FOR AND AGAINST: Different Views
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Focus question
FeQ4 What does the Daily Telegraph advise voters to do? In your own words, explain the reasons given.

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH'S OPPOSITION

THE MOMENTOUS THIRD.
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THE BILL SHOULD DIE TO-NIGHT.
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KILLED BY AN OUTRAGED DEMOCRACY.
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BE ON THE SIDE OF SAFETY, AND VOTE "NO".
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BE JUST BEFORE BEING GENEROUS.
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FEDERATING IN HASTE MEANS REPENTING AT LEISURE.
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IF STILL IN DOUBT STRIKE OUT "YES".
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IT IS THE SAFE THING TO DO
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VOTE FOR THE BILL, AND THE STEP IS IRRETRACEABLE.
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THE BILL LAYS THE AXE AT THE ROOT OF DEMOCRACY.
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DEFEAT IT, AND REJECT A DANGEROUS CONSTITUTION.
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THE BILL SPELLS CALAMITY TO THIS COLONY,
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AND IMPOSES ON NEW SOUTH WALES THE BURDEN OF
THE SMALL STATES.
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DELAY WILL GIVE A BETTER FEDERATION.
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A CONVENTION BILL SHOULD NOT RECOGNISE CLASS
INTERESTS OR STATE DOMINATION.
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THE BILL TAXES EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD
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£1 2s. 6d A YEAR EXTRA.
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IT REDUCES THE VALUE OF WAGES.
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IT MEANS A MILLION AND A HALF MORE CUSTOMS DUTIES.
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EVERY AUSTRALIAN SHOULD VOTE "NO."
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EVERY DEMOCRAT SHOULD VOTE "NO."
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EVERY BELIEVER IN EQUAL RIGHTS SHOULD VOTE "NO."
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EVERY MAN WHO LOVES HIS COUNTRY SHOULD VOTE "NO."
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EVERY GENUINE FEDERALIST SHOULD VOTE "NO."
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DON'T BE MISLED BY MERE SENTIMENT.
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DON'T BE BEGUILED BY BANDS AND BUNTING.
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DELAY WILL ENSURE A REAL AND COMPLETE UNION.
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QUEENSLAND WILL THEN BE INCLUDED.
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THEREFORE, VOTE THIS BILL DOWN.
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STRIKE OUT "YES,"
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AND SAVE NEW SOUTH WALES.

An Example of the Daily Telegraph's Campaign, Daily Telegraph, Sydney, 3 June 1898, cited in Scott Bennett (ed.), Federation, Cassell Australia, North Melbourne, 1975, p. 172.