withdrew from the partnership, to be succeeded by Mr. James Gill, who, in a short time, also backed out, when Mr. M'Lauchlin M'Kinnon, another ex-squatter, went in, and remained there. Wilson spared neither trouble nor expense in running the journal, which might be said to have grown into the dream of his life. For some time it was the reverse of remunerative, and it was generally understood to be heavily in with some of the banks, but, like a gallant bark, it weathered every storm, and is now (1888) reputedly the best newspaper property at the Antipodes. Edward Wilson had a creed peculiar to himself, the three cardinal points in which were (1) His belief in himself; (2) His belief in The Argus; and (3) A belief in the Colony of Victoria, that it possessed all the inherent qualities, which, if properly applied, would constitute it one of the most flourishing of the Colonial dominions over which the flag of Britain floats. As a true disciple of this creed, he work with a constancy, an untiring fervour, and a determination given to few men of his generation, and he obtained his well-earned reward. When the political history of this country comes to be written The Argus and its founder will stand forth as prominent figures, for whatever may be the public shortcomings of the one, its influence on the destinies of Victoria cannot be overrated; while the other, in his own way served the land of his adoption with the fealty of a true knight, and when dying in the land of his nativity, a few years ago, still held her in remembrance by liberal bequests.
