Session #47 · 1881–83

Speech #470031200

The money which he has eaned is represented nowhere in the fixed property of the country. China has been made richer. and America has been made poorer by his presence. Can we build up oar State based upon the immigration of the Asiatic? The com. mon answer is that we cannot. for American and European labor will never consent to contest the field with Chinese labor. and as soon as it is understood that the Mongolan is to be encouraged hers. the European will cease to come. Whieh will we have. the wealth. the intellect. the virtues. the accumulations. andthe association of our kinsmen. or the vices of the pagan. and the absorbing and leeching pro. cess of his work among us I I need not answer.
Identified stereotypes
The speaker generalizes about the 'vices of the pagan' and the 'absorbing and leeching process of his work among us'.
Keywords matched
immigration Asiatic

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
European
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Cultural threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
LA GROVER
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
OR
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
470031200
Paragraph
#3
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