Session #45 · 1877–79

Speech #450079607

We leave to your has had opportunities to study the characteristics of the Chinese in good judgment the duty of enacting such measures as may aceomplish our object. I believe that the first step to be taken by Congress should be the passage of the joint resolution reported by the committee requesting the treatymaking power of our Government to modify or abrogate the Chinese or Burlingame treaty. Take this initiatory step. striking at the root of the evil. and the result will be to check the further immigration of the Chinese coolies to ourshores. The next step. amend the law as provided by House bill No. 3230 so as to prevent the making of contracts for theemploymentof coolyiabor. There are several bills now pending before the House. all of which propose to relieve the laboring classes from competition with cooly or slave labor.
Identified stereotypes
Referring to Chinese laborers as 'coolies' and associating them with slave labor.
Keywords matched
immigration coolies

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
Unknown
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Chamber
State
Gender
Date
Speech ID
450079607
Paragraph
#5
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