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THE SLAVE QUESTION. 
likely to succeed than that of enlisting native energies 
in their own cause? If a race cannot be entrusted 
with its own regeneration, it is hopeless for one 
foreign in sympathies to attempt it. 
If we commit the work to men of the same tem- 
perament, and with understandings enlarged by cul- 
tivation, we shall have an intermediate agency 
sympathising with both parties. If that fails, what 
hope is there for the race*? But we will assume, 
as their warmest advocates assert, that there are 
men to be found in our colonies capable of under- 
taking such a task. We come, therefore, to the means 
we would propose. These may appear bold, but we 
believe them to be easy of adoption. They are the 
following : — To establish 
1. A colony at the Confluence of the Niger and 
the Ohadda, and eventually on all other accessible 
rivers. 
2. A small Native Military Force; and 
3. An African Marine, one limited to ensure the 
peaceful intercourse of the nations on the banks of 
the Niger for the furtherance of legitimate commerce. 
• In order to carry out the principle to the fullest extent, none but 
Africans of pure race should be employed ; but as it is doubtful at 
present whether such can be found sufficiently prepared for the task, 
it may be expedient to begin the experiment with the mixed race or 
Mulattos, who inherit the prestige of the white men. 
