Session #48 · 1883–85

Speech #480053861

For �ix hundred years they say England groveled and groaned under the protective system. and only became "roastbeet. merry England under free trade. Sir. there is a crushing and demonstrative answer to thisan answer which appeals to the eye and needs no sophistry of argument to render it more effective. If England under free trade is happy. merry. prosperous England. then. sir. account to me if you can for the long train of emigrant ships that under her freetrade flag disembark annually their thousands of povertystricken emigrants on our shores. AVcount to me. if you can. for the pathways of human bones of her faminestricken subjects that cover the bed of the Atlantic. whose souls took flight from their hungerblighted tenements ere they could reach our tariffprotected shores. Sir.
Keywords matched
emigrants emigrant

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
ANDREW CURTIN
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
PA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
480053861
Paragraph
#0
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