Session #47 · 1881–83

Speech #470040475

It performs the last funeral rite over the dead body of that false and nonsensical dogma of governmental policy that "all men are created equal." It proclaims that this Government will not be controlled in its action on great questions of public policy by the inspiration of our emotions. or legislate under the influence of mere theoretical abstractions as to the natural rights of man. It deals with the practical realities of earth. with men and things as we find them now. with great questions of public economy. and of political and social science as they are presented to us today by the light of experience and of history. It seeks to protect and preserve American civilization and American Christianity against the inroads of Asiatic heathenism and Eastern semibarbarism. and it teaches our people the great lesson that their first and highest duty is to those of their own political household. and to their own blood and their own race. More than a generation has passed since that great statesman and wonderfully sagacious man. Stephen A.
Identified stereotypes
Asiatic people are described as a threat to American civilization and Christianity, associated with 'heathenism' and 'semibarbarism'.
Keywords matched
Asiatic

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Cultural threat Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
AYLETT BUCKNER
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
MO
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
470040475
Paragraph
#0
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