He failed entirely to appreciate the close connection between rebellion and slavery, and in finally yielding to the war-failure resolution at Chicago in 1864 he did not realise how completely abolition and a restoration of the Union were associated in the hearts of the people.
Alexander critiques Tilden's misunderstanding of the relationship between rebellion and slavery during the Civil War.
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