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. Outlook and Independent - Page 4741901Full view - About this book
| Andrew White Young - 1855 - 1032 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 ?" To the general sentiments contained in this vindication, there would seem to be little ground of... | |
| Democratic Party (N.Y.). State Convention - 1856 - 48 pages
...: What right have they to cast down the time-honored democratic test of official qualification—" Is he honest ? Is he capable ? Is he faithful to the constitution ? " And whence did they get power to substitute that other test—" Is he a good and true member of... | |
| Charles Sumner - 1856 - 736 pages
...power, the Slave Oligarchy has applied a new test for office, very different from that of Jefferson; " Is he honest ? is he capable ? is he faithful to the Constitution ?" These things are all forgotten now in the controlling question, " Is he faithful to Slavery ?" With... | |
| John Church Hamilton - 1864 - 960 pages
...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 act and the doctrines avowed in its defence were of a nature to command attention. It was... | |
| Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 794 pages
...GENERAL KNOx's LETTEK, AND REPLY. 661 •when the only questions concerning a candidate shall be — Is he honest ? Is he capable ? Is he faithful to the Constitution ?" ' As an evidence of the sincerity of the New Haven memorial, Mr. Jefferson mentioned in a previous... | |
| Oliver Hampton Smith - 1858 - 658 pages
...services, and had declined to do so, setting up the Jeffersonian qualifications as his standard. " Is he honest, is he capable, is he faithful to the Constitution ? " The seat on the bench became vacant by the death of Judge Trimble. Judge McLean accepted the nomination... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - 1859 - 642 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. TO LEVI LINCOLN. MONTICELLO, Augnst 28, 1801. DEAH SIR,... | |
| William Bentley Fowle - 1859 - 356 pages
...for all this. The good old Jeffersonian interrogatories have not been put to those seeking office. "Is he honest — is he capable — is he faithful to the constitution?" — have not been asked, but a new rule has been adopted. " Is he boisterous at the polls, — is he... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 812 pages
...own perilous efforts helped to establish. He did not, like some of his successors, profess to ask : Is he honest, is he capable, is he faithful to the constitution? He appointed men that were so. He displaced no man for the expression of his opinions, even in the... | |
| George Washington Doane (bp. of New Jersey.) - 1861 - 652 pages
...the people, guided by intelligence and controlled by virtue, shall choose, in every case, the best. " Is he honest, is he capable, is he faithful to the Constitution ? " was Jefferson's enumeration of the qualities, for office. The question, now, is, can he be elected... | |
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