Session #45 · 1877–79

Speech #450112553

Still the wonder grows with me that if the aggregate immigration is so small and wUill remnain so snall. as my colleague states. he should still have thought that they ought not to be citizens. and could not be safely trusted with the elective franchise. All that my honorable colleague has said has made me wonder still more at that vote. although as I state I would have given the same vote with him. but I would have given it from an entirely different standpoint and with an entirely different view. I am sure. even if I do repeat myself in so saying. that no gentleman can justify an indefinite immigration from China who is not willing to assume and justify all the responsibilities of their becoming citizens of the United States. because we cannot remain with the Pacific coast exposed to that immigration with a nonvoting class largely outnumbering the voting class. The Senator from Ohio made light of race trouble. I supposed if there is any part of the world where a man would not make light of race trouble it was here.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Cultural threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
JAMES BLAINE
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
ME
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
450112553
Paragraph
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