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Show COLORADO WANTS TO BO A STAT t. A lull Will )'(! he nil rmiiii;i-l in cjCI , eriiiMinjf (J.jlijr'lo Litl'uriiia Stale jfOvcrDiinriii. Ai tlw T'-rriiMry wa! ertrilitKil by tlt-i lat cjii m wiili onl 'i'i,Ai'A people, it w pnjpuv.-il tojuiu it-! turtunea will) tbe 'IWrilury ol' Wyo j mirijr.wliit;!. l)ui a w-ii.-ij.) nipiilati ji) ii I a7' of y,1H. Tlti.i Would" uiaL..; 1 State witli a p.Ji-uUu.ni ut' aLu.it. !,, U'X) ai:cjr'liOK t the uen-u.-., will tlie lu-it year's ii):r',ai,p!iliap- TO,'""1 Territorially tlii. wutiM I;..- mm ut' tin arKft.it tlioilU nut tlie lar.Ht Stale ii tli union. Texas an-1 ( .'jjifuniu an turgor, but it wuuM .ilill U:L tin: 11 urn bor of'ptiople rnjiiinfi to elect a hieiu bor ofcoDtfreiw, and il wuulj coniaio 1 mu:h umallor population than tlie Ter ritory of L'tali, wliiuii, taking ilm o-n hu returnh a.1 correct, en a not now tu) liort ol' li.mwj, nn-l probably cxcoeJ. l0,Xf. JJcnctt, il' Colorado hhoub be tduiittcl ax a State 1 1 if re can Iks n fair grounds lor the exuluiion of Utah and it will be ditlieult for emigre -h ti aatiin any Htatcmnnlike miium foi such exclu.iion. Tim frirml-j of fail play ought to bo strong enough in botl hou-ies to iiiai.it that I Hah sliuul. it ant upon the Hume bayis an the othoj Territories in roj-urd to admission, and thid insi-sted upon would soon brinj the obstinate or indifferent to teroin. We suy nothing in regard to any pro poned peculiar conntitulional reslrio tioM upon this Territory. Ity tht treaty of Ooudaloupe-llidalijo, it ii guaranteed that tin) Territory ceder by Mexico to l ha United Slut en 1iou1l bo admitted to the Union upon the tarns bo.nid with the lliun exist im State. Hut Conrem acumen to de cide thin question by virlue of it in lierent politieul power us the legi.ila-tivo legi.ila-tivo deportment of the government, and the people of the Territories mu.nl abide by its decision. Whether ainJ to what extent the lederal legislature has the power to resiriel and pre-ei iln1 the MU-iid and doinelie inatiiutinn.s ol the Si u ten, are qiitionit we do not propone pro-pone to discuss. That power In al ready been a-aiiiued under the clause of tho cotistitulio!) reipiii ini,' eoncresd to Kiurautee to eaeh Slate a repuLliean form of Koveruiueiit, and we do.-ire e.v pcoially to iuipivss upon tho miuds ol our readers that nuder this a.sum-lion, a.sum-lion, in the aduii.-ion of now Stales, congress, and not lie people especially interested, in tho sole jude of tho constituent con-stituent elements of n republican form otgovernmeut. Whether this n.vnnni-tiou n.vnnni-tiou will aland tlw (e.st of time and ju dieial investigation remains to be seen. |