Mr. Stevexs contends that these States are j not in the Union—that they are territories, as i New Mexico is a territory—that, as such, Con- : Cress has a right to treat them, being, as such, subject to the discipline and tutelage of Con gress. In thia condition of affairs it is his de sire to have the Southern States in a state of pupilage for an indefinite time—the shortest period he speaks of is thirty years. Gene ral objects are to be accomplished by the re