Session #50 · 1887–89

Speech #500048337

He must say the tariff will bring him higher prices and a better paying business. and that he wants tribute extracted at the expense of his fellowman to sustain his private enterprise. If the tariff give him iersonal bounty at public expense. it is unjust. unwarranted by constitutional authority. and at war with the essential principles of republican institutions. and he has no right to demand or expect it. if it does not have this effect. he can invent no reason for its imposition. Mr. Chairman. we have heard much during this discussion of pauper labor in Europe. Cobden clubs. and freetrade England. I deem it not inappropriate to invite brief attention to two of Englands greatest men. and what they have said of American institutions and American policy.
Keywords matched
pauper labor

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
70%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
SAMUEL LANHAM
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
500048337
Paragraph
#0
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