SUGGESTIONS. Garfield was assassinated on September 19th, 1881, after serving as President only from March 4th of the same year. The only public utterance of consequence which he had opportunity to give was his Inaugural Address. This address disclosed the great scholar that Garfield was, and the reading of it in its entirety is well worth while, because it came long enough after the Civil War to enable him to review that war, and to give a concise history of the period. Page 4596. In this Inaugural Address he discusses ably the question of finances, civil service, the proposed canal, and many other vital questions. The condition of the times did not call for an enunciation of Foreign Policy by Garfield, and he did not express his views, except in the brief reference to the commerce of the world in connection with the canal discussion. Page 4610. NOTE. For further suggestions on Garfield's administration see Garfield, James A., Encyclopedic Index. By reading the Foreign Policy of each President, and by scanning the messages as to the state of the nation, a thorough knowledge of the history of the United States will be acquired from the most authentic sources; because, as has been said, "Each President reviews the past, depicts the present and forecasts the future of the nation." 4617-B Chester A. Arthur September 19, 1881, to March 4, 1885 SEE ENCYCLOPEDIC INDEX. The Encyclopedic Index is not only an index to the other volumes, not only a key that unlocks the treasures of the entire publication, but it is in itself an alphabetically arranged brief history or story of the great controlling events constituting the History of the United States. Under its proper alphabetical classification the story is told of every great subject referred to by any of the Presidents in their official Messages, and at the end of each article the official utterances of the Presidents themselves are cited upon the subject, so that you may readily turn to the page in the body of the work itself for this original information. Next to the possession of knowledge is the ability to turn at will to where knowledge is to be found. |