 This process of election affords a moral certainty, that the office of president, will seldom fall to the lot of any man, who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications.  Popular Government: Four Essays - Page 215by Henry Sumner Maine - 1886 - 261 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional history - 1817 - 570 pages
...five highest numbers of votes, the man who, in their opinion, may be best qualified for the office. This process of election affords a moral certainty,...degree endowed with the requisite qualifications. Talents for low intrigue, and the little arts of popularity, may alone suffice to elevate a man to... | |
 | James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1818 - 882 pages
...five highest numbers of votes, the man \vho, in their opinion, may be best qualified for the office. This process of election affords a moral certainty,...degree endowed with the requisite qualifications. Talents for low intrigue, and the little arts of popularity, may alone suffice to elevate a man to... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional history - 1837 - 516 pages
...five highest numbers of votes, the man who, in their opinion, may be best qualified for the office. This process of election affords a moral certainty,...degree endowed with the requisite qualifications. Talents for low intrigue, and the little arts of popularity, may alone suffice to elevate a man to... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1842 - 576 pages
...people, than if they were all to be convened at one time, in one place." — Federalist, pp. 424, 425. " This process of election affords a moral certainty,...degree endowed with the requisite qualifications. Talents for low intrigue, and the little arts of popularity, may alone suffice to elevate a man to... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1842 - 554 pages
...people, than if they were all to be convened at one time, in one place." — Federalist, pp. 424, 425. " This process of election affords a moral certainty,...degree endowed with the requisite qualifications. Talents for low intrigue, and the little arts of popularity, may alone suffice to elevate a man to... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1851 - 642 pages
...satisfaction, " affords a moral certainty, that the office of president will seldom fall to the lot of a man, who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications. Talents for low intrigue, and the little arts of popularity, may alone suffice to elevate a man to... | |
 | Caleb Sprague Henry - Education - 1861 - 442 pages
...Federalist, " affords a moral certainty that the office of President will seldom fall to the lot of a man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications. Talents for low intrigue, and the little arts of popularity, may alone suffice to elevate a man to... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1863 - 478 pages
...the Constitution contrived, to avoid this very evil among others, — which "The Federalist" says " affords a moral certainty that the office of President...degree endowed with the requisite qualifications," — has failed completely. The conflicting interests of various States and sections, the difference... | |
 | Henry Barton Dawson - Constitutional law - 1863 - 770 pages
...office. The process of election affords a moral certainty, that the office of President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent...degree endowed with the requisite qualifications. Talents for low intrigue, and the little arts of popularity, may alone suffice to elevate a man to... | |
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