 | 1889 - 1060 pages
...dictatorial tone, 1 waive it in deference to an old friend, whose heart 1 have always supposed to be right. As to the policy I "seem to be pursuing," as you say,...the nearer the Union will be — "the Union as it was."2 If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save slavery,... | |
 | 1863 - 798 pages
...comparatively indifferent about it provided only he could secure the preservation of the Union. He said : — " As to the policy I 'seem to be pursuing,' as you say, I have not meant to leave anyone in doubt. " I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution.... | |
 | Horace Greeley - 1866 - 842 pages
...dictatorial tone, I waive it in deference to an old friend whose heart I have always supposed to be right. a in the shortest way under the Constitution. " The sooner the national authority can be restored, the... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1864 - 514 pages
...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,...in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it in the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored the nearer... | |
 | Stephen D. Carpenter - 1864 - 360 pages
...find it published in the National Intelligencer, the unquestionably correct version is as follows: 'The sooner the National authority can be restored,...the nearer the Union will be the Union as it was.? This contains a different idea from that contained in the sentence quoted by the Tribune. It shows... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1864 - 492 pages
...as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it in the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner...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... | |
 | Edward McPherson - 1864 - 462 pages
...whose heart I have always supposed to be right. As to tho policy I " seem to be porsnina;," as yon say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. I would MV» the Union. 1 would save it in the shortest way under the Constitution. Tho sooner the national... | |
 | Frank Crosby - 1865 - 480 pages
...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...restored, the nearer the Union will be ' the Union as it was.7 If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save Slavery,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1885 - 316 pages
...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...in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it in the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored the nearer... | |
 | George Washington Bacon - 1865 - 206 pages
...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...in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it in the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored, the... | |
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I do not now and here argue against them. If there be perceptible in it an impatient and 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,... 
