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 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 Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 5521862Full view - About this book
| 1907 - 638 pages
...at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object is to save the Union, not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could...without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it. If I could save it by freeing some and leaving... | |
| 1908 - 102 pages
...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 the Union unless...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... | |
| Ester Singleton - World history - 1908 - 598 pages
...declared in an oft-quoted letter to Horace Greeley, "is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without...I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that." * But a year of desperate and indecisive conflict had shown to the North... | |
| United States - 1908 - 796 pages
...Greeley upon his moderation, August 22, 1862, he said : "My paramount object is to save the union and not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could...without freeing any slave, I would do it ; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that." While there seems to be... | |
| Roscoe Lewis Ashley - United States - 1908 - 690 pages
...Constitution. . . . 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 doit; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving... | |
| Robert Haven Schauffler - 1909 - 414 pages
...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 the Union unless...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... | |
| Albert Bushnell Hart - United States - 1909 - 770 pages
...with them. 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...I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, 1 would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it... | |
| Paul Selby - Slavery - 1909 - 40 pages
...he also did in his famous letter to Horace Greeley, of August 22nd of that year, when he declared: "My paramount object in this struggle is to save the...without freeing any slave, I 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... | |
| Charles Washington Moores - Presidents - 1909 - 144 pages
...Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. ... If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; and if I could...I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. ... I have here stated my purpose according to my view of official duty... | |
| American literature - 1909 - 992 pages
...stated his position and explained his policy with absolute lucidity. " If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save...I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that." Like statements were made to others in formal and informal utterances,... | |
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