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" 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 do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. "
The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States ... - Page 250
by Horace Greeley - 1866
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The Life, Speeches and Public Services of Gen. James A. Garfield of Ohio

Russell H. Conwell - 1880 - 386 pages
...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 helps to save the union ; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it helps to save the union. I shall...
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The North American Review, Volume 131

North American review - 1880 - 632 pages
...would do it ; and, if I could save 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 helps to save the Union, and what I forbear I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I...
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The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 2

Jefferson Davis - Confederate States of America - 1881 - 902 pages
...would therein have received a staggering if not fatal blow." The President replied at length, saying : "I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am...doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors...
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The Life, Speeches, and Public Services of James A. Garfield, Twentieth ...

Russell H. Conwell - Presidents - 1881 - 426 pages
...forbear because I do not believe it helps to save the union. I shall do less whenever I believe that what I am doing hurts the cause ; and I shall do more whenever I believe doing more will help the cause. Thus, against all importunities on the one hand, and remonstrances on the other, he took...
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Our Brother in Black: His Freedom and His Future

Atticus Greene Haygood - African Americans - 1881 - 270 pages
...would do it; and if I could save 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 helps to save the Union ; and what I forbear I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union....
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The Life, Speeches, and Public Services of James A. Garfield, Including an ...

Russell H. Conwell - Presidents - 1881 - 430 pages
...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 helps to save the union ; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it helps to save the union. I shall...
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Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 1

John Wien Forney - Statesmen - 1873 - 452 pages
...would do it; and if I could save 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 helps to save the Union ; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union....
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A Critical Review of American Politics

Charles Reemelin - Political Science - 1881 - 676 pages
...would do it ; and if I could save 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 helps to save the Union. " I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish, that all men everywhere could...
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Our Brother in Black: His Freedom and His Future

Atticus Greene Haygood - African Americans - 1881 - 264 pages
...it ; and if I could save it by freeing smne^ajidjeaving, others alone I would_a!so do that. /vVhat I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union ; and what I forbear I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union....
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History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880: Negroes as ..., Volume 2

George Washington Williams - African Americans - 1882 - 1152 pages
...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...shall do more whenever I believe doing more will help the cause. " I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors ; and I shall adopt new views so...
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