Session #50 · 1887–89

Speech #500050430

It means that the scenes of squalor. of poverty. and distress found among the laboring poor of Europe. which make the heart sick to contemplate. shall be the future lot and portion of the great laboring classes of America. Ay. Mr. Chairman. it means more than that. It means that the importation of Chinese coolies. which today. like a great cancer upon the bodypolitic in the Pacific Coast States. threatens their lives. shall be renewed and be unrestricted. The very contemplation of such results shocks the sensibilities of every friend of labor. I pray God that in my time the economic principles which lead directly to such results will never find sway or control in America.
Keywords matched
coolies

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Cultural threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN HEMPHILL
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
SC
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
500050430
Paragraph
#1
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