Our Republic And Its Press Will Rise

A Newspaper That Is True To Its Purpose Concerns Itself Not Only With The Way Things Are But With The Way They Ought To Be.

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

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.

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

Publicity, Publicity, Publicity Is The Greatest Moral Factor And Force In Our Public Life.