 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 colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save...  Life of Abraham Lincoln - Page 348by Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 544 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Abram Garfield - Presidents - 1882 - 842 pages
...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 if I could do it by freeing some...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.... | |
 | William M. Thayer - Biography & Autobiography - 1882 - 430 pages
...Union without freeing 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...would also do that. " What I do about slavery and the coloured race, I do because it helps to save the Union ; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do... | |
 | George Washington Williams - African American soldiers - 1882 - 640 pages
...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 if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. " I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause... | |
 | Rev. Henry Mason Baum - 1882 - 924 pages
...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 if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. ... I have here stated my purpose according to my views of official duty,... | |
 | Edward McPherson - United States - 1882 - 680 pages
...Wlint I do about slavery and th»; colored race, I do because I believe It helps to save the Union, tmJ what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save tho Union. I nhall d" les« whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurt« the cause, and ehall do... | |
 | James Taylor - 1882 - 284 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 slavery and the coloured race, I do because I believe it helps to save this Union ; and what I forbear, I forbear because... | |
 | Arthur Gilman - History - 1883 - 706 pages
...he wrote : " 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...I do not believe it would help to save the Union." used these words : " Its foundations are laid, its corner stone rests upon the great truth that the... | |
 | Robert Clemens Smedley - Abolitionists - 1883 - 474 pages
...freeing any slave, I would do it, and if I could do it by freeing all the slaves I would do it, and if 1 could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone...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 save the Union. I shall... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1883 - 994 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 slavery and the colored race, I do because 1 believe it helps to save this Union ; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would... | |
 | Timothy Thomas Fortune - African Americans - 1884 - 324 pages
...save it by freeing all the (laves 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 Union. I shall... | |
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