In a letter to Horace Greeley he wrote, "My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union"
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A LETTER FROM PRESIDENT LINCOLN. - Reply to Horace Greeley ...  Horace Greeley: DEAR SIR: I have just read yours of the 19th, addressed to ... My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save...
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Lincoln: "If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would ...  Feb 21, 2014 ... Abraham Lincoln's Letter to Horace Greeley: ... My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to ... Perhaps Lincoln believed he could not free all the slaves before securing the Union. ..... Anderson's written warning that, based on his understanding of the agreement,...
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Abraham Lincoln and slavery - Wikipedia  Abraham Lincoln's position on slavery is one of the central issues in American history. Lincoln often expressed moral opposition to slavery in public and private. Initially, he expected to bring about the eventual extinction of slavery by ..... he wrote a letter in response to an editorial by Horace Greeley of the New York Tribune...
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Abraham Lincoln's Letter to Horace Greeley - Abraham Lincoln Online  A few years after the president's death, Greeley wrote an assessment of Lincoln. He stated that Lincoln did not actually respond to his editorial but used it instead ... My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to...
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Letter to Horace Greeley (August 22, 1862) | Lincoln's Writings  Context: Horace Greeley published an angry open letter to President Lincoln ... Yet by that point, Lincoln had already decided (in secret) that the only way he could ... My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save ... Written at a time when the draft of the Emancipation Proclamation had...
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The Price of Freedom: Ulysses S. Grant's Letter from Fort Donelson  On 16 February 1862 General Buckner surrendered Fort Donelson. ... replied, "No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. ... battles in the West at Shiloh, but it was not the decisive victory that the Union wanted. ... the South while he himself, with the Army of the Potomac, pinned down Gen.
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Horace Greeley: Land Reform and Unemployment, 1837-1862  Aug 11, 2004 ... His oft-repeated epigram, "Go West, young man, go forth into the Country," dates ... There had never been such suffering in New York before. ... In 1837, he demanded restriction of immigration and revision of the naturalization ... All sorts of reforms found support in the Tribune, the Greeley heresies even...
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Greeley Only Wished He Had Said It - NYTimes.com  Feb 13, 1994 ... ... sounder advice than Horace Greeley's 'Go west, young man, and grow up with ... Express in 1851 in an article by John Babsone Lane Soule.
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By the Book: Two views of the West, a century apartSuffolk Times ...  Apr 8, 2011 ... Go west, young man! said Horace Greeley, eastern newspaperman. ... him a respectable breadwinner) he reworked some of the letters into publishable vignettes. ... The novel, dedicated to Teddy Roosevelt, was published in 1902 ... Owen Wister never had to clerk or practice law after the book came out.
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When Washington, D.C. Came Close to Being Conquered by the ...  The year was 1864, and the South was all but beaten, yet Jubal Early's ragged army had D.C. within its grasp. ... The role of savior did not fit snugly on the tall form of the man they called "Old Jube. ... He had argued caustically against secession and for the Union until his state seceded, whereupon he became an equally...
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Horace Greeley - Wikipedia  Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811  November 28, 1872) was founder and editor of the New-York Tribune, among the great newspapers of its time. Long active in politics, he served briefly as a congressman from New York, ... He popularized the phrase "Go West, young man, and grow up with the country," although it is...
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Letter from Sam Houston Withdrawing from the Canvass. - NYTimes ...  I withdraw my name from the list of candidates for the Presidency. ... whether called into the field by the untrammelled will of the people, or by the several ... sentiment of the hero of New-Orleans and sage of the Hermitage, "the federal Union,...
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J! Archive - Show #3281, aired 1998-12-07  In a letter to Horace Greeley he wrote, "My paramount object in this struggle is to .... Octavia Butler writes novels like "Clay's Ark" & "Patternmaster" in this genre...
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Harry S. Truman: Annual Message to the Congress - The American ...  The attainment of this kind of society demands the best efforts of every citizen in every ... The Government must see that every American has a chance to obtain his fair .... That faith is embodied in the promise of equal rights and equal opportunities ... and every individual has a right to expect from our Government a fair deal.
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Ask Me A Trivia Question -- 2 --  Topix  0. Reply. Alex Trebek. Apr 23, 2010. ` John Logan, a volunteer who rose to Union general, helped establish this observance to honor war dead.
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Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation  President Lincoln read the first draft of this document to his Cabinet members on July 22, 1862. ... Slaves in Confederate states which were not back in the Union by then would be free, ... The most controversial document in Lincoln's presidency, its signing met with both hostility ... WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
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History 3 Honors Midterm Flashcards | Quizlet  Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his army to Union General .... Tecumseh and the Prophet attempted to oppress white settlement in the .... United States freed slave and insurrectionist in South Carolina who was ... the 19th century; was an advocate of slavery, states' rights, limited government, and nullification.
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Abraham Lincoln and slavery - Wikipedia  Abraham Lincoln's position on slavery is one of the central issues in American history. ... In 1863, Lincoln ordered the freedom of all slaves in the areas in rebellion and ..... Greeley of the New York Tribune which had urged complete abolition. .... enlistment of black soldiers were necessary for the preservation of the Union,...
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Ch. 34 APUSH Flashcards | Quizlet  on January 22, 1917, he delivered one of his most moving addresses, realistically ..... this man & his American Federation of Labor gave loyal support to the war effort .... those against the League of Nations; Republicans, led by Lodge; ... points; Wilson compromised much of his 14 Points to save the League of Nations;...
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What I Know about Horace Greeley. | The Old Print Shop  Horace Greeley is shown posting bail for the traitorous Confederate ... "Tammany Mud" (corruption and slander) at President Grant, who is reading an ... in practice it branded Greeley a traitor, just like the man he had helped free. .... The, : The First Time General Grant Could Not  The Girl of the Period Lost in the Wilderness.
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HarpWeek | Elections | 1868 Overview  In fact, many observers viewed the 1868 presidential contest between Republican ... stature to secure the nomination, they turned to General Ulysses S. Grant. ... He closed the public letter with the hopeful proclamation: "Let us have peace. ... an end to national turmoil and became the slogan of the Republican campaign.