 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 ; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could...  The Living Age - Page 6801909Full view - About this book
 | James Abram Garfield - 1882 - 842 pages
...same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. " My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or to 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, —... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1883 - 412 pages
...THIRD TEAK OF THE WAR. 30. President Lincoln had said : " My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could...the Union without freeing any slaves, 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... | |
 | Robert Clemens Smedley - 1883 - 474 pages
...would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy Slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not to save or destroy Slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it, and... | |
 | Timothy Thomas Fortune - 1884 - 324 pages
...not save the Union, unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I <lr> not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the...destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave / would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it ; and... | |
 | Timothy Thomas Fortune - 1884 - 324 pages
...same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to nine the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave / would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the (laves I would do it; and... | |
 | Timothy Thomas Fortune - 1884 - 324 pages
...slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to nave the Union, and in not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave / would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the ilaves I would do it; and... | |
 | Benjamin Perley Poore - 1885 - 1136 pages
...positively : " I would save the Union. I would save it in the shortest way, under the Constitution. If I could save the Union without freeing any slaves I...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 I believe it... | |
 | Allen Thorndike Rice - 1886 - 928 pages
...22d of August, 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 slaves, 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... | |
 | Régis de Trobriand - 1888 - 816 pages
...same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. " My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or to 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, —... | |
 | Southern Historical Society - 1889 - 458 pages
...wrote to Mr. Greeley as follows : '' My paramount object is to save the Union and 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 do that also. What I do about slavery and the colored race I do because I believe it... | |
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