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The editor promises to maintain the good work begun by John Pascoe Fawkner in his newspaper undertakings in Launceston and Melbourne. 'Our course is a straightforward one,' the editor proclaims. 'Our columns shall be open to all and overawed by none ... We shall fearlessly expose all offences against the people, and sternly denounce every instance of malversation whether it be committed by the highest functionary of the state or by the petty minions of the petty powers. The editor concludes that 'truth, and truth alone, can render the press a really efficient instrument of reformation or punishment'.
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Editorial.
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At head of editorial column: Bring forth the Press! / When first that mightly shout was heard. / Truth rose in radiant light ensphered. / The Nations to address.
[These are the opening lines of Thomas Noble's 'Ode', written for the Derby celebration of the Reform Bills.]
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