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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... "
The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History and Politics of the Year ... - Page 231
1863
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The History of Abraham Lincoln, and the Overthrow of Slavery

Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 804 pages
...wished them fully to understand his motives. He said : " My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it, and...
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THE AMERICAN CONFLICT: A HSTORY OF THE GREAT REBELLION

HORACE GREELEY - 1866 - 808 pages
...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 the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it—if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it— and...
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The History of Abraham Lincoln, and the Overthrow of Slavery

Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 748 pages
...wished them fully to understand his motives. He said : " My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave. I would do it ; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it, and...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln

Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 568 pages
...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 the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln

Josiah Gilbert Holland - Presidents - 1866 - 578 pages
...destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. "My paramount object is to save the Union, and not eithw to save or destroy slavery. "If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; .and...
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The Democratic Speaker's Hand-book ...

Campaign literature - 1868 - 424 pages
...time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. îfy paramount object is to save the Union ami nut either to save or destroy slavery. if I could save...without freeing any slave, I would do it — and if I could Save it by freeing all the slaves, 1 would do it — and if 1 could save it by freeing some and...
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Addresses [1870-1880.]

James Abram Garfield - United States - 1871 - 276 pages
...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 the Union without freeing any slave I would do it If I could save it by freeing all ihe slaves I would do it ; and if...
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The Life of Horace Greeley: Editor of "The New-York Tribune", from His Birth ...

James Parton - 1872 - 820 pages
...as it was.' If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time tave slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those...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...
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The Life of Horace Greeley: Editor of "The New-York Tribune", from His Birth ...

James Parton - 1872 - 592 pages
...at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle it to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy...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...
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A Representative Life of Horace Greeley

L. U. Reavis - Biography & Autobiography - 1872 - 598 pages
...agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not cither to savo 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 do it by freeingsome and leaving...
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