 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
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 796 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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 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... | |
 | Henry Clay - 1863 - 830 pages
...the solemn occasion of his installation into office, laid down his rule for appointment to office — 'is he honest ? is he capable ? is he faithful to the constitution ? ' But capacity and integrity and fidelity, according to the modern rule, appear to count for nothing,... | |
 | Peter Hardeman Burnett - 1863 - 142 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 seems to have acted upon the rules laid down by him ; for during his entire administration... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 798 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... | |
 | John Church Hamilton - 1865 - 974 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... | |
 | United States. Congress. Joint Select Committee on Retrenchment - 1868 - 240 pages
...Haven, dated July 12, 1801, he concludes by saying: The only questions concerning a candidate shall be, is he honest? is he capable ? is he faithful to the Constitution ? In the whole course of his administration, acting on the principles which he declared in his letter... | |
 | United States Civil Service Commission - 1424 pages
...it, and declared, in his famous phrase, that " the only questions concerning a candidate shall be: Is he honest; is he capable; is he faithful to the Constitution !" Madison, Monroe, and John Quincy Adams followed him so faithfully that the Joint Congressional Committee... | |
 | Ezra Champion Seaman - 1870 - 304 pages
...should be propounded in relation to all candidates for office, are those suggested by Mr. Jefferson : Is he honest ? is he capable ? is he faithful to the constitution? These questions should be propounded and answered in the affirmative, in addition to the usual question... | |
 | 1878 - 920 pages
...disqualification. Everybody will call to mindl his well-known words to be asked of a candidate or official, " Is he honest ? Is he capable ? Is he faithful to the Constitution ? " He declared he had never removed a man because he was a Federalist, never wished his opponents... | |
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