Young folks' history of the United States . his day regained thtprosperity that it once had in these ways. This camtpartly from the war, when foreign commerce under American flags almost stopped; and partly from the changefrom wooden to iron vessels. America has great advantages for building wooden vessels, but European nationsespecially England, have great advantages for buildingiron vessels; so that all the great steamers which no\^cross the Atlantic are built and owned in Europe. It uhoped that at some time and in some way our old com mercial prosperity will berestored. Until this is doneit
Young folks' history of the United States . his day regained thtprosperity that it once had in these ways. This camtpartly from the war, when foreign commerce under American flags almost stopped; and partly from the changefrom wooden to iron vessels. America has great advantages for building wooden vessels, but European nationsespecially England, have great advantages for buildingiron vessels; so that all the great steamers which no\^cross the Atlantic are built and owned in Europe. It uhoped that at some time and in some way our old com mercial prosperity will berestored. Until this is doneit cannot be claimed thaithe welfare of the natiorin business matters is irall respects complete. In the national electionof 1880 the Republicansnominated James A. Gar-field of Ohio for president,and Chester A. Arthur ofNew York for vice-presi-JAMES A. GARFIELD. ^gnt. Thc Dcmocrats nom- inated Winfield S. Hancock of New York for president,and William H. English of Indiana for vice-president;and the Greenback party and several smaller parties. HAYES. GARFIELD.—ARTHUR. 341 also made nominations. The Republican candidate waselected by a decided majority of electoral votes, so thatthere was none of the bitter feeling which had been leftby the previous election. President Garfield was inaug- Theurated March 4, 1881, and there was a general feeling of presidenthopefulness and prosperity, when the nation was startledby a great shock. On July 2, 1881, while waiting for atrain in the railway-station at Washington, PresidentGarfield was shot and mortally wounded by an unknownstranger named Charles J. Guiteau. The President wasat once taken to the White House, where he lingeredbetween life and death for many weeks, amid the anxietyof the whole people. Durinp^ all this period the courao^e and patience ^he an?«;».showed by the sufferer, and also by his heroic wife, people,were so great as to command peculiar respect and ad-miration. Day by day the telegraphic reports sent outby the physic
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