A very capable man, and an excellent, good man, and a very just one.
Q.Do you see any reason why, with fair opportunities assured to himself and to his children, he may not become a useful and competent, American citizen?
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We already consider him so.
Q.The question is settled?
-- A.

I thought you were speaking personally of the man I referred to.
Q.No; I was speaking of the negro generally--the negro race.
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Let me understand your question exactly.
Q.Do you see any reason why the negroes, as a component part of the American population, may not, with a fair chance, come to be useful, industrious, and competent to the discharge of the duties of citizenship?
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I think they may as a class, but it will take probably generations for them to arrive at that standard.
Q.It has taken us generations to arrive at the standard, has it not?
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