...himself so tolerant, enjoined and observed, in his administration, a strict unity of views and conduct. " I shall not, whilst I have the honor to administer...my opinion, would be a sort of political suicide."* "In a government as free as ours," he wrote to Gouverneur Morris, at that time residing in London,...

...vigorous uniformity of purpose and conduct in his administration. " I shall not, whilst I have the honour to administer the government, bring a man into any...my opinion, would be a sort of political suicide*." And in 1795 he wrote as follows to Gouverneur Morris, then Minister of the United States in London....

...not," said he in 1795, "whilst I have the honor to administer the government, bring a man into ¡vn office of consequence, knowingly, whose political...it would embarrass its movements, is most certain." During the second term of his Administration, the observance of this rule led to no little difficulty...

...Mr. Pickering, dated September, 1795, he uses the following emphatic language : " I shall not, while I have the honor to administer the Government, bring...certain. But of two men equally well affected to the true interest of their country, of equal abilities, it is the part of prudence to give the preference to...

...himself so tolerant, enjoined and observed, in his administration, a strict unity of views and conduct, "I shall not, whilst I have the honor to administer...opinion, would be a sort of political suicide."'^ " In a government as free as ours,' ? he wrote to Gouverneur Morris, at that time residing in London,...

...hostile to his administration. He believed the opposite practice absolutely suicidal. In a letter dated "Mt. Vernon, 27th September, 1795," to Timothy Pickering,...movements Is most certain. But of two men equally well afl'ected to the true interests of their country, of equal abilities, and equally disposed to lend...

...experience with a wrangling cabinet, the statement regarding the attorney-generalship : " I shall not bring a man into any office of consequence knowingly,...my opinion, would be a sort of political suicide." f In minor appointments, Washington carried out, so far as possible, a distributive geographical rule....

...consequence, knowingly, whose political tenets are adverse to the measures which the general government is pursuing, for this in my opinion would be a sort of...suicide : that it would embarrass its movements is certain." This is the true principle. But it is not a principle applicable to subordinate ministerial...

...consequence, knowingly, whose political tenets are adverse to the measures which the General Government is pursuing; for this, in my opinion, would be a sort...suicide. That it would embarrass its movements is certain." Now, sir, if any freak of destiny should ever place me in one of these executive departments,...

...consequence, knowingly, whose political tenets are adverse to the measures which the general government is pursuing, for this in my opinion would be a sort of political suicide." The Rapublican Jefferson and Federalist Bayard both reiterated this doctrine in 1800, and took care...