To Save the Union
LINCOLN’S major purpose was above all things to save the Union. This, too, he expressed with the clarity and simplicity that always marked his utterances. "My paramount object in this struggle,’ he wrote, "is to save the Union, and not either to save or to
Gestroy siavery. 4f 2 could save ,the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; 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 alune, i would also do that." The reason for Lincoln’s insistence on his desire to save the Union is not far to seek. He knew that the United States was still, as it had been in Jefferson’s day, " the world’s best hope." He knew that liberals and democrats and_ socialists everywhere wanted the North to win and the Union to be preserved. Ha knew that reactionaries and enemies of democracy hoped for a Southern victory and the dissolution of the Union. Lincoln stood directly in line with the great American tradition which I stressed in the earlier talks of this series. He velieved devoutly in humanity and in the fundamental tights of all individuals. Therein lay his idealism. — ("A Survey of American History." Professor Leslie Lipson, 2YA, May 18.)
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZLIST19420605.2.5.4
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 154, 5 June 1942, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
220To Save the Union New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 154, 5 June 1942, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Material in this publication is protected by copyright.
Are Media Limited has granted permission to the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa to develop and maintain this content online. You can search, browse, print and download for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Are Media Limited for any other use.
Copyright in the work University Entrance by Janet Frame (credited as J.F., 22 March 1946, page 18), is owned by the Janet Frame Literary Trust. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this article and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the New Zealand Listener. You can search, browse, and print this article for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from the Janet Frame Literary Trust for any other use.
Copyright in the Denis Glover serial Hot Water Sailor published in 1959 is owned by Pia Glover. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this serial and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the Listener. You can search, browse, and print this serial for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Pia Glover for any other use.
Log in