...the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored; the nearer the Union will be to the "Union as it was." If there be those who would...without freeing any slave 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...

...struggle is to save the Union," he wrote in August 1862 to Horace Greeley, editor of The New York Tribune, "and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If...do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and having others alone, I would also do that."14 Was this really Lincoln's belief or part of a shrewd...

...Lincoln August 22 in a letter to Horace Greeley of the New-York Tribune, "and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without...I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that." An Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Lincoln September 22...

...Union. Lincoln's first inaugural address, captured in the Globe, said in part: My paramount objective in this struggle is to save the Union and is not either...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 do it by freeing some of the...

...Tribune editor Horace Greeley about emancipation, wherein he wrote, "if I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save...I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that." Within months of this letter, Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation...

...New York Tribune, explaining his position: "Dear Sir ... I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the...destroy Slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it." 51 [ 9 ] Post-Emancipation Fight for Freedom We have pioneered civilizatlan...

...Slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle 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; and if I could do it freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving...

...having the dignity of a state paper, Lincoln answered, "My paramount object is to save the Union and not either to save or destroy Slavery. If I could...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 do it by freeing some and leaving...

...98-9,171-2. 25 "My paramount object in this struggle," Lincoln wrote Horace Greeley on August 22, 1862, "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." The People Shall Judge: Readings in the Formation of American Policy,...

...171-2. 25 "My paramount object in this struggle," Lincoln wrote Horace Greeley on August 22, 1862, "/s 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." The People Shall ludge: Readings in the Formation of American Policy,...