The  admission  of  a  new  State  has  generally  been  regarded  as  an
epoch  in  our  history  marking  the  onward  progress  of  the  nation;  but
after  the  most  careful  and  anxious  inquiry  on  the  subject  I  can  not  per-
ceive that  the  proposed  proceeding  is  in  conformity  with  the  policy
which  from  the  origin  of  the  Government  has  uniformly  prevailed  in
the  admission  of  new  States.  I  therefore  return  the  bill  to  the  Senate
without  my  signature.  ANDREW  JOHNSON.
Vermont ,

Kentucky ,

Tennessee

Ohio

I«ouisiana ,

Indiana ,

Mississippi

Illinois

Alabama

Maine

Missouri ,

Arkansas

Michigan

Florida

Texas

Iowa

Wisconsin

California

Oregon

Minnesota

Kansas

West  Virginia

Nevada

*  In  185a


Admitted.
Ratio.
1791

33.000

1792

33*«»

1796

33.000

1803

33.  o°°

1812

35,ooo

1816

35.000

1817

35,ooo

1818

35.ooo

1819

35,ooo

1820

35,ooo

1821

35,ooo

1836

47,7oo

1837

47,700

1845

70,680

1845

70,680

1846

70/680

1848

70,680

1850

70,680

1858

93,49*

1859

93,492

1861

93,492

1862

93,492

1864

127,000

92,320
95,638
73,864
82,443

75,212

98,110

53.677
46,274

III,  150

298,335
69,260

65,175
158,073

57,951

•189,327

132,527

250,497

92,597

44,630

138,909

107,206

349,628

Not  known.
Washington,  January  29,  1867.
To  the  Senate  of  the  United  States:

I  return  for  reconsideration  a  bill  entitled  "An  act  for  the  admission  of
the  State  of  Nebraska  into  the  Union,"  which  originated  in  the  Senate
and  has  received  the  assent  of  both  Houses  of  Congress,     A  bill  having


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in  view  the  same  object  was  presented  for  my  approval  a  few  hours  prior
to  the  adjournment  of  the  last  session,  but,  submitted  at  a  time  when  there
was  no  opportunity  for  a  proper  consideration  of  the  subject,  I  withheld
my  signature  and  the  measure  failed  to  become  a  law.
