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Despotism can no more exist in a nation until the liberty of the press be destroyed than the night can happen before the sun is set.

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Despotism can no more exist in a nation until the liberty of the press be destroyed than the night can happen before the sun is set.

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About Walter Colton

Reverend Walter Colton (May 7, 1797 – January 22, 1851) was an American clergyman and writer from Vermont who served as the first American Alcalde (mayor) of Monterey, California. He worked as an editor for newspapers in Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia, as a chaplain in the United States Navy and as co-publisher of California's first newspaper, The Californian, in 1846. He wrote several books about his travels to California and Europe.