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By Chester Alan Arthur
No higher or more assuring proof could exist of the strength and permanence of popular government than the fact that though the chosen of the people be struck down his constitutional successor is peacefully installed without shock or strain except the sorrow which mourns the bereavement.
- Source
- Address Upon Assuming the Office of President of the United States, September 22, 1881
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- The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara
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From Chester A. Arthur's address on September 22, 1881, read after he took the oath a second time in the Capitol, days after President Garfield died of his wounds from an assassin's shot. He is pointing out that the transfer of power happened peacefully.