Excerpt from Address of the Hon. William Gaston, Mayor, to the City Council of Roxbury: Delivered Before the Two Branches in Convention, January 7, 1861 In a Town Government there is danger that econ omy may degenerate into penuriousness, and in a City Government, that a liberal spirit may degenerate into lavishness. It would be unjust to accuse the old Town Government of the one, and equally unjust to accuse the City Government of the other; but I think our history does illustrate the fact, that a Town Govern ment is not well suited for a large community, rapidly increasing in population and wealth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.