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" 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 others alone, I would also do that. "
Great Debates in American History: The Civil War - Page 214
edited by - 1913
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The Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War in the United States of ..., Volume 2

Benson John Lossing - United States - 1880 - 664 pages
...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 help* to save the Union ; arid what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to...
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The History of Our Country from Its Discovery by Columbus to the Celebration ...

Abby Sage Richardson - United States - 1875 - 624 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...forbear because I do not believe it would help to save this Umon." . Of course he was assailed on both sides. Bodies of men waited on him, begging him not...
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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
...would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I «ould also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do...help to save the Union. I shall do le'ss whenever I sfiall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I believe doing more will...
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The North American Review, Volume 126

North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1878 - 656 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...whenever I believe doing more will help the cause." And he closed the assurance by declaring, "I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish...
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Horace Greeley

Whitelaw Reid - 1879 - 36 pages
...said: — "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...not believe it would help to save the Union. ... I have here stated my purpose according to my views of official duty ; and I intend no modification of...
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The North American Review, Volume 131

North American review - 1880 - 614 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, and what I forbear I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I...
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The North American Review, Volume 131

North American review - 1880 - 632 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, and what I forbear I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I...
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The Life, Speeches and Public Services of Gen. James A. Garfield of Ohio

Russell H. Conwell - 1880 - 386 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 the union ; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it helps to save the union. I shall...
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The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 2

Jefferson Davis - Confederate States of America - 1881 - 902 pages
...would therein have received a staggering if not fatal blow." The President replied at length, saying : "I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am...doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors...
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The Life, Speeches, and Public Services of James A. Garfield, Twentieth ...

Russell H. Conwell - Presidents - 1881 - 426 pages
...forbear because I do not believe it helps to save the union. I shall do less whenever I believe that what I am doing hurts the cause ; and I shall do more...whenever I believe doing more will help the cause. Thus, against all importunities on the one hand, and remonstrances on the other, he took the mighty...
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