 If I could save the Union without 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 do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.  The Civil War in America - Page 140by Walter Gaston Shotwell - 1923Full view - About this book
 | American essays - 1910 - 964 pages
...'understanded of the people.' 'My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and it is not either to save or destroy Slavery. If I could...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 alone, I would... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 518 pages
...Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or destroy...if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 514 pages
...Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or destroy...if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - History - 1864 - 492 pages
...Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or destroy...slave. I would do it— if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it—and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...it to Mte tlie Union, and not either to sate or dcttroy Slirery. " If I could save the Union without | + alone, I would also do thut. " What I do about Slavery and the Colored Race, I do because I believe... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...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 do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about Slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1865 - 78 pages
...Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or destroy...if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it... | |
 | Phebe Ann Hanaford - Presidents United States Biography - 1865 - 232 pages
...unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. " My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or destroy...I could do it by freeing some, and leaving others alone, I would also do that. " What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1885 - 316 pages
...Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or destroy...if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 864 pages
...slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to sare or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without...if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it... | |
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