Session #51 · 1889–91

Speech #510212555

We have now before us race problems which are sufficient to ta. to the utmost the fortunate conditions with which nature has blessed us and the highest wisdom of which our public men are capable. I do not. for one. desire to see these race problems multiplied or complicated. I do not want to see the quality of American citizenship decline beneath the effects of an unrestricted immigration. and I am utterly opposed to a system which is continually dragging down the wage.s of American labor by the introduction or the importation of the chczpestj lowest. and most ignorant labor of other countries. I have already brought together elsewhere some statistics which bear upon this question. and through the kindness of Hon. Lloyd Dryce. editor of the North American Review.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Cultural threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
HENRY LODGE
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
MA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
510212555
Paragraph
#2
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