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At this moment our domestic relations all hinge upon one question,--How to treat the Rebel States.
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Sumner highlights the critical issue of how to approach the Rebel States during the Civil War.
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As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
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