The Woodville Republican, and Wilkinson advertiser. (Woodville, Miss.) 1853-18??, 1853-06-21
Vacancy,
oocAsIoSLD By THE DEATH OF Mr.. HING.

United States creates vacancy in that office,
which there is no authority at present existing
in any quarter TO fil The statement current
in the morning prints that Senator Atchison,
of Missouri, the present President Of the Sem
ale, is or can be Vice President CT o6ieio, is
mistake. The constitution of the United
States has made no provision for supplying
vacancy in the Vice Presidency in the place
of that officer, The first section of the third
article reads as follows:
an case of the removal Of the President
from Office, or of his death, resignation, or In
ability to discharge the powers and duties Of
the said Office, the same shall devolve upon
the Vice President, declaring, what officer
shall then act as President, and such officer
shall act accordingly until the disability be
removed, or President be elected"
1t will be observed that provision is here
made for supplying the place of President,
and President only, Nothing is said about
supplying vacancy occurring from any cause
in the Vice Presidency; aud that the Con-
gress which in 1892 undertook to provide for
the contingencies contemplated by this see
ton, took the same view of it, it appears from
the language of that act which is carefully re-
stricted in its operatica to vacancies occur
ring in the Presidency. The act from which
we quote is entitled an
"Act relative to the Elect on of President and
"Vice President of the United States, and de-
"claring the officer who shall act as President,
I'm case of vacancies in the offices both of Pres
'ident and Vice President"
1t was adopted March lst 1902, and is the
only legislation of Congress on the subject.
SEC. 8. And be 1t further enacted, That, in
case of removal by death, resignation or ina.
bihty both of the President and Vice Presi-
dent of the United States the President of the
Senate pro tempore, and in case there shall be
no President Of the Senate then the Speaker
of the House of Representatives, for the time
being shall act as President of the Unitec
States, until the disability be removed or
President shall be elected.
In the following section, provision is mad'
for the choice of President and Vice Presi
: dent by the people, in case of the decease o
both Of those officers, a contingency for whicl
there are now just double the number G
|, chances that the constitution was intende
}. to provide against the clause reads as fol
: lows:
' SEC. 10. Aad be 1t further enacted, Tha
whenever the Office of President and Vie
President shall both become vacant the Sec
retary of State shall forthwith cause Motif
cation thereof to be made to the executive c
] every. State, and shall also cause the same t.
be published in at least one Of the newspaper
published in each State within thirty-four day
preceding the first Wednesday in Deeembe
. then next ensuing Provided, there shall b
the space Of two months between the date {
Il such notification and the first Wednesday j
December; and if the term for which the Pre-
ident and Vice President last in Office wer
:, elected shall not expire on the third day
March next, ensuing, then the Secretary {
e State shall specify in the notification that tn
e electors shall be appointed or chosen With
thirty y-four days preceding the first Wedne
q day in December in the year next ensuing
and the electors shall meet and give their vot'
on the said first day in December, and Ii
proceedings and duties of the said electo
and others shall be pursuant to the direction
prescribed in this act
y BY reference to the constitution, it will
It. seen that the power of choosing Wee Pres
ID dent rests exclusively with the people, an
C. that, in case of his office becoming yaca
oe from any cause, his place must be filed by Il
y people, and can be filed in no other way, n
then, only in case Of a similar vacancy in Il
OF office Of President.
I'd One of the consequences, therefore, Of n
lie Kings death, will pro ABLY be the continu
IS ton Of Mr.. Atcbison as president of the se
m. ate during the remainder ofhis senatorial ten
nj two years,) or during the will Of that bod
IN uuless the President should die, in viii
ng case he would be President until the foDowii
no March. 1.
~ - EE- We understand that Senator Shiel