Session #47 · 1881–83

Speech #470032928

I doubt whether the people of Massachusetts. whore yon. Mr. President. and your colleague so honorably represent. would desire that immigration of the people of Africa to that great and noble old commonwealth should be encouraged. The people of Massachusetts (I speak of them ab extra. although as a Senator of the United States I have a right to speak of them if not for them) I do not think would be hungry for an irruption of a million of the inhabitants of the continent of Africa today. or tomorrow. or next year. not because the people of Massachusetts have any hostility to the African. not because they do not desire his development. his growth. his education. every amelioration that may belong to him. but because they believe by instinct or by education that it is not good for the two races to be brought into that kind of contact in that place. Perhiaps I overstate it.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
GEORGE EDMUNDS
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
VT
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
470032928
Paragraph
#1
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