 | United States. Congress - 1828 - 770 páginas
...or of any tardiness to adopt, when offered, reciprocal liberality in their commercial intercourse. By this bill we now hold out the olive branch to all....or ten hundredths of our foreign tonnage ; as they now are enabled to compete with us to that extent, chiefly by the discrimination they enjoy at home.... | |
 | William Wallace Bates - 1892 - 530 páginas
...have had a like experience. But here is the final appeal, to pass the bill: — An " Oltre Branch." "By this bill we now hold out the olive branch to...whether accepted or not by nations other than those who already have adopted the basis of this bill, we shall, at all events, by its passage act in conformity... | |
 | William Wallace Bates - 1892 - 510 páginas
...have had a like experience. But here is the final appeal, to pass the bill : — An "Olive Branch." "By this bill we now hold out the olive branch to...transportation now enjoyed by foreigners in the eight or ten hunclredths of our foreign tonnage; as they are now enabled to compete with us to that extent, chiefly,... | |
 | Nathaniel Southgate Shaler - 1894 - 860 páginas
...country ; the said suspension to take effect from the time of such notification being given to the President of the United States, and to continue so...they enjoy at home. . . . But whether accepted or not bv nations other than those who have already adopted the basis of this bill, we shall at all events,... | |
 | Winthrop Lippitt Marvin - 1902 - 492 páginas
...eloquently phrased it: "By this bill [the Reciprocity Act of May 24, 1828] we now hold out the olive-branch to all. If our terms are accepted, we may obtain most...chiefly by the discrimination they enjoy at home." It is rather pointed comment on these rainbow-prophecies of the New Hampshire Senator that his home... | |
 | William Wallace Bates - 1902 - 506 páginas
...consequences. Senator Woodbury, of NH, who reported the bill, and made the principal speech for it, argued, " if our terms are accepted, we may obtain most of the...transportation, now enjoyed by foreigners in the eight or 1 It was charged that " The Colonial Trade Bill " was a device to hold off closing our ports until... | |
 | William Wallace Bates - 1902 - 506 páginas
...shackles " on commerce. Doubtless, Portsmouth would prefer to be at outs with England. Says Woodbury: " By this bill we now hold out the olive branch to all! " So he sacrificed the American ship to placate the enemies of that ship, instead of shutting our ports... | |
 | 1905 - 548 páginas
...impractical men were aired. All our experience argued for shipping-trade regulation. Says Senator WOODBURY : "By this bill we now hold out the olive branch to all!" So he contrived delusive arguments to disguise his object, and sacrificed our marine to placate our... | |
 | 1907 - 860 páginas
...prevent their successful competition. In 1828 Senator Levi Woodbury, of Xew Hampshire, for example, said: "By this bill we now hold out the olive branch to...extent, chiefly by the discrimination they enjoy at home."0 The extension of the provisions for shipping reciprocity with the various foreign nations is... | |
 | Hans Keiler - 1913 - 174 páginas
...extract from a speech in favour of the bill made by Senator Charles Levi Woodbury, of New Hampshire: "By this bill we now hold out the olive branch to...transportation now enjoyed by foreigners in the eight or ten hundred ths of our foreign tonnage; as they are now enabled to compete with us to that extent chiefly... | |
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By this bill we now hold out the olive branch to all. If our terms are accepted, we may obtain most of the transportation now enjoyed by foreigners in the eight or ten hundredths of our foreign tonnage ; as they are now enabled to compete with us to that... 
