimately connected with her, and always will be. I presume that a larger portion of the populationof Colorado emigrated from the State of Iowa than from any other State; and I apprehend we are now more intimately connected with her and the people of Iowa are more thoroughly acquainted with the history and condition of Coloradopthan the people of any other State. Hence, nothing would afford me greater pleasure. if I thought I could do so injustice to the other States and in justice to myself, than to vote for her admission into the Union. But, entertaining the opinions I do, believing that such a vote is ca cu lated to lead to most disastrous consequences in the future, I am constrained, notwit standing the interest which my constituents I am aware feel in the admission of Colorado, to vote in opposition to this bill. the 2 reasons assigned by the Senfrom Massachusetts. The simple objection that I have to the admission of Colorado as a State is the fact that she has not population enough, to support the government; and why? Let me tell gentlemen who have not lived in a new State that they cannot conceive of the constant drain that ismado upon everybody who emigrates to and that nothing in my conviction could possione of those States. Everythingis new. Dwell bly be more injurious to the people of Colorado ings have to be built, farms have to be plowed themselves than to permit her to erect herself, and improved, school houses have tobe erected, into a State with a population of only froml churches must be built, roads must be con15,000 to 25,000. I have had about as much }!structed, and charitable institutions must be experience in territorial life as almost anyone,; established. All these things have to be done, else. It has so happened to me that I have IE aswell as the ordinary State, county, and town lived in 3 different Territories under 3 l ship taxes paid; and the result is that the different territorial governments, although I 2people in a new State like Colorado, with the I do not predicate my opposition to it upon (knew 1861.takenunder OrpnmcAct. have resided in the same town all the time. The State of Iowa was admitted into the Union when she had a population of 130,000. She came in upon the old theory, which it was supposed we were always going to adhere to, that no State should be admitted into the Union until she had the population required to send a Representative to Congress under the then existing representative ratio. She had some 40,000 more if I recollect ariht when she was admitted than was required, for I think the ratio then was about ninct2500. With a population of 130 or 140,000, and after we had been in a territorial condition for 12 or 14 ears, with a vast amount of real estate owne by the State (for the land offices were opened there in 1838) and by non-residents, which was subject to taxation or the purpose of supporting the government, yet the very 1st thing that the people of the State of Iowa were comelled to do was to go into the money market of NewYork and borrow money at the enormous rate of 10%. in those days, for the purpose of efraying the necessary expenses of the government; and for ten or 12 years we were compelled to pay that interest and at the same time be constantly in debt, because we had not property sufficient COLORADO TERRITORY., population that there is in that State, and with I comparatively no real estate to tax, nothing but., personal property, will be oppressed with taxation. If I were a citizen of pEolorado I “ would remonstrate and protest against the admission ll of the State under all circumstances until there 11 were at least 100,000 people 1, there to support the State government. I can lnot conceive of anything that can be more 1 oppressive, that can possibly be more injurious, to the people of that Territory than to allow 5 her, with her small population, to come into the Union and be compelled to pay her own expenses from this time forward. ow, what is her population I I hold in my hand a certified statement from an executive officer of the Territory of Colorado. showing 1 what was the population in 1861, and the vote cast in the dililirentycars, 1861, 1862, 1861, and l 1805, from which we must deduce our conclu tlsions as to what the present population is. In order that we may see what we are doing, and that. we may have some criterion by which to be governe, when Nebraska, that has already 1} formed her constitution with a population of ll 26,000, and when Montana and ti “ Idaho that are already attempting to form State constitutions, present themselves, I present this 1, table to the Senate. It maybe useful in the li future to those who come after us: l v 1st Election by ConneflDiulr ieta. August, 1861. Adult males Females. Aggregatepopulation P g 31 Total number of l votesElection by GnmlicsforDelegateto Gram en, StateConstitution, and Negro Suffrage. December. 1861. Delegate. Under CongressionalEnabling Act, v September, 1864. Votes on adoption of constitution. 1.533 Votes on reicction of Constitution. 4.672 A skate. 8.192 higaihrity against constitution. 3.152 Popular Movement. September 5. 1865. For constitution. Against constitution. Aggregate 1 minority for constitution. 1.965 145 163 12.5.895 …155 SODtembei 5. 1865Asainst “Erase” 445 296 O For sufffsge. CoLonAno Tnnaironv. Dssvim, December31.1865. I herebycertify that the within aper is correctly and accurate] transcribed from the official record on tile in this office, and that it correctly Shows the aggre IMB populfltlon 0i the Territory an or the censusof 1861 and the whole number of votes cast in the several yours. D. A. CHIIVER, Clerk Enemies Dept Calmmic It appears from this statement that a census was to en in 1861 when there was a total population in Colorado of 25,329. Of these, the adult males were 18,233, miners 2,622, and females 4,484. In all the Territories there is a [or e preponderance of adult males, and especially is that so of Colorado; and although am told by my fellow citizens of Iowa who are in thshabit of going to Montana, some of them almost monthly, that there has been a considerable increase of females in that Territory, yet there is a very large preponderance of adult males there et. n 1801, when that enumeration was may e, there wasa vote taken and the correct aggregate vote was 10, 580. Out of a population of 25,329 there were 10, 850 voters. In 1862 there was another election. What was the number of voters then? 8,224. Again, in 1864, there was another election.