 I shall not, whilst I have the honor to administer the government, bring a man into any office of consequence knowingly, whose political tenets are adverse to the measures, which the general government are pursuing ; for this, in my opinion, would be...  George Washington - Seite 240von Henry Cabot Lodge - 1917 - 776 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Elizabeth Bryant Johnston - 1895 - 270 Seiten
...unequivocally and honorably removed." To Thomas Pickering, Secretary of War, he wrote*: " I shall not whilst I have the honor to administer the Government,...which the general government are pursuing ; for this, would be a sort of political suicide." " While reaching the summit of great intellectual heights to... | |
 | John Franklin Jameson, Henry Eldridge Bourne, Robert Livingston Schuyler - 1896 - 850 Seiten
...those whom he appointed to office. " I shall not," he wrote to Timothy Pickering, September 27, 1795, "whilst I have the honor to administer the government,...pursuing ; for this, in my opinion, would be a sort of 1 In explanation of Jefferson's statement that Stokes was a Federalist, it can only be said that at... | |
 | John Franklin Jameson, Henry Eldridge Bourne, Robert Livingston Schuyler - 1896 - 830 Seiten
...those whom he appointed to office. " I shall not," he wrote to Timothy Pickering, September 27, 1795, "whilst I have the honor to administer the government,...pursuing ; for this, in my opinion, would be a sort of 1 In explanation of Jefferson's statement that Stokes was a Federalist, it can only be said that at... | |
 | Woodrow Wilson - 1896 - 476 Seiten
...knowingly," he declared in the closing days of 1795, " whose political tenets are adverse to the tenets which the general government are pursuing ; for this,...in my opinion, would be a sort of political suicide ;" and he left the Presidency ready to call himself very flatly a " Federalist" — of the party that... | |
 | William Spohn Baker - 1897 - 384 Seiten
...Returned home to dinner." — Washington's Diary. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. At Mount Vernon : " I shall not, whilst I have the honor to administer the government,...it would embarrass its movements is most certain. But of two men equally well affected to the true interests of their country, of equal abilities, and... | |
 | 1897 - 628 Seiten
...Returned home to dinner." — Washington's Diary. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. At Mount Vernoii : " I shall not, whilst I have the honor to administer the government,...it would embarrass its movements is most certain. But of two men equally well affected to the true interests of their country, of equal abilities, and... | |
 | 1897 - 632 Seiten
...Returned home to dinner." — Washington's Diary. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. At Mount Vernon : " I shall not, whilst I have the honor to administer the government,...it would embarrass its movements is most certain. But of two men equally well affected to the true interests of their country, of equal abilities, and... | |
 | Edward Payson Powell - 1897 - 488 Seiten
...have the honor to administer the government, knowingly, bring a man into any office of consequence, whose political tenets are adverse to the measures which the General Government is pursuing." To Elbridge Gerry Jefferson wrote the following platform of his principles : " I do then,... | |
 | William Spohn Baker - 1898 - 430 Seiten
...Returned home to dinner." — Washington's Diary. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. At Mount Vernon : " I shall not, whilst I have the honor to administer the government,...it would embarrass its movements is most certain. But of two men equally well affected to the true interests of their country, of equal abilities, and... | |
 | 1898 - 456 Seiten
...sentiments of Gen. Washington as expressed to his secretarv of war when he declared: "'l shall not, while I have the honor to administer the government, bring...it would embarrass its movements is most certain." DEMOCRATS. We reaffirm our allegiance to the great essential principles of Justice and libertyfreedom... | |
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