 | 1810 - 570 Seiten
...know to be the true principle of commerce ; — the interchange of reciprocal and equivalent benefit. We may rest assured that it is not in the nature of...expense of the other. This is a purpose at which, if ic were practicable, we ought not to aim ; and which, if we aimed at it, we could not accomplish. Let... | |
 | 1811 - 566 Seiten
...know to be the true principle of commerce ; — ihe interchange oj'rrcifirocal and equivalent benefit. We may rest assured that it is not in the nature of...which, if we aimed at it, we could not accomplish.' It remains to apply these observations to the subject of our foreign exchange ; on the doctrine ot... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1830 - 518 Seiten
...must know to be the true principle of commerce, the interchange of reciprocal and equivalent benefit. We may rest assured that it is not in the nature of...practicable, we ought not to aim; and which, if we aimed at, we could not accomplish." These remarks, I believe, sir, were written some ten or twelve years ago.... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1853 - 574 Seiten
...must know to be the true principle of commerce, the interchange of reciprocal and equivalent benefit. We may rest assured that it is not in the nature of...practicable, we ought not to aim ; and which, if we aimed at, we could not accomplish." These remarks, I believe, Sir, were written some ten or twelve years ago.... | |
 | Joseph Gales - 1824 - 872 Seiten
...true principle of commerce, the interchange of reciprocal and equivalent benefit. We may rest assored that it is not in the nature of commerce to enrich...practicable, we ought not to aim; and which, if we aimed at, we could not accomplish." These remarks, I believe, sir, were written some ten or twelve years ago.... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1857 - 718 Seiten
...principle of commerce:— the interchange of reciprocal and equivalent benefit. We may rest assurred that it is not in the nature of commerce to enrich...aimed at it, we could not accomplish. Let us not then disclam a virtue, which we, perforce, must practise. The boast of wealth growing out of unequal advantages... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1864 - 480 Seiten
...were purchased, then the voyage would not have been profitable. He quoted from a British statesman, that " it is not in the nature of commerce to enrich one party at the expense of the other." Intimately connected with this topic, said Mr. W., is another, the exportation of specie, so much complained... | |
 | Daniel Webster, Edwin Percy Whipple - 1879 - 780 Seiten
...must know to be the true principle of commerce, the interchange of reciprocal and equivalent benefit. We may rest assured that it is not in the nature of...practicable, we ought not to aim; and which, if we aimed at, we could not accomplish." These remarks, I believe, Sir, were written some ten or twelve years ago.... | |
 | Frank William Taussig - 1892 - 420 Seiten
...know to be the true principle of commerce, — the interchange of reciprocal and equivalent benefit. We may rest assured that it is not in the nature of...practicable, we ought not to aim ; and which, if we aimed at, we could not accomplish." These remarks, I believe, sir, were written some ten or twelve years ago.... | |
 | Frank William Taussig - 1893 - 408 Seiten
...know to be the true principle of commerce, — the interchange of reciprocal and equivalent benefit. We may rest assured that it is not in the nature of...practicable, we ought not to aim ; and which, if we aimed at, we could not accomplish." These remarks, I believe, sir, were written some ten or twelve years ago.... | |
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Our true policy would surely be to profess, as the object and guide of our commercial system, that which every man who has studied the subject must know to be the true principle of commerce, the interchange of reciprocal and equivalent benefit We may... 
