Session #45 · 1877–79

Speech #450113356

We owe something to the negro. I will read a paragraph here which never can be read too often : Yet if God wills that the war continue until all the wealth piled by the bondmans two hundred and fifty yearsof unrequited toil shall be snliim. and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid with another drawrn with the sword. as was said three thousand years ago. so still it must be said. "the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether." Nothing truer or more sublime in diction was ever pronounced from the days of the prophet Ezekiel to the death of Abraham Lincoln. The Senator from Louisiana must not present the case as though the nativeborn American of African descent has no more rights to the protection of this nation than the swarming coolies of Shaiighai and TienTsin. It confounds all distinctions antd ignores the whole point of the argument. I regret that I do not see the junior Senator from Massachusetts [Mr.
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Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing

Speaker & context

Speaker
JAMES EUSTIS
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
LA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
450113356
Paragraph
#1
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