Session #47 · 1881–83

Speech #470032843

The Senator from Kansas. The same Senator further instructs us as to our duty out of this measure and out of the circumstances under which it comes into existence here before this body. "But." says he. "I pass that. because "-hear this! Because conceding to other localities the same rights that I demand for my own. and resting upon the maxims and dogmas of local selfgovernment andhoms rule. I am prepared to say that the communities upon the Pacific coast"Whom I have described as at this moment under an overmasteriug passion"have a right to judge for themselves as to time propriety in an economical sense of this immigration. and when they have spoken through their authorized reprosentatives. with their declaration I shall be content. The only condition upon which such supporters of this legislation have declared that their support shall be given to it. from which their very instincts revolt. is that theyshall not be required to stand it over ten years.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
HENRY DAWES
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
MA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
470032843
Paragraph
#0
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