 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...  Life of Abraham Lincoln - Page 355by Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 544 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...would do it — and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do thut. " > @} + I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause; and I shall do more whenever I believe doing more... | |
 | Edward McPherson - Confederate States of America - 1864 - 462 pages
...do that. What I do about (slavery and tho colored race, I do because I believe it helps tu save the Union, and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it wuold help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am dertoy hurts tho cause,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1865 - 78 pages
...slave, I would do it — 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 help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I believe doing more... | |
 | Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 480 pages
...slave, I would do it ; and if I could do 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 help to save the Union. 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... | |
 | Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 506 pages
...slave, I would do it ; and if I could do 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 help to save the Union. 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... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 972 pages
...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 help to save the Union. 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... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 864 pages
...slave, I would do it — 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 help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts tho cause, and I shall do more whenever I believe doing more... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1885 - 316 pages
...slave, I would do it — 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 help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I believe doing more... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 886 pages
...slave, I would do it—if I conld 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...do not believe it would help to save the Union. I ehall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1865 - 866 pages
...slave, I would do it — if I conld 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...forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would hulp to save the Union. I shall do loss whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and... | |
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