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 others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored... Lincoln's Own Stories - Page 116edited by - 1912 - 223 pagesFull view - About this book
| Russell H. Conwell - Presidents - 1881 - 430 pages
...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 also do that. What I do about...what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it helps to save the union. I shall do less whenever I believe that what I am doing hurts the cause ;... | |
| Charles Reemelin - Political Science - 1881 - 676 pages
...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 leaving others...I do because I believe it helps to save the Union. " I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish, that all men everywhere could be free."... | |
| James Abram Garfield - Presidents - 1882 - 842 pages
...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 also do that. " What I do about...help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe that what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I believe doing more... | |
| George Washington Williams - African Americans - 1882 - 1152 pages
...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 also do that. " What I do about...Colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save this Union ; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.... | |
| James Taylor - 1882 - 284 pages
...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 leaving others...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... | |
| William M. Thayer - Biography & Autobiography - 1882 - 430 pages
...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 also do that. " What I do about slavery and the coloured race, I do because it helps to save the Union ; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do... | |
| Edward McPherson - United States - 1882 - 680 pages
...by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. Wlint I do about slavery and th»; colored race, I do because I believe It helps to save the Union, tmJ what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save tho Union. I nhall d"... | |
| Robert Clemens Smedley - Abolitionists - 1883 - 474 pages
...could do it by freeing all the slaves I would do it, and if 1 could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about...forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would save the Union. I shall do lens whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall... | |
| George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1883 - 998 pages
...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 others...do about slavery and the colored race, I do because 1 believe it helps to save this Union ; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would... | |
| Arthur Gilman - History - 1883 - 706 pages
...he wrote : " My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or destroy slavery." " What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save this Union ; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union."... | |
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