Since the days of Mr. Jefferson the colonization of emancipated blacks has been discussed from time to timeand experiments have been made and failed. though tried when the undertaking was not a hundredth part as stupendous as it would be now. The experiment of the American Colonization Society. who spent millions of money and made great exertions to foster their enterprise. has shown that no relief can cone from any plan of deportation. The colony planted in Liberia in 1822. backed up by wealth and the intelligent efforts of philanthropists. with many local advantages and much aid from without. probably has in it now fewer negroes from Amcricathan moved into the MississippiValley from States east of itduring the year 1889. That experiment. it maybe added. made under circumstances most favorable to its success. has proven. as all others have wheraver tried. that the negro is hopelessly incapable of selfgovernment. a fact sufficient of itself to deter those who would see him elevated from forcing him. even if they had the power. into a condition where. in time. he would relapse into barbarism.
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The paragraph asserts that the negro is hopelessly incapable of self-government and would relapse into barbarism.