Our Republic And Its Press Will Rise

The Post-dispatch Will Serve No Party But The People; Be No Organ Of Republicanism, But The Organ Of Truth; Will Follow No Causes Bit Its Conclusions; Will Not Support The Administration, But Criticize It; Will Oppose All Frauds And Shams Wherever Or Whatever They Are; Will Advocate Principles And Ideas Rather Than Prejudices And Partisanship.

The Power To Mould The Future Of The Republic Will Be In The Hands Of The Journalists Of Future Generations.

A Cynical, Mercenary, Demagogic Press Will Produce In Time A People As Base As Itself.

An Able, Disinterested, Public-spirited Press, With Trained Intelligence To Know The Right And Courage To Do It, Can Preserve That Public Virtue Without Which Popular Government Is A Sham And A Mockery

There Is Not A Crime, There Is Not A Dodge, There Is Not A Trick, There Is Not A Swindle, There Is Not A Vice Which Does Not Live By Secrecy.