Session #50 · 1887–89

Speech #500120145

She sends her opium there. and carries it there by force of arms. and has that advantage. I say that there is no danger whatever of any interruption of commercial relations with China. because she has everything to gain and nothing whatever to lose by trading with us. She agreed that last May the immigration of Chinese to this country might be stopped. She agreed to the same proposition that is in this bill last May. but her Six Companies are exercising influence today to keep this treaty back. and they will keep it back as long as we will tolerate it. All we have to do is to pass this bill and bring about a final settlement.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM STEWART
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
NV
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
500120145
Paragraph
#0
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