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 helps to save... Southern Historical Society Papers - Page 2181889Full view - About this book
| 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 be free."... | |
| James Abram Garfield - Presidents - 1882 - 842 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...I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe that what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more... | |
| William M. Thayer - Biography & Autobiography - 1882 - 430 pages
...leaving others alone, I would also do that. " What I do about slavery and the coloured race, I do because it helps to save the Union ; and what I forbear, I...I do not believe it would help to save the Union. " I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever... | |
| James Taylor - 1882 - 284 pages
...do that. What I do about slavery and the coloured race, I do because I believe it helps to save this Union ; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.' If the majority of the people in the Northern States had cherished a sincere hatred of slavery they... | |
| 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 because I believe it helps to save this Union ; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.... | |
| Edward McPherson - United States - 1882 - 680 pages
...by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. Wlint I do about slavery and th»; colored race, I do because I believe It helps to save the Union, tmJ what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save tho Union. I nhall d"... | |
| Robert Clemens Smedley - Abolitionists - 1883 - 474 pages
...I would do it, and if 1 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...forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would save the Union. I shall do lens whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall... | |
| Arthur Gilman - History - 1883 - 706 pages
...he wrote : " My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or destroy slavery." " What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save this Union ; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union."... | |
| George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1883 - 998 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 1 believe it helps to save this Union ; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would... | |
| Timothy Thomas Fortune - African Americans - 1884 - 324 pages
...would do it ; and if 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...forbear because I do not believe it would help to save Union. I shall do less whenever 1 shall believe what 1 am doing hurts the cause, and 1 shall do more... | |
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