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"My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union"
The North wanted to keep the country together when they went into the war. Tax considerations weren't part of the equation.
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"My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union"
The North wanted to keep the country together when they went into the war. Tax considerations weren't part of the equation.