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" My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could... "
The American Civil War
by Cole Kingseed - 2004 - 185 pages
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Annual Register, Volume 111

Edmund Burke - History - 1870 - 712 pages
...letter written and published by him in the second year of the civil war, the same President said, " My paramount object in this struggle is to save the...would also do that. What I do about slavery and the coloured race, I do because I believe it helps to save this Union ; and what I forbear, I forbear because...
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The British Almanac of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge for ...

Almanacs, English - 1864 - 424 pages
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 106

American essays - 1910 - 964 pages
...freeing any slave, I would do it. If I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others...that. What I do about Slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save this Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not...
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History of the United States: From the Earliest Period to the ..., Volume 4

Jesse Ames Spencer - United States - 1866 - 620 pages
...subordinate to this end and aim. " My paramount object is to save tlie Union, and not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without...that. What I do about slavery and the colored race I do because I believe it helps to save this Union, and what I forbear I forbear because I do not believe...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 116

1862 - 620 pages
...with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without...would also do that. What I do about slavery and the coloured race, I do because I believe it helps to save this Union, and what I forbear, I forbear because...
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The Christian Examiner, Volume 73

Liberalism (Religion) - 1862 - 486 pages
...freeing any slave, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing all slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others...that. " What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it will help to save this Union ; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do...
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The Christian Examiner, Volume 73

Liberalism (Religion) - 1862 - 520 pages
...freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others...that. " What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it will help to save this Union ; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History and Politics of ..., Volume 104

Books - 1863 - 798 pages
...with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without...would also do that. What I do about slavery and the coloured race I do because I believe it helps to save this Union, and what I forbear, I forbear because...
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The Democratic Platform: General McClellan's Letter of Acceptance

Campaign literature - 1864 - 18 pages
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History of the Administration of President Lincoln

Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 490 pages
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