Session #50 · 1887–89

Speech #500120151

If it had not been for me the Chinaman would have been a voter before this time. I do not know whether they will be as charitable to the Senator. The Senator from Mississippi has shown remarkable intelligence on this subject. and if he sins now it will he a willful and malicious sin. with all the badges of wickedness. if he goes wrong now after having understood the question. knowing the evil. knowing the necessity. seeing the duplicity of these people. knowing of their holding back this treaty for the purpose of evading its provisions. knowing that they are acting fraudulently. and knowing all the circumstances. and while we have a law on the statutebook that excludes contract laborers even from the most favored nations. We can legislate against the Chinese. we can exclude them. for they all come under contract. By this law we are authorized to legislate. because the Burlingame treaty never required us to do more than we did for the most favored nation. and we will not allow servile labor from the most favored nation to come here. and still Senators say: "Wait. it is too early to do this. refer it to the Committee on Foreign Relations. " What information can they give that we do not know now?
Identified stereotypes
Generalization that Chinese people are duplicitous and act fraudulently.
Keywords matched
contract laborers

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Security threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM STEWART
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
NV
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
500120151
Paragraph
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