 | James Abram Garfield - Presidents - 1882 - 842 pages
...To this the President responded in that ever-memorable reply 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 to destroy slavery. " If I could... | |
 | William M. Thayer - Biography & Autobiography - 1882 - 430 pages
...contained the following passages, which will appear more and more remarkable as the ages roll on : — "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... | |
 | Osborn Hamiline Oldroyd - 1882 - 614 pages
...TO HORACE GREELEY. My paramount object is to save the Union, and neither to save or destroy slavery. If there be those who would not save the Union unless...would not save the Union unless they could at the sam : time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object is to save the Union, and... | |
 | Robert Clemens Smedley - Abolitionists - 1883 - 474 pages
...under 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 in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not to save or destroy Slavery. If... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1883 - 998 pages
...Horace Greeley, in response to a letter from that gentleman, gave utterance to his views as follows: "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... | |
 | Edward Reynolds Roe - United States - 1884 - 312 pages
...under 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...the Union unless they could at the same time destroy LINCOLN AS A UNION SAVEK. 187 slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object is to save the... | |
 | Timothy Thomas Fortune - African Americans - 1884 - 324 pages
...sooner the national authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be the Union it was. * * * If there be those who would not save the Union, unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I <lr> not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either... | |
 | Timothy Thomas Fortune - African Americans - 1884 - 324 pages
...constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be the Union it was. • * * 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 object in this struggle is to nine the Union,... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Michigan - 1885 - 396 pages
...the constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored, the sooner 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 save... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Illustrated books - 1885 - 482 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 not...same time destroy slavery, i do not agree with them. Mv paramount object is to save tke Union, and not either to save or destroy slavery. if i could save... | |
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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... 
