Session #47 · 1881–83

Speech #470056546

Lot us not forget that important fact. Where the swarming myriads of that country have to concern themselves with the most indnstrious care for the mere maintenance of the life that God breathed in their bodies and where every avenue to success and every aspiration of the human heart is closed against his rising to a higher degree by caste and by social restraints. that man is of all others the most a slave. because he has upon him all the hardships of slavery without care. the afiction and guardianship of amaster. Coolies are of that character. Coolies are taken from that class. The men who are called laborers in California and who are also called laborers in China and Japan and in India are laborers of the lowest class. men who have no more power to emancipate themselves from the pressure of castethan I wouldhave to emancipate myself from my duties to civilization. We legislated in 1862 to keep these people out. and now it seems that we must legislate no more.
Identified stereotypes
Chinese, Japanese, and Indian laborers are described as being of the lowest class, essentially slaves due to caste and social restraints.
Keywords matched
Coolies

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Japanese Indian
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Cultural threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN MORGAN
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
AL
Gender
M
Date
—
Speech ID
470056546
Paragraph
#2
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