On the record
In all foreign transactions we are driven to purchase gold at a premium, or to adopt a system of barter which belongs to the earlier stages of commerce.
Source
gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “In all foreign transactions we are driven to purchase gold at a premium, or to adopt a system of barter which belongs to…”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner describes the difficulties of foreign transactions due to currency issues.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
Working-men of Europe, desire abolition of war, XVIII. 236.
Sovereignty of, belongs to the people, XVI. 28.
Women’s National League, petition of, for universal emancipation, X. 300.
Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.
Other voices in this conversation
