The powers of patronage and rule which would have been exercised under the President, over a vast and populous and naturally wealthy region are greater than, unless under extreme necessity, I should be willing to intrust to any one man.
Johnson expresses concern about the concentration of power in the hands of a single individual over a large territory.
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I have been unable to find in the Constitution of the United States any warrant for the exercise of the authority thus claimed by Congress.
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I would therefore recommend such an amendment of the Constitution as may remove all intermediate agency in the election of the President and Vice-President.
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