Session #51 · 1889–91

Speech #510006109

Unless these 8.000.000 people go. it is an absurdity. If they are to go. then he propozes the imposition of a national burden upon this country. the bearing of which may well be called an impossibility. I say. sir. that the natural increase of these 8.000.000 people. who have doubled since the war. will of itself constitute a burden for emigration or for transportation to the savage wilds of Africa. upon the national finances and national effort. greater than the maintenance of the Government. These people. if planted there. must be sustained there. and the Senators proposition is in that view an impossibility. Sir. here is another difficulty.
Keywords matched
emigration

Classification

Target group
None Specific
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
HENRY BLAIR
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
NH
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
510006109
Paragraph
#0
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