Speech #790050953

In conformity to a pledge to that effect made to the Senate. and to the 2.000.000 or more citizens of the United States of African descent interested in migrating to Liberia. I now offer a bill to provide for the liquidation and.settlement of the war debts due the United States. to create a bureau of colonization and to provide for the migration and colonization of United States citizens to newly acquired territory. to provide aid to United States citizens desirous to migrate to the Republic of Liberia. and for other purposes. The. bill declares the intent of Congress to be that the benefits and provisions thereof shall apply to citizens of the United States who may qualify as eligible for citizenship in the Republic of Liberia. and who. by their physical fitness and climatic adaptability. may qualify as migrants to be permanently settled in the territory to be acquired. and who shall have voluntarily expressed a desire to become migrants under the provisions of the bill. I most respectfully ask unanimous consent of the Senate that the bill be printed in full remarks I am about to make.