 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 ; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could do it by freeing some...  Militant Life Insurance and Other Addresses - Page 262by Darwin Pearl Kingsley - 1911 - 441 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American essays - 1910 - 964 pages
...'understanded of the people.' 'My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and it is not either to save or destroy Slavery. If I could...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 alone, I would... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - History - 1864 - 492 pages
...The sooner the national authority can be restored the nearer the Union will be—the Union as it was. If there be those who would not save the Union unless...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... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...it to Mte tlie Union, and not either to sate or dcttroy Slirery. " If I could save the Union without | + alone, I would also do thut. " What I do about Slavery and the Colored Race, I do because I believe... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1865 - 702 pages
...brevity, in a letter to Horace Greeley, written in August of this year. " My paramount object," he said, " is to save the Union, and not either to save or destroy...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 letting others alone,... | |
 | David Brainerd Williamson - Presidents - 1865 - 322 pages
...Union, in id I would save it in the shortest way. If I could save the Union without freeing any slaves, I would do it. If I could save it by freeing all the...if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. But I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 574 pages
...sooner the national authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be— the Union as it was. "If there be those who would not save the Union unless...slave, I would do it; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I conld do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 568 pages
...sooner the national authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be — the Union as it was. "If there be those who would not save the Union unless...slave, I would do it; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I conld do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 748 pages
...government of the people, he as their President, wished them fully to understand his motives. He said : " My paramount object is to save the Union, and not...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 leading others alone. I... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 804 pages
...government of the people, he as their President, wished them fully to understand his motives. He said : " My paramount object is to save the Union, and not...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 alone, I... | |
 | Frederic Beecher Perkins - Cabinet officers - 1867 - 208 pages
...and not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slaves, I would do it — if I could save it by freeing all...would do it — and if I could do * it by freeing sflme and leaving others alone, I would also do that." Mr. Seward took it for granted that the war... | |
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