Session #50 · 1887–89

Speech #500153442

It is true that we have poor people there who do that work. There is no doubt about that. and the Senator from Connecticut is belittling the argument. Whilst I do not mean to intimate that he is intentionally misrepresenting the condition of things. he and other Senators do misrepresent when they say that all the pauperism and all the poverty and all the pauper labor in the world are to be found on the other side of the water. and that this system of legislative robberyan expression which does not seem to be entirely agreeable to gentlemen. of course I do not mean it personally-
Identified stereotypes
Claims that all pauperism and poverty are to be found on the other side of the water.
Keywords matched
pauper labor

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
80%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
MATTHEW BUTLER
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
SC
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
500153442
Paragraph
#0
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