that those' States had never left the ;

j entleman (Mr. Stevens) contends in his that those States were out of the Union ; omlnates them "dead States," to be, x) by Congress to territorial rule. *fcsj forfeited their rights for four years, be . in fact, a asssaTßte power and govern tnd now to be dealt with according to I of the conqueror, and disciplined as vernment may prescribe. If they were