The Political and Miscellaneous Writings of William G. Goddard

THE

POLITICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS

WRITINGS

WILLIAM G. GODDARD.

EDITED BY HIS SON,
FRANCIS W. GODDARD.

VOL. I.

PROVIDENCE:

SIDNEY S. RIDER AND BROTHER.

1870.

Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1870, by

FRANCIS W. GODDARD,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Rhode Island.

HAMMOND, ANGELL & CO., PRINTERS.

PREFACE.

THE volumes which are now offered to the pubiic, embrace the principal literary and political writings of the late William G. Goddard. As, with but few exceptions, they were, at the time of writing, published only in pamphlet or newspaper form, I have been led to collect and embody them in a more durable shape, in the belief that they contain much which is of permanent value, and with a desire also to rescue them from oblivion. In the publication of articles of a personal character, I have selected those only which have an important bearing on the public events to which the second volume relates; and in their reproduction, I disclaim any intention to wound or to irritate the sensibilities of others. It may be proper to add, that the original purpose was to limit the circulation of this work to the immediate family and friends of the author. It was, however, deemed advisable to

so far modify this plan as to offer no barrier to those outside of that circle who might wish to examine its contents. As this decision was not reached before the larger portion of the materials was ready for the press, no change was made in the general scope of the design. For these reasons, therefore, my labors may have passed beyond the limits which a deference to this class of readers would have dictated.

F. W. G.

PROVIDENCE, February 1, 1870.