Session #45 · 1877–79

Speech #450112090

There can be no possible objection to that. and as the bill doe not take effect until next July. perhaps it would be a very good idea to incorporate a provision of that kind. Senators ask " where is the necessity of legislation of this character? Why not. let these persons come as emigrants have come in all times to onr shores? Why not throw operi our Pacific ports as our Atlantic ports have been opened to the poor of all nations?" The answer. I an sorry to say. is that the people who crowd into our Pacific ports are entirely unlike those who come into our Atlantic ports.
Identified stereotypes
Chinese people do not bring families, take no root, spoil the country, send gains and bones back to China, and spurn American soil.
Keywords matched
emigrants

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Cultural threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
AARON SARGENT
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
450112090
Paragraph
#1
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