AN INDEPENDENT "PRESS."

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1662, 2 December 1873, Page 2

AN INDEPENDENT "PRESS."

. " " F," & : contributor ; .to/tteTl^l3pir3|aiZ,''' thus discpurses on this'lnterestirfg^topic : I have a strong inclination to go in. myself for Hhe Superintendency, Ma,yo^alty ? ,qr spme other _ prominent 1 ' position; but; there ;ia;pne insuperable ject in the way. lam Sfi"aid that a hireling press;might.qpppse*me. ; There; is -one great want in the Colony, that of inde-pendencec-in j the -newspapers. c ' : '%\i of them, I fea.r, .venal, , It is. as well that I should explain what I mean by theser tetms. L ; «I,iQok upon; itjthat tfpf |* independent" "journal is one that will support me'.-thi(sk^arid thin, I am 1 : .■fiiiiy.'njiiv/.i/:

man that should be elected ; one that, notwithstanding tbe opinions honestly entertained by it that my return to office would be productive of disaster, ruin, and disgrace to the people, will obstinately persist in saying that in me it finds all that is good, all that is wise, all that is desirable. That is my idea of a thoroughly "in-"' .dependent"^.press. ...On -the-rother^hand, .'I consider that "a paper Jays itself open to the ;charge 'oi venality/ aniiof/ being conducted by a "hireling" if rfc^ does noir ignore -alir that > is t6"b"e'sai3lag^inst me, if. it does .not, forget to look back upon my past Actions atid base upon them its estimate of what I am likelyioxio-for the future ; in shorty if it does "not boldly assert that lam perfection itself.- It is high time that thi^sp'rt of thing was put a stop to ; sbwhSnT come s forward cas:;a candidate, for - [office -L'shali threaten -«ho3e' who honestly bppofee -me that'll •will' invest alii my own spare casK'^and that : of ! as m'any^ df^riiy friends as r 'l'cah get to joino^me,; in,, the- .undertaking, in starting a paper, .of ,my ,p.wn,,,pne that will' stick tip' fbif ; itie i^aiifully, 5 'mil put a soft and f seductive ;Cojpring ' joii^'Sil my promises and prof essions,- while j&siU cast into the background all tHkii I woulcT - wish tp be forgotten. '' By 'these 7 mearik, I might possibly 'secure' two' or 'three vote's, arid; induce a ! few of the electors to believe that I am not what' l r amV'' One' or' two newspapers of this class would, I think, confer an ines'tiraabie " : '.bpph jupidji 1 J the Trpvince, br ; at all events; ' whaV isj^m^e to the" point, they m^ht^^assis'^jme. As the ; press is at presen^.cpriducted, J it is inpst; difficult . to find. any. hone.^t ; iournalist,r;whp has. th<s welfarerpf his, : readers at heart, who .will ibesto w- : praise^ where praise is not due,- or- svy that which he does not mean. It.is utterly disgraceful that such a state .of things should exist, for it does riot give 1 a inati whP, like myself , is totally urißt' for' office, a shadow of a chance. I shall not say any more on this sub j ect.f j ust :no w, ' but 1 feel : sure that'my views of independent tjb'ufrialisms will coincide with those of most of my readers, even of Mr O'Conor, who does not always agree with me. „-- y.-^- ': : .Jr>