Session #64 · 1915–17

Speech #640264338

Our laws and habits will assimilate the newcomer. Our public schools will educate him. Let him in. I pray. First let us only satisfy ourselves that he is clean and healthy and imbued with moral purposes and is willing to cast his lot with us. Mr. President.I will never vote to bar.from this fair and favo red land my fellow man who through accident may have been denied the opportunity to learn to read. I hear the cry that immigration must be checked. Must it? Millions of acres still lie untofiched. We want the immigrant. We need him. We must have him.
Keywords matched
immigrant immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor

Speaker & context

Speaker
JAMES MARTINE
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
NJ
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
640264338
Paragraph
#1
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