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" If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save Slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy Slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount... "
The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State ... - Page 251
by Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1865 - 808 pages
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The Life of Horace Greeley: Founder of the New York Tribune, with Extended ...

Lurton Dunham Ingersoll - Journalists - 1873 - 754 pages
...the 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...save the Union unless they could at the same time sate slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they...
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The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, Volume 15

George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1876 - 920 pages
...letter from that gentleman, gave utterance to his views as follows : " If there be those who '• I'M not save the Union unless they could at the same time...same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or destroy slavery. If I ri'tiM save...
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The Life, Speeches and Public Services of Gen. James A. Garfield of Ohio

Russell H. Conwell - 1880 - 386 pages
...futile. To this the President responded in that evermemorable dispatch of August 22, in which he said : If there be those who would not save the union unless...same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object is to save the union, and not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save...
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The North American Review, Volume 131

North American review - 1880 - 632 pages
...defined "his policy with respect to slavery" to be, "to save the Union. If there be those," he added, " who would not save the Union unless they could at...same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could...
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The North American Review, Volume 131

North American review - 1880 - 614 pages
...denned "his policy with respect to slavery" to be, "to save the Union. If there be those," he added, " who would not save the Union unless they could at...same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could...
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Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 1

John Wien Forney - Statesmen - 1873 - 452 pages
...August 22, 1862 : " 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...same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. "My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or destroy slavery. " If I could...
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The Life, Speeches, and Public Services of James A. Garfield, Including an ...

Russell H. Conwell - Presidents - 1881 - 430 pages
...futile. To this the President responded in that evermemorable dispatch of August 22, in which he said : If there be those who would not save the union unless...same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object is to save the union, and not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save...
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Our Brother in Black: His Freedom and His Future

Atticus Greene Haygood - African Americans - 1881 - 270 pages
..." Broken eggs can never be mended, and the longer the breaking proceeds the more will be broken."] If there be those who would not save the Union, unless...same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy...
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History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880: 1800-1880

George Washington Williams - African American soldiers - 1882 - 640 pages
...the 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...same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. " My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or destroy slavery. " If I could...
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The age we live in: a history of the nineteenth century, Volume 3, Part 2

James Taylor - 1882 - 284 pages
...return to the Union.' Mr. Lincoln, in his letter to Horace Greely, of the 22nd August, 1861, said — ' If there be those who would not save the Union, unless...same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy...
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