Session #47 · 1881–83

Speech #470041111

I could not ride past that house without feeling that I had playeda trick on that nation. and by my vote had indorsed an action that the nation he represents had not agreed to in the treaty. I have said that here and just here I find the ground of my opposition to this bill. A suspension of immigration for twenty years is unreasonable. By the statesmen of England. by the statesmen of the world. a suspension of twenty years will not be deemed a reasonable suspension. If unreasonable in the slightest degree. then what have we gained for ourselves other than a national taint which will do us infinite damage. not simply now. but throughout all the years to comet [Here the hammer fell.]
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
MARK DUNNELL
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
MN
Gender
M
Date
—
Speech ID
470041111
Paragraph
#3
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