 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 Sumner - 1900 - 404 pages
...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 - 526 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 - 460 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 appointments;... | |
 | Thomas Francis Moran - 1904 - 580 pages
...return with joy to that state of things, where the only questions concerning a candidate shall be, is he honest ? Is he capable ? Is he faithful to the Constitution ? " Jefferson removed a score of office holders as a rebuke to Adams. Then there followed a series... | |
 | 1904 - 584 pages
...return with joy to that state of things, where the only questions concerning a candidate shall be, is he honest ? Is he capable ? Is he faithful to the Constitution ?" Jefferson removed a score of office holders as a rebuke to Adams. Then there followed a series of... | |
 | Carl Russell Fish - 1904 - 304 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 ? " l With a zest and an analytical keenness worthy of the New L York Evening Post of to-day, its first... | |
 | 1904 - 592 pages
...voted for him. "Spoils System." His object was to give each political party an equal share of offices. Is he honest? Is he capable? Is he faithful to the Constitution? Action established "Spoils System." States admitted : Arkansas, 1836; Michigan, 1837; Florida, 1845.... | |
 | James Lawrence Nichols - 1904 - 640 pages
...resisted 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... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1905 - 516 pages
...done, return with joy to that state of thing! when the only question concerning a candidate shall I«', 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;... | |
 | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - 1905 - 530 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 appointments;... | |
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