Session #48 · 1883–85

Speech #480122215

That is to say. you. must have acontract with the alien or aliens. foreigner or foreigners. that he or they will come into the United States. or some part of it. to perform service or labor of some kind under contract or agreement. express or implied. parol or special. If I solicit by writing a letter or by sending a teleram. or otherwise saying to a man abroad. "There is a chance here for you to labor and get good wages. you have nothing to do but to come here and perform the labor in the United States. there is plenty of it. I do not name the man you have got to labor with. it is not with me. it is not with any particular individual. but I inform you that there is a good labor market here. first rate. and I encourage you to immigrate yourself or be= come immigrated or imported into this country for the purpose of doing that work under contract. and I give you a guarantee that when you come here. if you are dissatisfied. I will pay your expenses. I am entirely willing in order that you shall have the benefit. my friend. not my kinsman. of a good labor market. that you come here and do thid work. and I am even willing to make a guarantee you shall be whole and sound." that would cover the whole act beyond question.
Keywords matched
immigrated immigrate

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN MORGAN
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
AL
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
480122215
Paragraph
#0
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