The case was hopeless.
Arthur was a man of surpassing sweetness and grace.

As handsome as Pierce, as affable as McKinley, he was a more experienced and dextrous politician than either.

He had been put on the ticket with Garfield to placate Conkling.

All sorts of stories to his discredit were told during the ensuing campaign.

The Democrats made him out a tricky and typical "New York politician." In point of fact he was a many-sided, accomplished man who had a taking way of adjusting all conditions and adapting himself to all companies.
With a sister as charming and tactful as he for head of his domestic fabric, the White House bloomed again.