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SECTION IV.
DISTINCT CHARACTER OF THE COLORED RACE — WHY THE AFRICAN SLAVE-TRADE HAS BEEN PERMITTED — EMIGRATION OF THE FREE BLACKS TO LIBERIA.
From the authentic and satisfactory accounts which we have of Liberia — some particulars of which have been adduced in the preceding pages — we draw the conclusion, that it is the true home and country for the free, intelligent, and Christianized colored man: and that in laboring to make it such a home, the hand of Providence is distinctly visible, in the whole history of its foundation and progress. That is enough: all the other conclusions follow from this as a premise: both the deliverance of America and the regeneration of Africa are the necessary consequences: it remains but a question of time. Potens est veritas, et prevalebit: — "Truth is mighty and will prevail." In spite of opposition and obloquy, in spite of indifference and contempt, the cause of African Colonization will at length, we believe, completely triumph. The free blacks of the United States, will at length discover their true interests, will at length perceive that if they would consult their own real happiness, and the lasting good,
