Session #54 · 1895–97

Speech #540118061

The one man who is barely learned enough to read and write might be admitted. and another would be excluded by the language of this section. even though he were a great engineer. an artist. a composer. or some other valuable addition to the citizenship of our land. No German. Scandinavian. or Frenchman. born in the vast territory south of us upon the American continent. between the Rio Grande and Cape Horn. can ever put his foot upon American soil as an immigrant if he can not read and write our Constitution in the Spanish language. which is the official language of those countries. Is it possible that the House should be willing to go to this length? I can not believe it.
Keywords matched
immigrant

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Germans Scandinavians French
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
RICHARD BARTHOLDT
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
MO
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
540118061
Paragraph
#0
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