On the 19th he vetoed it--rehearsing the objections he had repeatedly stated on the same issues.
The President complained that within less than a year Congress had attempted to strip the Executive Department of the Government of some of its essential powers.

"The military commander," said he, "is, as to the power of appointment, made to take the place of the President, and the General of the Army the place of the Senate, and any attempt on the part of the President to assert his own Constitutional power may, under pretense of law, be met by official insubordination.

It is to be feared that these military officers, looking to the authority given by these laws, rather than to the letter of the Constitution, will recognize no authority but the commander of the district or the General of the Army.

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