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" My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. "
Anniversary Addresses - Page 404
by Samuel Colcord Bartlett - 1894 - 517 pages
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The Great Rebellion: Its Secret History, Rise, Progress, and Disastrous Failure

John Minor Botts - 1866 - 416 pages
...would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. " My paramount object is to save the Union, and not...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...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln

Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 578 pages
...destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. "My paramount object is to save the Union, and not eithw 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 and leaving...
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The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States ...

Horace Greeley - 1866 - 836 pages
...Slavery, I do not agree with them. ".!/.'/ paramount object it to late the Union, and not either to aarc 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 and leaving...
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The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the ..., Volume 2

Horace Greeley - 1866 - 804 pages
...not save the Union unless they could at the 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...
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Abraham Lincoln: His Life and Public Services

Phebe Ann Hanaford - 1866 - 222 pages
...not save the Union unless they could at the 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. 11 If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; if I could save it by freeing...
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History of the American Civil War, Volume 1

John William Draper - 1868 - 628 pages
...says Lincoln (August, 1862), " is to save the Union, and not either to save ject to save the 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 save it by freeing some and leaving...
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The Democratic Speaker's Hand-book ...

1868 - 424 pages
...time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. îfy paramount object is to save the Union ami nut 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, 1 would do it...
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Addresses [1870-1880.]

James Abram Garfield - 1871 - 276 pages
...would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object is to save the Union, and not...without freeing any slave I would do it If I could save it by freeing all ihe slaves I would do it ; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving...
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Commentaries Upon International Law, Volume 1

Sir Robert Phillimore - 1871 - 800 pages
...war, the same President said : ' 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;...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 232

1872 - 772 pages
...slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in the straggle is to save the Union, and it is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could...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 save it by freeing some and leaving...
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