Session #47 · 1881–83

Speech #470015616

It is not o a general bill as to taxation such as is contemplated by the Constia tution. It is limited to a class. a race. a. color. We have now a. - surplus. I believe. of $137 000 000 collected annually from the people o by our infamous bounty tarif system. On woolen goods the duty is g 40 or 50 per cent. The very clothing of the poor is thus burdened and taxed. By such bills as this we are reminded that your tariff grinds down even poor colored emigrants. It shows that others are n ground down also. I would relieve al.
Keywords matched
emigrants

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
80%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
SAMUEL COX
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
470015616
Paragraph
#0
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