 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
 | Richard Hofstadter - 1969 - 306 pages
...he would be happy to arrive at the point where "the only questions concerning a candidate shall be, is he honest, Is he capable? Is he faithful to the Constitution?" This was not a satisfactory formula to the Federalists, but it was at least consistent with the idea... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs - 1978 - 924 pages
..."return with joy to that •tate of things when the only questions concerning a candidate shall be, is he honest? Is he capable? Is he faithful to the Constitution?" While we would sll correct theifwrsonal pronoun, we can all agree that this is the real definition... | |
 | Andrew Jackson - 1980 - 864 pages
...Haven, said that he looked forward to the day "when the only questions concerning a candidate shall be, is he honest? is he capable? is he faithful to the constitution?" 180 To Martin Van Buren April 24th 1829 MR. VAN BUREN. Respecting the appointment at Nashville (Attorney)... | |
 | William E. Nelson - 1982 - 240 pages
...Jefferson as declaring that the only questions a president should ask about a candidate for office were "Is he honest? Is he capable? Is he faithful to the Constitution?" Jefferson's beliefs, Adams claimed, were reflective of an "organized social system . . . admirably... | |
 | Merrill D. Peterson - 1998 - 572 pages
...in his answer to the New Haven Remonstrance: "the only question concerning a candidate shall be— Is he honest? Is he capable? Is he faithful to the Constitution?" A clear test of party fidelity to Jeffersonian principle appeared to present itself in the shape of... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 2004 - 178 pages
...on. 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? Every honest man will suppose honest acts to flow from honest principles, and the rogues may rail without... | |
 | David Edwin Harrell, Edwin S. Gaustad, John B. Boles, Sally Foreman Griffith - 2005 - 860 pages
...forward to the day when he could ask regarding potential candidates for office only three questions: "Is he honest? Is he capable? Is he faithful to the Constitution?" The despised Alien and Sedition Acts of the previous administration had been written to expire in 1801... | |
 | Eric Burns - 2007 - 480 pages
...until you return 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? and while you are lessening private distress by extending your correctives to anti-revolutionary adherence... | |
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