 | Lewis Appleton - 1889 - 244 Seiten
...language of President Lincoln : " My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and it is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing one slave, I would do it ; and if I could do it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it. What... | |
 | Southern Historical Society - 1889 - 458 Seiten
...September 22d, he 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 freeing any slaves I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it,... | |
 | 1889 - 894 Seiten
...September 22d, he 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 freeing any slaves I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it,... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 600 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Francis Nicoll Zabriskie - 1890 - 414 Seiten
...have always found to be right. ' ' He then proclaims his " paramount object 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 do it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and... | |
 | Frederick W. Osborn - 1890 - 68 Seiten
...emancipation, he replied, in his usual forceful way : " 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... | |
 | 1890 - 738 Seiten
...slaves. To this letter he replied on August 22d, saying: " 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,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1890 - 500 Seiten
...same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. 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 tbe slaves, I would do it; and... | |
 | William Benjamin Smith - 1891 - 346 Seiten
...President said : 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... | |
 | Charles Wallace French - 1891 - 414 Seiten
...same time, destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object is to save the Union and not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing a slave I would do it. And if I could do it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it. And if... | |
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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... 
