States to which the Constitution guarantees a republican form of government have been reduced to military dependencies in each of which the people have been made subject to the arbitrary will of the commanding general.
Johnson expresses concern over military control in states that should have republican governance.
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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.
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.
No power exists in the Constitution authorizing the joint resolution or the supposed law--the only difference being that one would be more palpably unconstitutional and revolutionary than the other.
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