Let us be brought to believe that it is morally right. and at the same time favorable to. or at least not against. our interests to transfer the African to his native clime. and we shall find a way to do it. however great the task may be." I will tell you when this thing will be done. When a few more million Negroes in this country sign the petition asking Congress to give them a chance under the sun in their new home in Africa. there will not be any question about the bill passing. In his first message to Congress. in December 1861. he proposed to colonize Negroes liberated from persons in arms against the Government"At some place or places in a climate congenial to them. * * * If it be said that the only legitimate object of acquiring territory is to furnish homes for white men. this measure effects that object. for the emigration of colored men leaves additional room for white men remaining or coming here." These words. uttered 78 years ago. are as applicable to the situation obtaining here today as they were to the age of Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Lincoln did not believe that the Declaration of Independence meant that all men were created equal in every respect.
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Generalization about Africans needing to be transferred to their native clime.