Session #63 · 1913–15

Speech #630132984

We find their children avid for learning. and their parents making every sacrifice so that their children may fit themselves for the duties and responsibilities of prospective citizenship. We can not stop the process of evolution. Those who are so furiously engaged in restricting immigration should remember that the despised immigrant of years ago is the honored citizen of today. All around us we have seen where the German was displaced by the Irishman. the Irishman by the Pole. the Pole by the Hungarian. and the Hungarian by the Italian. All of them have been necessary in their time and place in the upbuilding of this great country of ours. in opening up new land. in bridge work. in mining. in the construction of railroads. in the building of sewers and trenches. in the erection of the great buildings in our many cities which house a residential and commercial population.
Keywords matched
immigration immigrant

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Germans Irish Poles Hungarians Italians
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor Cultural enrichment

Speaker & context

Speaker
GEORGE OSHAUNESSY
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
RI
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
630132984
Paragraph
#1
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