help with an Abraham Lincoln quote?

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"My.. object in this struggle is to save the Union and is not either to save or to destry slavery.

- Abe Lincoln

what did he mean?
**typo: destroy slavery
**typo: destroy slavery
 
He is saying it doesn't matter if slavery is abolished or not, as long as the union stays together
 
"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 also 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 shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause." -
-- Abraham Lincoln
http://www.quotesandpoem.com/quotes/showquotes/subject/america/4518

Clearly, Lincoln considers the issue of slavery to be inconsequential compared to his determination to save the union. Lincoln used the issue of slavery as part of the propaganda war to save the union.
 
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