 | 1810 - 570 sider
...more to answer than the.most envious of our neighbours Our true policy would surely be to pi ok-.;,, as the object and guide of our commercial system,...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 sider
...studied the subject must know to be the true principle of commerce ; — ihe interchange oj'rrcifirocal and equivalent benefit. We may rest assured that it...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 sider
...the impression that we are indebted for much of our riches to what is called the balance of trade." " Our true policy would surely be to profess, as the...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 - 1848 - 514 sider
...must know to be the true principle of commerce, the interchange of reciprocal and equivalent bcmfit. 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 - 1851 - 572 sider
...impression, that we are indebted for much of our riches to what is called the balance of trade." " Our true policy would surely be to profess, as the...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 sider
...impression, that we are indebted for much of our riches to what is called the balance of trade." " Our true policy would surely be to profess, as the...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 sider
...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 sider
...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... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1860 - 576 sider
...indebted for much of our riches to what is called the balance of trade." " Our true policy would sorely be to profess, as the object and guide of our commercial...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.... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1864 - 480 sider
...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... | |
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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... 
