Session #50 · 1887–89

Speech #500108008

They send nearly 8.000.000 home annually to China from the Pacific coast. They underbid our white men in the labor market. purchase little or no American products and manufactures. live squalidly. crowded together. constantly engendering disease. Unlike white emigrants. they do not come to make homes with us and help build up the country. they come without wives and children. They do not and can not assimilate with the Caucasian race. they continue their heathenish religion and customs. evade our laws. especially internal revenue. whenever possible. use the State and Federal laws frequently to carry out sentences which have been awarded by their own secret tribunals. and also keep Chinese women in a state of bondage and prostitution. these poor creatures being openly bought and sold among them. have secret tribunals of their own for trying and punishing those who dare to rebel against the arbitrary authority of the Chinese Government which under the name of benevolent associations virtually control nearly all the Chinese in the State. The bill now under consideration. taken in connection with the sweeping concessions of the pending treaty. seems to apply a more effective remedy to the evils so long complained of than any bill everpresented to the Congress of the United States.
Identified stereotypes
The speaker generalizes that the Chinese send money home, underbid white men, purchase little, live squalidly, do not assimilate, continue heathenish religion, evade laws, use secret tribunals, and keep women in bondage.
Keywords matched
emigrants

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Cultural threat Criminal

Speaker & context

Speaker
JAMES MCCREARY
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
KY
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
500108008
Paragraph
#1
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