 in retiring from the presidential office after their second term, has become, by universal concurrence, a part of our republican system of government, and that any departure from this time-honored custom would be unwise, unpatriotic and fraught with peril...  The Atlantic Monthly - Page 3771927Full view - About this book
 | Edward Lillie Pierce - 1893 - 690 pages
...that " a departure from the time-honored custom [that of a President retiring after a second term] would be unwise, unpatriotic, and fraught with peril to our free institutions." This ended the question of a third term in 1876; but it was revived again in 1880, when the scheme... | |
 | Edward Lillie Pierce - 1894 - 682 pages
...declaring that "a departure from the time-honored custom [that of a President retiring after a second term] would be unwise, unpatriotic, and fraught with peril to our free institutions." This ended the question of a third term in 1876; but it was revived again in 1880, when the scheme... | |
 | American Historical Association - Electronic journals - 1897 - 456 pages
...of this House, the precedent established by Washington and other Presidents of the United State«, in retiring from the Presidential office after their...system of government, and that any departure from this time honored custom would be unwise, unpatriotic, and fraught with peril to our free institutions."... | |
 | David Henry Montgomery - United States - 1897 - 694 pages
...but the House of Representatives passed a resolution by 234 to 18 declaring that such a nomination would be " unwise, unpatriotic, and fraught with peril to our free institutions." uoe * Fiat Money. — Paper money issued by decree or " fiat" of the national Government, and not redeemable... | |
 | Alexander Kelly McClure - Political Science - 1900 - 510 pages
...established precedent of Washington, who retired from the Presidency after the second term, had become "a part of our Republican system of government, and...and fraught with peril to our free institutions." This resolution passed by 234 to 18, and was supported not only by all the Democrats, but of the 88... | |
 | Walter Allen - Biography & Autobiography - 1901 - 184 pages
...and other Presidents of the United States after their second term, has become, by universal consent, a part of our republican system of government, and...and fraught with peril to our free institutions." As 70 Republicans voted for this resolution, it was practically the voice of both parties, and it dispelled... | |
 | Elisha Benjamin Andrews - United States - 1903 - 1012 pages
...opinion of this House the precedent established by Washington and other Presidents of the United States after their second term, has become, by universal...and fraught with peril to our free institutions." The issues with a view to which, in 1876, the two great parties constructed their platforms, were mainly... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson, William MacDonald - United States - 1905 - 708 pages
...nearly unanimous adoption by the House of Representatives of a resolution declaring that a third term, "would be unwise, unpatriotic, and fraught with peril to our free institutions," put an end to the project for the time being. There was wide popular following for James G. Elaine,... | |
 | Edward Stanwood - 1905 - 406 pages
...departure from the time-honored custom by which presidents retired from office after a second term "would be unwise, unpatriotic, and fraught with peril to our free institutions." Mr. Blaine was in the House, but did not answer to his name; the resolution was passed, ayes 233, noes... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson, William MacDonald - History - 1905 - 692 pages
...nearly unanimous adoption by the House of Representatives of a resolution declaring that a third term "would be unwise, unpatriotic, and fraught with peril to our free institutions," put an end to the project for the time being. There was wide popular following for James G. Blaine,... | |
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