Session #50 · 1887–89

Speech #500101733

His newborn zeal for extending naturaliztion to Chinese and Africans may have been inspired by his desire to aid the Democratic party. which he had at that time practically joined. I do not pretend to say that there was any secret understanding between Senators Thurman and Trumbull to injure the Republican party on the Pacific coast. hut I do say that they joined in an effort to stifle debate and bring a terrible calamity upon the country. In the lone debate of July 2 and July 4. and the night of the 4th. no Democrat made an argument against naturalizing Chinese. They confined themselves to jokes. interruptions. and points of order. as the Globe will show. Mr.
Keywords matched
naturalizing

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Africans
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM STEWART
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
NV
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
500101733
Paragraph
#3
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