from the Potomac to the Rio Grande, as was never seen before in our history. The "rebel yell" will at length be heard on the heights of the Capital of the United States, but only in expression of patriotism and the heart-felt joy of prodigal sons, who, after twenty-five years of political exile, realize at last their full restoration to the Union.

ADMISSION OF THE STATES INTO THE UNION, AND THEIR PRESENT ELECTORAL VOTE.

Original 13 States.

ELECTORAL
VOTES.

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1. Delaware..
2. Pennsylvania.
3. New Jersey.
4. Georgia.

5. Connecticut.

6. Massachusetts..
7. Maryland.....
8. South Carolina.
9. New Hampshire.
10. Virginia.
II. New York..
12. North Carolina
13. Rhode Island.
14. Kentucky, 1792.
15. Vermont, 1791..
16. Tennessee, 1796..

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22. Alabama, 1819.
23. Maine, 1820.
24. Missouri, 1821.
25. Arkansas, 1836..
26. Michigan, 1837.

27. Florida, 1845.
28. Texas, 1845.
29. Iowa, 1846..

30. Wisconsin, 1848..
31. California, 1850..
32. Minnesota, 1858

33. Oregon, 1859.

34. Kansas, 1861...
35. West Virginia, 1863.

36. Nevada, 1864..
37. Nebraska, 1867.

38. Colorado, 1876..

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