Political Quotes

The position taken by this Government, as expressed in my previous communication to the Senate, that the canal tolls and regulations of which complaint has been made are in violation of our treaty with Great Britain, is not shaken, but…

I accept the nomination, and am grateful for the approval expressed by the convention of the acts of the administration.

I am quite sure that if we should now act upon this subject independently of other nations we would greatly promote their interests and injure our own.

There can be no doubt that a serious discrimination against our citizens and our commerce exists, and quite as little doubt that this discrimination is not the incident but the purpose of the Canadian regulation.