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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... "
American History Told by Contemporaries - Page 385
edited by - 1901
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Annual Register, Volume 111

Edmund Burke - 1870 - 712 pages
...letter written and published by him in the second year of the civil war, the same President said, " My paramount object in this struggle is to save the...would also do that. What I do about slavery and the coloured race, I do because I believe it helps to save this Union ; and what I forbear, I forbear because...
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The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 37

1889 - 1060 pages
...freeing any slave, 1 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 others...that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, 1 do because I believe it helps to save the Union ; and what I forbear, 1 forbear because 1 do not...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 116

1862 - 620 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...would also do that. What I do about slavery and the coloured race, I do because I believe it helps to save this Union, and what I forbear, I forbear because...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History and Politics of ..., Volume 104

1863 - 798 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...would also do that. What I do about slavery and the coloured race I do because I believe it helps to save this Union, and what I forbear, I forbear because...
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The Life and Administration of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History ...

George Washington Bacon - 1865 - 206 pages
...slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object. is to savetke Union, and not either to tave or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without...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...
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The Political History of the United States of America During the Great Rebellion

Edward McPherson - 1865 - 676 pages
...ofgrrt is to save the Vhion and not either to gave or destroy tlarfry. If T could save tho Union without alono, I would also do tliat. What I do about nlavcry and the colored rnce, I do because I believe...
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History of the American War, Volume 2

Henry Charles Fletcher - 1865 - 470 pages
...without freeing any slaves, I would do it. If I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it 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...
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The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State ...

Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1865 - 848 pages
...suve it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it — and if I could do it by freeing same and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and tlio colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save this Union; and what I forbear, I forbear...
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The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State ...

Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1865 - 840 pages
...save it by freeing all tho slaves, I would do it — and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and tho colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save this Union ; and what I forbear, I forbear...
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The Great Rebellion: Its Secret History, Rise, Progress, and Disastrous Failure

John Minor Botts - 1866 - 416 pages
...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...alone, I would also do that. " What I do about slavery or the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union ; and what I forbear, I forbear...
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