Answer one question from one section only. Section B: American option Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861–77 Read the sources and then answer both parts of the question. Source A I would save the Union. I would save it in the shortest way under the Constitution. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save slavery, I would 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 main aim in this struggle is to save the Union, and it is not to either save or 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 do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. I have here stated my purpose according to my view of my official duty and I intend no modification of my personal wish that all men everywhere should be free. President Lincoln to Horace Greeley, editor of the 'New York Tribune', 22 August 1862. Source B The President then proceeded to read his Emancipation Proclamation to the Cabinet. After he had finished, Governor Seward said: 'The general question has now been decided and agreed on by all.' I followed, saying 'Mr President, you have given the discussion every consideration. You have now expressed your conclusion. This is your right and duty. This Proclamation does not mark out a course I would prefer, but I will stand by it with all my heart.' Mr Blair then said that he would make no objection to issuing the Proclamation, but he went on to say that he was afraid of the influence of it on the Border States and on the army, where there was not strong support. He had no objections to emancipation itself, always being in favour of it, and was ready for immediate emancipation rather than submit to perpetuating slavery. From the diary of Secretary of State Chase, 22 September 1862. Source C The issue of the Proclamation makes the army dissatisfied and the air there is thick with revolution. This has not only been thought of, but talked of, and the question now is where can the man be found to replace Lincoln? McClellan is idolised but he seems to have no political ambition. The sentiment throughout the whole army seems to be in favour of a change of president. Slavery is practically abolished, but this Proclamation makes it a very, very different affair. Unless it is received more kindly by other officers in the army than those whom I have seen, it will go far towards producing an expression on the part of the army that will startle the country and give us a military dictator. A note from the Washington correspondent for ‘The New York Herald' to his publisher, 25 September 1862. Source D Lincoln was a supreme politician. He understood politics because he understood human nature. I saw this in 1864. His administration decided that the Constitution of the United States should be amended so that slavery should be prohibited. This was not only a change in our national policy, but it was also an important military measure. It was intended not merely as a means of abolishing slavery forever, but as a way of influencing those in rebellion. It was believed that such an amendment would be equivalent to new armies in the field. It would be worth at least a million men and it would also be an intellectual army that would overcome the enemy. In order to amend the Constitution, it had to be approved by the states. He ensured that states like Nevada, opposed to slavery, were admitted to the Union to support his aim. These states would also support his re-election. Charles Dana, in his ‘Recollections of the Civil War', 1898. Dana was a journalist and Assistant Secretary at the War Department under Lincoln during the Civil War.