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Show THE ADMISSION OF COLORADO. By law of congress, dcw States are noi to be admitted having cs than a population of 130,000. If this rule be applied to Colorado, she will have to knock sometime at tbe door before admission ad-mission to the family is granted, notwithstanding not-withstanding tbe President expresses himself warmly in favor of immediate admission. And if the role is Dot to be applied, coogress should repeal the law without delay, and let in all the Territories which clamor to be let in. How General Grant arrives at the conclusion con-clusion that Colorado, with a part of Wyoming, would have a sufficient population next year to fulfil the requirements re-quirements of the law, we cannot imagine im-agine The population ol Colorado in l&oO was o2,2TT, in 1570 it was but vg4i,D increase id ten years of only 5,5?7. which is a slow growth for a young and thrifty Territory. W yom-ing yom-ing had in 1S70 a population of 0,11?, so that were iu Territorial government uken away, and the entire population popula-tion credited to Colorado, fhe would have a population ail told of omy 4-. '2 or nearly uj less than the nopuiation required" to dxit her into the fistcrhood ofsutes. At the rate .-jticcrcasefbrthc ten years j.r.or to l-7n. it wouid be wdi on into the iwrntieih century bclorc the wou.d have the requisite numSor oi innaM-tants. innaM-tants. Bat it is like y fhe w.l rapid .y increase in ppw:'- l!'-11.'-rosd have penetrated the Torr.iory. and ler great mineral wcil.b ar.d won-deriu: won-deriu: c irnAte are attracting ike U.e miventurer and invand. S11'1 ' If prepccrro" 'o oppoc fhe will have anything .:ke the roriOD ncca-l Inrxt jfar, or four years to ce Utah, which has more than isiM hei p-jp-tuauon ia ten years, ana ac- |
