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Bleek declares the impartiality of Het Volksblad, which is not a government mouthpiece or advocate for a particular parliamentary party or ideology. He then turns to the frequent spats of ideologically indistinct parliamentary parties that are mere factions or cliques vying to maximise power and promote local interests. They are not genuine parties if there is no diversity of principles and no legislators seem brave enough to break away and form one. Het Volksblad may champion a specific party when one emerges. The census outcome necessitates an adjustment of our system of representation. Grahamstown is unfit to hold the seat of government, as it is inferior to the more populous and intellectually vibrant Cape Town. Wodehouse's unpopular native policy resulted in an almost unanimous vote of censure. Bleek believes Responsible Government is now imminent, moderately expedited by the local parliament's policy direction and the pressure of England's public opinion. Federal division of the colony into two separate provinces will soon follow.

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06/07/1865

Two cut out columns of newsprint text, positioned vertically parallel, pasted onto a plus-sized A4 unlined sheet with visible warping. No title was subsequently handwritten onto the mount/paper backing.