"It was given in a generous spirit, and I think the result of it has been that our relations with that brave people, whose history is so full of martial achievements and prowess, as well as with the si..."
"International intercourse must always proceed upon the basis of mutual respect and a yielding of mutual right."
"No acquiescence in wrong, no tame and spiritless submission to injury, can be the basis of respect, and friendship must be founded upon respect."
"I thank you, sir, and these generous donors, for this testimonial of an incident which I am sure will be regarded as valuable in our history."
"It should be known before new legislation is proposed whether the United States is under any treaty obligations which affect this subject"
"If this article of the treaty is in force, the obligations assumed by the United States should be fully and honorably observed"
"The questions whether we shall continue to allow merchandise to pass from one point in the United States, through Canadian territory, to another point in the United States, and, if so, to what exactio..."
"The first and second and the third and fourth of these provisions are reciprocal in their nature"
"We have not stipulated in the treaty that we will permit merchandise to be moved through Canadian territory from one point of the United States to another at the will of the shipper"
"The question whether Article XXIX is still in force depends, so far as the construction of the treaty goes, upon the meaning of the words 'the term of years mentioned in Article XXXIII'"
"I am inclined to think that, using the aids which the protocol and the nearly contemporaneous legislation by Congress in the act of 1873 furnish in construing the treaty, the better opinion is that Ar..."
"The statutes relating to the transportation of merchandise between the United States and the British possessions should be the subject of revision"
