Freneau, Philip Morin | Samuel E. Forman (essay date 1902)
Samuel E. Forman (essay date 1902)
SOURCE: Forman, Samuel E. “The Democratic Editor.” In The Political Activities of Philip Freneau, pp. 35-79. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1902.
[In the following excerpt, Forman discusses Freneau's position as editor of the National Gazette and the controversy that surrounded his work there.]
The plan and purposes of the new paper were published at considerable length. The Gazette was to appear every Wednesday and Saturday;1 the subscription price was to be three dollars per annum; the news published was to be of national character, especial attention being promised to the doings of the national government; the columns of the Gazette were to be open to all original and interesting productions whether prose or verse; political discussion was to be conducted with perfect fairness and the greatest latitude; the debates of congress and reports of departments were to be...
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