Session #50 · 1887–89

Speech #500108695

If my distinguished friend from Maine will give me his attention I will suggest to him that if his proposition be true the converse of the proposition would also be true. and thelogic is just as sound that those who proclaim in favor of allowing the importation of free labbr must also favor the importation free of the articles produced by labor. According to his own reasoning I propose to convict the gentleman of having been a freetrader. Because. Mr. Speaker. as much as it will astound the House. when the question was up for consideration to restrict Chinese immigration in the past the gentleman from Maine on more than one occasion held the ground that it was wrong to do so and improper to keep out the Mongolian race. and voted to allow them to come in.
Keywords matched
immigration Mongolian

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
BENTON MCMILLIN
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
TN
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
500108695
Paragraph
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