 | James P. Pfiffner - Political Science - 2003 - 230 pages
...Greeley: 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 save it by freeing some and leaving... | |
 | Richard Wormser - History - 2004 - 238 pages
...the war: "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 save it by freeing some and... | |
 | Derrick Bell - Law - 2004 - 248 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 could save it by freeing some and... | |
 | Derrick Bell - History - 2004 - 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 could save it by freeing some and... | |
 | Roger Milton Barrus - History - 2004 - 178 pages
...declared, "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 save it by freeing some and leaving... | |
 | Michael Lee Lanning - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 344 pages
...stating, "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 save it by freeing some and leaving... | |
 | Jeffrey Manber, Neil Dahlstrom - History - 2006 - 368 pages
...his views on the slavery question, and to his approach on the entire war. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to...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 save it by freeing some and... | |
 | David Herbert Donald, Harold Holzer - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 462 pages
...remiss." Three days later, Lincoln replied with a famous letter reiterating: "My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to...destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it. ..." What Greeley and other critics did not know is that Lincoln had... | |
 | Russell B. Goodman - Philosophy - 2005 - 398 pages
...at work: "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 save it by freeing some and... | |
 | Bijian Zheng - Political Science - 2006 - 102 pages
...stressed: 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 save it by freeing some and leaving... | |
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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... 
