Andrew Johnson: “When the amount of the damages shall thus have been ascertained, application will be made to Congress for a further…”

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.

My object in this communication is to suggest certain defects in the Constitution which seem to me to require correction.

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.

The foregoing views have long been entertained by me.