Session #53 · 1893–95

Speech #530043732

Why. we had a few millions of chattel slaves in 1860 who did not lack for food. clothing. and shelter. and the common comforts of life. as do now millions of white American slaves to the system of purseproud plutocracy that lives in castles on land and floatsin palaces on water. It is a plutocracy that crowdsus with tramps. threatens us with anarchists. and that would laugh if onehalf the people were driven to ruin. desperation. and suicide-. It thinks it can go on importing its pauper labor. so loudly anathematized by Republican press and oratory. and so eagerly welcomed by Republican mine and mill owners. but the day of wrath will come as surely as that language may proneonce the doom of remorseless murder. Accursed be the spirit that robs. and not only robs. but inflicts longdrawnout torture upon humanity! We need not go deep into the subject.
Keywords matched
pauper labor

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
HENRY SNODGRASS
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
TN
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
530043732
Paragraph
#2
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