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In January, 1890, and through several numbers of that year, The Open Court, of Chicago, pubHshed a con- tribution on this subject from the pen of a no less distinguished American philosopher and world-re- nowned biologist than the late Prof. E. D. Cope. It also published several rejoinders from his critics on the question. All of the contributions I have before me at the present writing, they having been kindly fur- nished by Dr. Paul Carus, the editor of The Open Court. So valuable do I consider these articles, that it would give me great pleasure materially to add to the value of my present work by reproducing them here. They are rather too long, however, so I must content my- self by giving only one of the replies of Professor Cope, and a reply from one of his critics. In the issue of February 20, 1890, — fourteen years ago — appeared the following two of the series to which I refer: — THE RETURN OF THE NEGROES TO AFRICA To the Editor of The Open Court: Mr. Frederick May Holland has replied to my article on the proposed removal of the African race, in the United States, to Africa, citing various objections to such a course. These objections are well known to the present writer. He is not a Democrat in politics, and was in the days of slavery, and still is, of anti-slavery opinions. He appreciates the amiable traits of the African, and, on the ground of personal convenience, prefers him as a servant to most representatives of the white race. He does not forget his great services during the war to both the South and the North. He is aware that no citizen can be banished under the Con- stitution on account of race or color, nor does he lay any stress on the matter of color. Many of the East- ern representatives of the Indo-European race are black, and some of the African negroes are very light. It is a question of race, and not of color. But all this is subordinate to two questions which