It is proposed to appoint a commissioner on the part of this Government to adjust, informally in this case, with a similar commissioner on the part of Spain, the question of damages, the commissioners to name an arbiter for points upon which they may disagree.
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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.
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 people's choice in an election by the House of Representatives remains unprovided for in the Constitution.
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