Judicious legislation and prudent economy can alone remedy defects and avert evils which, if suffered to exist, can not fail to diminish confidence in the public councils and weaken the attachment and respect of the people toward their political institutions.
Johnson advocates for careful legislation and economic prudence to maintain public trust.
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I transmit the accompanying communications from the Secretary of the Interior, together with the papers to which they have reference.
My object in this communication is to suggest certain defects in the Constitution which seem to me to require correction.
Feeling constrained to withhold my consent, I herewith return the resolution to the Senate, in which House it originated, with a brief statement of the reasons which have induced my action.
The danger of a defeat of the popular choice in an election by the House of Representatives is no greater than in an election made nominally by the people themselves.
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