Session #47 · 1881–83

Speech #470041391

Will they become merchants. traders. or farmersT Where would they go? What elevation is to take place among them? I would like that to be clearly pointed out to me. And. further. Mr. Speaker. in the census of 1870 it was shown that there were about two and a quarter millions of agricultural laborers in this country. Suppose this Chinese horde of immigrants should go upon the farms. and drive the hardy workingmen from theirplaces where would these agricultural laborers go to seek employmenti Where would the elevation of the laborer take place ? I would like some gentleman to explain it. Mr.
Keywords matched
immigrants

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN SHERWIN
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
IL
Gender
M
Date
—
Speech ID
470041391
Paragraph
#5
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