I do not suppose that this suggestion came to the Senators mind by reason of a reference made in one of the letters he read. One of thegentlemen whose letters he read alludes to the fact that there is a very large foreign population in the Territory of Dakota. and expresses the opinion that they are no more fitted to exercise the rights of American citizenship than the colored people in the South. I would not impute to the Senator a suggestion that Dakota should be delayed in her admission because a large per cent. of her population happened to be of foreign birth. and yet he alludes to the great immigration coming from abroad. to the suddenness and rapidity with which our own population. drawn from our best States.. is throwing itself into the Western Territories. and he tintly suggests that by reason of this some different rule should be adopted on the subject of the admission of a State. Now. I wish to say just a word or two as to the actual population in Southern Dakota.
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