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  1. www.abrahamlincolnonline.org › lincoln › speechesLetter to Horace Greeley - Abraham Lincoln Online

    What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause.

  2. history.stackexchange.com › questions › 32832What is the context of Lincoln saying: "if I could save the union...

    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 the Union will be "the Union as it was." If there be those who would not save the Union, unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them.

  3. genius.com › Abraham-lincoln-letter-to-horace-greeley-annotatedAbraham Lincoln – Letter to Horace Greeley - Genius

    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 the Union will be “the Union as it was.”

  4. www.dummies.com › article › academics-the-artsLincoln’s Views on Slavery and the Union - dummies

    Mar 26, 2016 · “If I could save the Union without freeing any slaves,” he wrote, “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 alone, I would also do that.”

  5. abrahamlincoln.org › features › speeches-writingsAbraham Lincoln Quotes

    “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 the Union will be ‘the Union as it was.’” Letter to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862

  6. history.stackexchange.com › questions › 48694What prompted Lincoln to change his mind about ending 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; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that.

  7. jackmillercenter.org › abraham-lincoln-preservation-unionAbraham Lincoln and the Preservation of the Union

    But Lincoln’s primary goal in going to war was to save the Union, slavery or not. The Emancipation Proclamation changed the equation. The Civil War began on April 12, 1861. Though Lincoln morally opposed slavery, he avoided any public comments connecting the war and the rights of slaves.