It is because partisans have failed to see the true character of the Rebellion, or been unwilling to recognize it, that they do not feel how absurd it is to say that the war on our part has been changed, when nothing has been done but to recognize the identity between Slavery and the Rebellion.
Sumner argues that failure to recognize the connection between slavery and the rebellion leads to misunderstandings about the war's nature.
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