Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-06-28

Tho following are the argum"f u, Of Mr. Walker
reported in the National lneIl'L rncer, relative to
the propriety OF he title President, NJ iod TO Mr.
Tyler. They leave nothing to y desired and arc
OF the more weight, coming as 'tey nom an
opponent of The President.
MIR Walker, of Mississippi "a ll,.t, 40 the yeas
and nays had been ordered, aud ,.a vote Of every
Senator was to be placed on record D. c would We
nv briefly present the grounds on which his own
vote would he given. The o.iy material ggI
mCnt which had been urged Ia seaport Of the a
amendment drawn from the lowing clause
0f the Constitution:
Gin case Of the removal Of the President from
Office OF his death, re gnNtion, or inaD'Ilty to
discharge the power md duties OF The su.l Office,
the same shall deyolve upon the ice President
and the Congress may by law provide for the case
OF removal, death, resignation, or inability, both
Of the President and Vice President, declaring
wlrat officer shall then act as Pres dent, and such
officer shall act accordingly, uu.il the disability
be removed, or President shaft be elected"
Now, here there were two separate and distinct
contingencies, viz. the death OF Il President, and,
secondly, tho death of both President and Vice
President In the first case, the Constitution de
clared that the Office OF President devolves on the
Vice President in The other case ii provided that
there should he AN acting President designated by
law. The Congress was required TO appoint by
law some person "to act as President" until the
disability he removed, or President shall bo cleo
ted. In lie last case, there was TO he an acting
PRESIDENT not tor the uneXpred term of the Pres
i,lem deceased, but until actual President shalt
he chosen. But in the case the death of Pres
ident the Office ilsolf-'fhc said oflice"-sta de-
voIye on the Vice President The language used
was "rHE SAME shall devolve. What shall de
volye the immediate anlecedent was, she said Of
fee ~ and it was, us he had said, sound rule G.
grammatical construction, rs well a plain die
late CT o0lnmon sense, that the immediate antece-
dent yYns to be connected with the nd ectiVc which
followed. II was, then, the Office itself of Presi-
dent, that devoveti on the Vice President. He
was not the Vice President acting rs President,
but,l,s ceased to he Vice PRESIDENT the Office of
| President having devolved upon him.-Was MIR
TYLER still the Vice President Of The United States,
,lischargng additional duties in consequence OF
the death of tie President? IL So, why Was he
not in the Senate, discharging the duties offs pre-
siding officer! Could he come to this hail. aud
here act for one moment MS President OF the Sen .
ate Surely not lie was The President under the
constitution and would remain during the re s.
idue of the entire term for which the Presidcn,
/ hnd been chosen THIS was the language ana
the true intent and meaning of the Constitute.
As TO the case of Colonel acting as General ~
case of the death OF the General in battle The Col
onel acted as General only during the tenlporary
emergency another person might he appoinie'
General, and then the Colonel would rutNrn 10 h.
former staten, the emergency having ceased.