 My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or destroy slavery. 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...  Michigan, a history of governments - Page 356by Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1885Full view - About this book
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 518 pages
...the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored the nearer the Union will, be — the Union as it was. If there...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... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - History - 1864 - 492 pages
...Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored the nearer the Union will be—the Union as it was. If there be those who would not save...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... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 514 pages
...was. If there be those who would not Bare the Union unless they could at the same time save slavery, 1 do not agree with them. If there be those who would...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... | |
 | 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 | + all the slaves, I would do it — and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1885 - 316 pages
...the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored the nearer the Union will be — the Union as it was. If there...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... | |
 | Phebe Ann Hanaford - Presidents United States Biography - 1865 - 232 pages
...shortest way under the Constitution. " The sooner the national authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be the Union as it was. " If there...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... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1865 - 78 pages
...the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored the nearer the Union will be — -the Union as it was. If there...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... | |
 | Phebe Ann Hanaford - 1865 - 234 pages
...national authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will bo the Union as it was. " If there bo those who would not save the Union unless they could...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... | |
 | Mrs. P. A. Hanaford - 1865 - 230 pages
..." If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save slaver}', I do not agree with them. " If there be those who...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... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1865 - 702 pages
...brevity, in a letter to Horace Greeley, written in August of this year. " My paramount object," he said, " is to save the Union, and not either to save or destroy...it — and if I could save it by freeing some and letting others alone, I would also do that." In September, he published a proclamation, distinctly... | |
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