’AndnowsupposeforamomentthatIhadthispower，anduseditasyouwish:isn’titclearthatitwouldbeagreatabuse？Certainmenareemployedinwritingforthepublicpress；andiftheyareinducedeithertowriteortoabstainfromwritingbyprivatemotives，surelythepublicpresswouldsoonbeoflittlevalue。Lookattherecognisedworthofdifferentnewspapers，andseeifitdoesnotmainlydependontheassurancewhichthepublicfeelthatsuchapaperis，orisnot，independent。YoualludedtoTheJupiter:surelyyoucannotbutseethattheweightofTheJupiteristoogreattobemovedbyanyprivaterequest，eventhoughitshouldbemadetoamuchmoreinfluentialpersonthanmyself:you’veonlytothinkofthis，andyou’llseethatIamright。’
ThediscretionofTomTowerswasboundless:therewasnocontradictingwhathesaid，noarguingagainstsuchpropositions。
Hetooksuchhighgroundthattherewasnogettingonit。’Thepublicisdefrauded，’saidhe，’wheneverprivateconsiderationsareallowedtohaveweight。’Quitetrue，thougreatestoracleofthemiddleofthenineteenthcentury，thousententiousproclaimerofthepurityofthepress——thepublicisdefraudedwhenitispurposelymisled。Poorpublic！howoftenisitmisled！againstwhataworldoffraudhasittocontend！
Boldtookhisleave，andgotoutoftheroomasquicklyashecould，inwardlydenouncinghisfriendTomTowersasaprigandahumbug。’Iknowhewrotethosearticles，’saidBoldtohimself。’Iknowhegothisinformationfromme。Hewasreadyenoughtotakemywordforgospelwhenitsuitedhisownviews，andtosetMrHardingupbeforethepublicasanimpostoronnoothertestimonythanmychanceconversation；
butwhenIofferhimrealevidenceopposedtohisownviews，hetellsmethatprivatemotivesaredetrimentaltopublicjustice！Confoundhisarrogance！Whatisanypublicquestionbutaconglomerationofprivateinterests？Whatisanynewspaperarticlebutanexpressionoftheviewstakenbyoneside？Truth！ittakesanagetoascertainthetruthofanyquestion！TheideaofTomTowerstalkingofpublicmotivesandpurityofpurpose！Why，itwouldn’tgivehimamoment’suneasinesstochangehispoliticstomorrow，ifthepaperrequiredit。’