 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...  Anecdotes of Public Men - Page 169by John Wien Forney - 1873 - 444 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Hilary Abner Herbert - Antislavery movements - 1912 - 280 pages
...1862: "My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and it 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." Indeed, Congress had, in 1861, by joint resolution declared that the... | |
 | Charles Lester Barstow - United States - 1912 - 240 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 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 142 could save it by freeing some... | |
 | Daniel Webster Church - 1912 - 56 pages
...I do not agree with them. My paramount purpose is to save the Union, and it is neither to save nor 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 of the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - Biography & Autobiography - 1913 - 660 pages
...anyone in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it in the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored,...could save it by freeing some, and leaving others alone, I would do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps... | |
 | Henry Eldridge Bourne, Elbert Jay Benton - United States - 1913 - 652 pages
...slavery." He thought that was for the Southern states to do. He said, "If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it, and if I could save...could save it by freeing some, and leaving others alone, I would also do that." He finally decided that he could save the Union only by destroying slavery.... | |
 | History - 1914 - 394 pages
...self-constructed "Prayer of 20,000,000 of People" he wrote: "My paramount object is to save the Union and not to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union...could save it by freeing some, and leaving others alone, I would do that." Further: "My enemies pretend that I am now carrying on the war for the sole... | |
 | Ariadne Gilbert - Biography - 1914 - 452 pages
...part) : " 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, I would also do that." Many other letters he read and answered ; but, before he was through,... | |
 | Ariadne Gilbert - Biography - 1914 - 452 pages
...part) : " 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, I would also do that." Many other letters he read and answered; but, before he was through,... | |
 | David Paterson, Susan Willoughby, Doug Willoughby - History - 2001 - 340 pages
...the slaves. He virtually admitted this, late in 1862, when he said: 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. In fact, he did the latter, since only the slaves in rebel states were... | |
 | David J Eicher - History - 2002 - 992 pages
...paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union," Lincoln wrote, "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 do it by freeing some and leaving... | |
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