 When they are contending for victory, they avow their intention of enjoying the fruits of it. If they are defeated, they expect to retire from office. If they are successful, they claim, as a matter of right, the advantages of success. They see nothing...  Annual Report - Page 4501899Full view - About this book
 | John Stilwell Jenkins - Governors - 1851 - 910 pages
...intention of enjoying the fruits of it If they are defeated, they expect to retire from office ; if they are successful, they claim, as a matter of right,...see nothing wrong in the rule, that to the victor belongs the spoils of the enemy. " But if there be anything wrong in the policy which the senator from... | |
 | Andrew White Young - Constitutional history - 1855 - 1032 pages
...office. If they were successful, they claimed, as a matter of right, the advantages of success. They saw nothing wrong in the rule, that to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy. Mr. M. also replied to the main objection of gentlemen. The late administration — probably in the... | |
 | James Parton - Presidents - 1860 - 896 pages
...intention of enjoying the fruits of it. If they are defeated, they expect to retire from office ; if they are successful, they claim, as a matter of right,...see nothing wrong in the rule, that to the- victor belongs the spoils of the enemy." Mr. Van Burcn found an able defender in Governor Forsyth of Georgia.... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Politics, Practical - 1867 - 524 pages
...intention of enjoying the fruits of it. If they are defeated, they expect to retire from office ; if they are successful, they claim, as a matter of right,...that to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy." In this hour, when Mr. Van Buren was so bitterly assailed, Gov. Forsyth of Georgia paid the following... | |
 | Nathan Sargent - Statesmen - 1875 - 356 pages
...intention of enjoying the fruits of it. If they are defeated, they expect to retire from office. If they are successful, they claim, as a matter of right,...that TO THE VICTOR BELONG THE SPOILS OF THE ENEMY." This last sentence has given more eclat to Mr. Marcy's name than all else he ever wrote or did. As... | |
 | Hermann Von Holst - Constitutional history - 1879 - 732 pages
...intention of enjoying the fruits of it. If they are defeated, they expect to retire from office. If they are successful, they claim, as a matter of right,...They see nothing wrong in the rule that to the victor (? sic) belong the spoils of the enemy." " To the victor belong the spoils! " From that hour, this... | |
 | Hermann Von Holst - Constitutional history - 1879 - 724 pages
...intention of enjoying the fruits of it. If they are defeated, they expect to retire from office. If they are successful, they claim, as a matter of right,...They see nothing wrong in the rule that to the victor (? sic) belong the spoils of the enemy." " To the victor belong the spoils! " From that hour, this... | |
 | Dorman Bridgman Eaton - Political Science - 1880 - 508 pages
...States, Von Hoist quotes Senator Marcy's notorious declaration that" the politicians of New York * * * see nothing wrong in the rule that to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy;" and adds, " From that hour this maxim has remained an inviolable principle of American politicians,... | |
 | Dorman Bridgman Eaton - Political Science - 1880 - 504 pages
...States,\o\\ Hoist quotes Senator Marcy's notorious declaration that" the politicians of New York * * * see nothing wrong in the rule that to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy ;" and adds, " From that hour this maxim has remained an inviolable principle of American politicians,... | |
 | Dorman Bridgman Eaton - Civil service - 1880 - 524 pages
...quotes Senator Marcy's notorious declaration that " the politicians of New York * * * see nothjnrr wrong in the rule that to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy ;" and adds, " From that hour this maxim lias remained an inviolable principle of American politicians,... | |
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