 I shall correct the procedure ; but that done, return with joy to that state of things, when the only questions concerning a candidate shall be, is he honest ? Is he capable ? Is he faithful to the Constitution ? I tender you the homage of my high respect.  Early Indiana Trials and Sketches: Reminiscences - Page 157by Oliver Hampton Smith - 1858 - 640 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1886 - 650 pages
...done, return with joy to that state of things when the only questions concerning a candidate shall be : Is he honest ? Is he capable ? Is he faithful to the constitution ? " If you had removed a little more than one half the Republicans you found in office, selecting the... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1824 - 434 pages
...done, return with joy to that state of things, when the only question concerning a candidate shall be, Is he honest ? Is he capable ? Is he faithful to the constitution ?" Section HI. Congress met on the 8th of December. In his speech at the opening of the session, the... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1825 - 450 pages
...done, return with joy to that state of things, when the only question concerning a candidate shall be, Is he honest ? Is he capable ? Is he faithful to the constitution ?" Section III. Congress met on the 8th of December. In his speech at the opening of the session, the... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1828 - 328 pages
...done, return with joy to that state of things, when the only question concerning- a candidate shall be, Is he honest ? Is he capable ? Is he faithful to the constitution'" III. Congress met on the 8th of December. In his speech at the opening of the session, the president... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 582 pages
...done, return with joy to that state of things, when the only questions concerning a candidate shall be, is he honest? Is he capable ? Is he faithful to the constitution ? I tender you the homage of my high respect. TII - JEFFERSON. LETTER rn, \.\.\ix. TO LEV! LINCOLN.... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 554 pages
...done, return with joy to that state of things, when the only questions concerning a candidate shall be, is he honest ? Is he capable ? Is he faithful to the constitution ? I tender you the homage of my high respect. TH. JEFFERSON. DEAR SIR, TO LEVI LINCOLN. Montieello,... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1830 - 692 pages
...done, return with joy to that state of things when the onlv question concerning a candidate i shall be, shall be broken up and destroyed. While the Union lasts, we have high, exciting, last administration removed uo man for party motives, before the regular expiration of his term, and... | |
 | John Holmes - 1830 - 32 pages
...produce something like equality. But that object accomplished, his only inquiry thereafter would be, " is he honest, is he capable, is he faithful to the Constitution ?" And when an attempt was made to remove General Huntingdon, of the same State, on party grounds,... | |
 | Joseph Tinker Buckingham, Edwin Buckingham, Samuel Gridley Howe, John Osborne Sargent, Park Benjamin - 1831 - 570 pages
...zeal, unprincipled devotion to men, and the debasing intrigues of the demagogue. It is not asked, — Is he honest, is he capable, is he faithful to the constitution f but, Is he a clamorous, a reckless and a boisterous champion of faction ? Does any one desire official... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - 1832 - 982 pages
...done, return with joy to that state of things, when the only questions concerning a candidate shall be, Is he honest ? Is he capable ? Is he faithful to the constitution ?" The regeneration of the public offices was the first measure of importance which gave a character of originality... | |
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