[60] Ibid., August 4.
[61] New York Times, July 17, 1862.
[62] New York Tribune, July 19, 1862.
[63] Ibid., August 20.
Lincoln's reply appeared in the National Intelligencer of Washington. He said in part: "I would save the Union. 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. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy 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 do that. 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 believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more when I shall believe doing more will help the cause."—Lincoln's Works, Vol. 2, p. 227.
[64] New York Herald, October 15, 1862.
[65] The author is indebted to Henry A. Richmond, son of Dean Richmond, for this outline of Seymour's interview.
[66] Cook and Knox, Public Record of Horatio Seymour, pp. 45-58.
[67] The ticket nominated was as follows: Governor, Horatio Seymour of Oneida; Lieutenant-Governor, David E. Floyd Jones of Queens; Canal Commissioner, William I. Skinner of Herkimer; Prison Inspector, Gaylord J. Clark of Niagara; Clerk of Appeals, Fred A. Tallmadge of New York.
[68] Seward to his wife.—F.W. Seward, Life of W.H. Seward, Vol. 2, p. 590.