| New Hampshire - 1886 - 140 páginas
...Columbia. Twelve years after that seventh of March he had published to the world this well-known statement: "I would save the Union. I would save it in the shortest way under the constitution . . . the Union as it was. My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or destroy slavery.... | |
| Benjamin Perley Poore - 1886 - 562 páginas
...being " disastrously remiss in enforcing the laws." Mr. Lincoln replied, calmly but positively : " I would save the Union. I would save it in the shortest way, under the Constitution. If I could save the Union without freeing any slaves I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing... | |
| Benjamin Perley Poore - 1885 - 1136 páginas
...being " disastrously remiss in enforcing the laws." Mr. Lincoln replied, calmly but positively : " I would save the Union. I would save it in the shortest way, under the Constitution. If I could save the Union without freeing any slaves I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing... | |
| Noah Brooks - 1888 - 512 páginas
...dictatorial tone, I waive it in deference to an old friend whose heart I have always supposed to be right. "As to the policy I ' seem to be pursuing,' as you...sooner the national authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be — the Union as it was. " If there be those who would not save the Union... | |
| John Robert Irelan - 1888 - 718 páginas
...dictatorial tone, I waive it in deference to an old friend whose heart I have always supposed to be right. " As to the policy I ' seem to be pursuing,' as you...sooner the national authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be — the Union as it was. " If there be those who would not save the Union... | |
| Régis de Trobriand - 1888 - 816 páginas
...23d of August, he thus denned his rule of conduct, in a letter which made a great sensation : — " I would save the Union. I would save it in the shortest...sooner the national authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be — the Union as it was. " If there be those who would not save the Union... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - 1888 - 574 páginas
...tone, I waive it in deference to an old friend whose heart I have always supposed to be right. . . . As to the policy I 'seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. . . . My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could... | |
| 1889 - 1016 páginas
...it in deference to an old friend, whose heart I have always supposed to be right. As to the policy 1 "seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant...in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored, the nearer... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1890 - 500 páginas
...dictatorial tone, I waive it in deference to an old friend whose heart I have always supposed to be right. As to the policy I "seem to be pursuing," as you say,...sooner the national authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be — the Union as it was. If there be those who would not save the Union unless... | |
| 1890 - 724 páginas
...dictatorial tone, I waive it in deference to an old friend whose heart I have always supposed to be right. As to the policy, I ' seem to be pursuing,' as you...save it in the shortest way under the Constitution. ... If I could save the Union without freeing any slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by... | |
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