 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.  New Outlook - Page 4741901Full view - About this book
 | Henry Coppée - 1896
...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... | |
 | David Henry Montgomery - 1897 - 523 pages
...gladly return '' to that state of things when the only questions respecting a candidate would be : " Is he honest ? Is he capable ? Is he faithful to the Constitution ? " li49 In the course of the first fourteen months, the President made only sixteen removals without... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1897 - 278 pages
...shall 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 ? " Adams was promptly rebuked by the removal of twentyfour persons appointed in the two months previous.... | |
 | New York State Stenographers' Association - 1897
...office, and Jefferson declaring that his one test, in considering a removal or an appointment was, -"Is he honest? Is he capable? Is he faithful to the Constitution?" — the criticism is easily answered; and we easily demonstrate, by those two citations and almost... | |
 | Alexander Johnston, James Albert Woodburn - 1897
...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?" Mr. Jefferson here recognizes that these had been the considerations which had usually determined appointments... | |
 | David Henry Montgomery - 1899 - 414 pages
...he had made that division he said that he should ask only three questions respecting an applicant : "Is he honest ? Is he capable ? Is he faithful to the Constitution ? " If the answer was " Yes," that was enough. When Jackson became President he began, as we have seen,... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1900
...maintaining its power the Slave Oligarchy applies a 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 single question, signalizing the great change which has... | |
 | 1900 - 504 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 ? " Mr. Jefferson here recognizes that these had been the considerations which had usually determined... | |
 | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - 1903
...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?" Mr. Jefferson here recognizes that these had been the considerations which had usually determined appointments;... | |
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