 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
 | John Wien Forney - Bookbinding - 1873 - 462 pages
...save it by freeing all the slaves, I 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...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.... | |
 | John Wien Forney - Bookbinding - 1873 - 462 pages
...save it by freeing all the slaves, I 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...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.... | |
 | Lurton Dunham Ingersoll - Journalists - 1873 - 744 pages
...freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the coloured race, I do because I believe it helps to save this...what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe itwould help to save the Union. I shall do lets whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the... | |
 | Lurton Dunham Ingersoll - Journalists - 1873 - 754 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 also do that. What I do about slavery and the coloured race, I do because I believe it helps to save this Union ; and what I forbear, I forbear because... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1880 - 664 pages
...would do it," he said. "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...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... | |
 | Abby Sage Richardson - United States - 1875 - 624 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...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... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1876 - 920 pages
...The slaves, I 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...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... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1878 - 656 pages
...any 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...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Russell H. Conwell - 1880 - 386 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...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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