 | Robert Walsh - 1837 - 572 pages
...States. In tendering the commission to his valued friend, the president used this emphatic language: " Considering the judicial system as the chief pillar...give dignity and lustre to our national character." It was such men as these who were trusted by Washington, and who loved him in return. With them, and... | |
 | 1837 - 536 pages
...States. In tendering the commission to his valued friend, the president used this emphatic language : " Considering the judicial system as the chief pillar...give dignity and lustre to our national character." It was such men as these who were trusted by Washington, and who loved him in return. With them, and... | |
 | 1837 - 552 pages
...president used this emphatic language : " Considering the judicial system as the chief pillar upon %vhich our national government must rest, I have thought...give dignity and lustre to our national character." It was such men as these who were trusted by Washington, and who loved him in return. AVith them, and... | |
 | Missouri Bar Association - 1913 - 244 pages
...Founders of the Constitution." Bryce calls it "the living voice of the Constitution." Washington regarded the judicial system "as the chief pillar upon which our national government must rest." Henry Clay believed it to be "the great conservative element of the government." Pinkney called it... | |
 | George Washington - 1891 - 544 pages
...their appointments to the associate judges of the Supreme Court, Washington wrote, 30 September, 1789: "Considering the judicial system as the chief pillar...which you bear to our country. and a desire to promote general happiness, will lead you to a ready acceptance of the enclosed commission, which is accompanied... | |
 | George Washington - 1891 - 544 pages
...their appointments to the associate judges of the Supreme Court, Washington wrote, 30 September, 1789: "Considering the judicial system as the chief pillar...which you bear to our country, and a desire to promote general happiness, will lead you to a ready acceptance of the enclosed commission, which is accompanied... | |
 | George Washington - 1891 - 546 pages
...their appointments to the associate judges of the Supreme Court, Washington wrote, 30 September, 1789: "Considering the judicial system as the chief pillar...which you bear to our country, and a desire to promote general happiness, will lead you to a ready acceptance of the enclosed commission, which is accompanied... | |
 | George Washington - 1891 - 548 pages
...appointments to the associate judges of the Supreme Court, Washington wrote, 30 September, 1789 : " Considering the judicial system as the chief pillar...that the love, which you bear to our country, and a des1re to promote general happiness, will lead you to a ready acceptance of the enclosed commission,... | |
 | Hampton Lawrence Carson - 1892 - 472 pages
...habits of intimacy with him.1 To the Judges themselves he addressed letters, stating that he considered the judicial system as the chief pillar upon which our National Government must rest; that he had thought it his duty to nominate for the high offices in that department such men as he... | |
 | Benjamin Harrison - 1897 - 400 pages
...And to James Wilson he wrote : " Considering the judicial system as the chief pillar upon which our Government must rest, I have thought it my duty to...give dignity and lustre to our national character." These expressions of Washington are impressive and ought to be pondered by those who are inclined to... | |
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Considering the judicial system as the chief pillar upon which our national government must rest, I have thought it my duty to nominate for the high offices in that department, such, men as I conceived would give dignity and lustre to our national character... 
