...are concerned at our doing anything so unsound as to enter into a Commercial Treaty. I will undertake that there is not a syllable on our side of the Treaty...to France which do not apply to all other nations. Wo leave ourselves free to lay on any amount of internal duties, and to put on an equal tax on foreign...

...trouble to convert them, are concerned at our doing anything so unsound as to enter into a commercial treaty that is inconsistent with the soundest principles...to France which do not apply to all other nations.' ' A treaty with France,' said Mr. Gladstone, 'is even in itself a measure of no small consequence,...

...his book. The first is a letter from Cobden to Bright, in which Cobden says :— " I will undertake that there is not a syllable on our side of the treaty that is inconsistent with the soundest principle of Free Trade. We do not propose to reduce a duty which on its merits ought not to have been...

...Cobden himself to Bright in 1860. He said, " Nothing in the Treaty is in the least inconsistent with Free Trade. We do not propose to reduce a duty which...dealt with long ago. We give no concessions to France that do not apply to all "other nations. We leave ourselves free to lay on any amount of internal duties—excise...