The Liberian experiment, honorable as it was to the colored race, and successful as it had proved in establishing civilization in Africa, had not attained such material prosperity as would justify the United States in the removal of millions of its population to a remote country where there was no demand for labor.
Blaine evaluates the Liberian experiment as insufficient to justify the removal of millions of people from the U.S.
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