I return to the Senate, in which House it originated, a bill entitled 'An act to admit the State of Colorado into the Union,' to which I can not, consistently with my sense of duty, give my approval.
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My object in this communication is to suggest certain defects in the Constitution which seem to me to require correction.
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.
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.
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