Session #48 · 1883–85

Speech #480052853

I speak for every man who comes to this land of plenty to live under our institutions and to live with us as citizens. I speakforhisrighttocomehere. Butasfortheman. betheChinaman or who he may. who comes to this country wishing to grow rich upon the wants and troubles of others. if he refuses to become naturalized and become an American citizen I do not believe he deserves any protection. The gentleman from Massachusetts and the gentleman from Indiana have both said that this legislation was not needed or demanded. I can point you to the petitionbox of this House. and I would call theattention of the gentleman from Indiana and the gentleman from Massachusetts to the fact that there are petitions in that box from labor organizations representing more than half a million of the laboring men of this nation asking lbr the passage of this bill.
Keywords matched
naturalized

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Chinese
Sentiment
Mixed
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN LAMB
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
IN
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
480052853
Paragraph
#0
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