To Horace Greeley, of date Aug. 22, 1862–“If I could save the Union
without freeing any slave, I would do it,” etc.
Perish the power that, bowed to dust,
Still wields a tyrant’s rod–
That dares not even then be just,
And leave the rest with God.
(Hanford Lennox Gordon)
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