In November, with the support of Shojiro GOTO, Taku OE, and Kunisuke OKAZAKI, he published a daily newspaper called "Suntetsu" in which he criticized the Matsukata cabinet, which he was also a part, and in March 1892, he resigned and became an advisor for the Privy Council.
11月、後藤象二郎や大江卓、岡崎邦輔の協力をえて日刊新聞『寸鉄』を発刊し、みずからも列する松方内閣を批判、明治25年（1892年）3月、辞職して枢密院顧問官となる。