Session #47 · 1881–83

Speech #470019037

A single days cessation of the mail in the great commercial and money centers of the East would produco a convulsion which would result in the loss of millions to the great business industries of the country. The hardy pioneers who with ax in haud have gone to fell your forests. and the humble miner developing the untold wealth of our scarcely touched mineral regions. are entitled to ask of the Government equal mail facilities with other portions of the land. As water poured upon the alkali lands of our great Anmerican desert. as hi Utah and other Territories. causes it to blossom as the rose and smile with plenty. so. the mailcarrier. the stream of intelligence. and culture. and thought. to the people of the frontier. and all expenditures will be returned tenfold to oar national Treasury as rapid immigration fills your Territories. soon swelling into the proportions of sovereign States. and chamoring at the doors of Congress for admission into the family of States. Let not one single star route. then. be struck down on the false plea of economy. The people will never object to the expenditure of their money fir so legitimate a purpose. 1 Westward the star of empire still takes its way." over forest. and mountain. and desert. and the great schoolteacher and civilizer of the ieteenth century. the rapidtransit mail. must keep pace and progress with the hardy pioneer of our frontier I send to the Clerks desk.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
CHARLES HOOKER
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
MS
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
470019037
Paragraph
#0
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