Session #66 · 1919–21

Speech #660069637

So far as the prosperity of Ulster is con- the imperative necessity of liberating the victims. They can cerned it is limited to a. few industries in a restricted area. be freed not by special recognition of their primitive tribalism. The Province shows the second highest total of emigration but by sharing the common duties and privileges of Irish selffor all Ireland between 1851 and 1911namely. 1.236872a.nd government. between 1841 and 1911 the population of Ulster had declined by Senators. if there be a free Ireland. there will be a free 805.177 persons. Three Ulster counties are on the list of Irish "Ulster." counties with the greatest number of emigrants. and two of them are in the superprosperous. supercontented "northeast No. 3. corner "-minely. Antrim. with 297.605. and Down. with .162.- STATEUr.T SUBMITTED By DisTCicT ATTORNEY JOSEPH C. PELLETIER. 571. And as showing that this decline of man power is not a OF BOSTON. rOR THEI BENCH AND ]3Aa COMMITTEE OF THE IRISH VICheritage of _papel superstition. these figures are higher than TORY LEAGUE. those of -the third county. Tyrone. whose emigrants over the After hearing the wonderful presentation of the case against seane period -nmbered 149.243. - the proposed league of nations set forth in such logical. powerAs for the pretense that a poveity stricken ~gricttural pop- ful. and truly American spirit. I feel -the thrill of -the schoolboy. ilation would victimize the "prosperous" industalal minority. after first learning the story of Washington and the patriot it is worth noting that the taxable revenue per head is lower in I fathers who won our independence and made possible this great Ulster than in Meinster. being �3 9s. 8d. in the former. �4 Ss. 9d. I Iepuiblic. in the latter. and -that congested districts. with aill the misery the Every man of Irish blood or descent. every man from the words can note. are found In Ulster no less than in Connaught. country of oppressed peoples. felt that the 14 points laid down by President Wilson justified the last sacrifice and the greatest conceivable loss.
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emigration emigrants

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
70%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor

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Speech ID
660069637
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