 | Roscoe Lewis Ashley - 1908 - 690 pages
...wrote, " I would save the Union. I would save it in the shortest way under the Constitution. . . . My paramount object in this struggle is to save the...without freeing any slave, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would doit; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving... | |
 | William James Dawson, Coningsby Dawson - 1908 - 304 pages
...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 save it by freeing some and leaving others...would also do that. What I do about slavery and the coloured race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because... | |
 | 1908 - 102 pages
...with them. 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 do it by freeing some and leaving... | |
 | 1908 - 796 pages
...moderation, August 22, 1862, 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 ; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that." While there seems to be... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1909 - 770 pages
...LINCOLN TO GREELEY EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, August 22, 1862. HAVE just read yours of the igth, addressed to myself through the New York "Tribune."...I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, 1 would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it... | |
 | 1909 - 992 pages
...stated his position and explained his policy with absolute lucidity. " If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save...I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that." Like statements were made to others in formal and informal utterances,... | |
 | Charles Washington Moores - 1909 - 144 pages
...Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. ... If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; and if I could...I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. ... I have here stated my purpose according to my view of official duty... | |
 | Richard Watson Gilder - 1909 - 126 pages
...stated his position and explained his policy with absolute lucidity. "If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save...I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that." Like statements were made to others in formal and informal utterances,... | |
 | Robert Haven Schauffler - 1909 - 414 pages
...agree with them. 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 do it by freeing some and leaving... | |
 | G. S. Boritt - 2001 - 356 pages
...He wrote: "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...I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that." Easler, et al., eds., Collected Works of Lincoln, 5:388. As far as it... | |
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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... 
