| Philip McFarland - Biography & Autobiography - 2008 - 334 pages
...bloody battles were being fought only to save the Union. Just that. "If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save...if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that." But what would Jesus do? Jesus's object would be, as Harriet explained... | |
| Gloria J. Browne-Marshall - Law - 2007 - 430 pages
...1800s), 117-118. 65. Ibid. 66. Abraham Lincoln, August 22, 1862. "My paramount object in this struggle is 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 save it by freeing some and... | |
| Jacqueline L. Tobin - History - 2007 - 300 pages
...North and in Canada still leery of his intent, My paramount object is to save the Union and not cither 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 freemg all the slaves, I would do it: and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving... | |
| Robert H. Ferrell - History - 2007 - 350 pages
...Tribune: "My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to 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 save it by freeing some and leaving... | |
| Miodrag A. Jovanović - Federal government - 2007 - 257 pages
...slavery: [m]y paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and it is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving... | |
| James W. Loewen - Education - 2007 - 464 pages
...Tribune: My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to 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 save it by freeing some and... | |
| T. Thomas Fortune - Social Science - 2007 - 257 pages
...with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to 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 save it by freeing some and leaving... | |
| Patrick J. Buchanan - Political Science - 2007 - 316 pages
...honesty, My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to 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 save it by freeing some and leaving... | |
| Gary Lee Roper - Slavery - 2008 - 350 pages
...avocation. " 147 The "Great Emancipator, "Abraham Lincoln, wrote: "My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy...if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps... | |
| Philip L. Ostergard - Biography & Autobiography - 2008 - 293 pages
...with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to 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 save it by freeing some and leaving... | |
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