Mr. HENDRICKS. I would not say aword upon this bill were it not that I feel it due to myself perhaps to exclude the conclusion that I vote against it for the reason assigned by the Senfrom Massachusetts I speak of his principal reason. Although I should regret to men new State adopt a constitution allowing colored peopleto vote, yet I would not vote against the admission of the State for that reason, much less Would I vote against admitting a State for the reason that they denied the right to vote to colored people. I shall vote against this bill for the reason that a population of 12,000 or 14,000 ought not to have the voice in the legislation of this country that the 1, 300,000 oft O people of Indiana have. It seems to me to be so apparent as to require no argument. Indiana, wrth her population of 1, 300,000, has 2 Senators upon this floor. It is proposed that 12,000 people in Colorado she have 2 Senators an an equal voice in the legislation of the country in the Senate, she having that small poulation and Indiana having so lar ea plopuation. The injustice is palpable. t cug t not to be so. At 1st I thought it possible that the Senate was bound to some extent, by the enablin not passed in March, 1864, to vote to admit olo ratio; but the facts, I think, free us from any such obligation. The law passed in March, 1864, provided for the election of delegates to a convention, the mode of election, the qualification of the electors, and the time and place when and where the delegates should meet and form a constitution. I understand that that law was comlied with in the election of dele gates; that tley met and formed a constitution; that it was submitted to the people; and that the people rejected it by a majority of 3, 152. Now, it is very clear that the power of the people of the Territory was exhausted, so far as any power was conferred by that act of Congress, as soon as the constitution was formed by that convention and rejected by the people. here was no provision in that law for the holding of a 2nd convention. As soon as the convention met and formed a constitution and adjourned, its othee was done. I think, therefore, we are not bound m any way to admit this proposed State. It comes here under very peculiar circumstances. After the constitution that had been adoplted by the convention had been rejected by the people, there was no convention held pursuant to law; the Territorial Legislature did not authorize the holding of a convention; but the chairmen of the political arties m the territory called a convention. hey commenced their address to the people as follows: “ Whereas the executive committeesof the several parties have beenpetitioned by a large and respectable portion of the people to issue a call fora territorial conveution tota O into consideration.1st. the propriety of forming u State government and making app ication for admission into the UDIODatthe earli estpossible moment; and 2nd, ifi t shall be deumod exedient. to frame a State constitution for Colorado provide for its submissrou to the people and if adopted, for the election of State officers and Representative in Congress: the several executive committees, in deferenceto thls petitiomaud other expositions of popular sentiment, unite in the following call." The call is signed " By order of the Democratic central committee: CC Secretary q/lhe Ana Sm". (bhlral (, bnummc. EBON SM ITH. Chairman qflhe Union Central Committee. LOUDON MULLIN. f Chairman." That is the call. It does not propose the election of delegates by the people. It proposes an extraordinary mode of selecting del egates, and I presume there was no election of delegates in the Territory, for the call provides: “The people of every election precinct in each county of the Territory, without distinction as to party, will meet at the place of holding election in such precincts, at 2 oclock p. m. on Thursday the 17th instant, and choose one delegate from 0801 ! precinct and an additional delegate for every additional 50 votes castin said precinct at the last congressional election. The delegates thus elected will meet at the count: seat of their respective counties, on Saturday the 29th instant, at 2 oclock p. m., to appoint del gatesto a territorial convention, which shall meetat some suitable hall in Denver. on Tuesday. August 8. to: the purposesindicated in the above preamble." It will be observed that this call did not contemplate an election, that there should be can didates voted for by the people, but it simply called such local conventions or assemblages of the people as were usual in providing for a political, convention. It authorized the people to assemble without respect to political parties on the day named at the place of holding the elections, and they were to select delegates to a county convention, and that county convention when assembled at the timementioned was to select delegates to the constitutional convention; and thus without any vote of the people in advance for delegates, in this most irregular and informal manner, delegates were selected to the constitutional convention.