Session #48 · 1883–85

Speech #480052759

Every man ought to be freely allowed to purchase what he wants where he can cheapest. no matter where. Thus it is all right to protect labor on the Pacific coast by excluding the cheaper laborer from China. But w~ien it is asked to protect labor on the other side of the continent by discouraging the importation of the products of foreign pauper labor. it is all unconstitutional and wrong.- Which is right? I shall vote against this bill. but for other reasons than that it protects labor. Those reasons have been fully stated by others. One word as to the Chinese becoming citizens. It is said that the Chinese refuse to be naturalized. and thereby become citizens. Whose fault is this? You will recollect.
Keywords matched
foreign pauper naturalized

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
LUKE POLAND
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
VT
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
480052759
Paragraph
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