Session #47 · 1881–83

Speech #470006051

Capitalis flowing into that State from every quarter seeking investment. Does capital. proverbi ally timid. hunt localities for investment where life and property arc insecure ? The trains come packed with emigrants from all the States represented by Senators on that side and on this side of the Chamber. They are welcomed there. We give them free schools for their children. we give them homesteads out of our vacant lands. one hundred and sixty acres to each head of afamily who will settle upoa it. improve it. and live upon it continuously for three years. and eighty acres to each person eighteen years of age not a member of a fauily.
Keywords matched
emigrants

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor

Speaker & context

Speaker
HENRY DAWES
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
MA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
470006051
Paragraph
#0
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