Session #62 · 1911–13

Speech #620269424

Read some of the political literature of the first half of the last century. You will think some of the eloquent proponents of this bill have been plagiarizing. only substituting the downtrodden peoples of southern and eastern Europe for the then equally hated German. Irish. and other Immigrants of the period. As we look back through the years and scan the record of accomplishmant of those immigrants and their Immediate descendants. observing how large a place they have filled and are filling in our national life. we bow our heads in shame at the narrowmindedness of some of our forbears. KnowNothingism and A. P.
Keywords matched
immigrants Immigrants

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
German Irish
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor Cultural enrichment

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN TILSON
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
CT
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
620269424
Paragraph
#3
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