Pennsylvania, colonial and federal : a history, 1608-1903 . that in the early days of his management of the Gazettehe did all the editorial work on the paper himself without an as-sistant in any department, and at one time taught private classesto help his newspaper along. He ranked with Joseph Gales asone of the most polished and impressive editorial writers of theage. Like all the journalists of that class, he was very conserv-ative, slow to advance, and the North American under the ener-getic direction of Morton McMichael became a very active com-petitor. It was the first daily journal in P
Pennsylvania, colonial and federal : a history, 1608-1903 . that in the early days of his management of the Gazettehe did all the editorial work on the paper himself without an as-sistant in any department, and at one time taught private classesto help his newspaper along. He ranked with Joseph Gales asone of the most polished and impressive editorial writers of theage. Like all the journalists of that class, he was very conserv-ative, slow to advance, and the North American under the ener-getic direction of Morton McMichael became a very active com-petitor. It was the first daily journal in Philadelphia with aneditorial staff that compared favorably with the staff of the bestNew York journals. Whh. MclMichael and Bird directly inter-ested in the enterprise, with Judge Conrad and John M. Claytonas regular editorial contributors, it is not surprising that theNorth American speedily distanced the conservative United StatesGazette, and the result was the speedy union of the two papers byMcMichael purchasing Chandlers paper. Chandler retiring. 196. David Rittcnhouse Porler Iron manufacturer; stock raiser; member StateLegislature, 1819; State senator, 1836; gov-ernor, 1839-1845 Pennsylvania Journalism With the new oppurttmities and ckities hroiif^ht 1)} the Civilwar, the Inquirer \\as reduced to two cents and pubhshed in at-tractive quarto form, and (hiring the war it led all the Philadel-phia dailies in enterprise and circulation. Col. Forney retiredfrom the Pennsylvanian before the election of Buchanan to thepresidency in 1856. and his alienation from his old friend wdiomhe had elected to the presidency by the most heroic political effortsin Pennsylvania, steadily widened after Buchanans inaugurationuntil 1857, when Forney finally and fully separated from Bu-chanan by establishing The Press to lead the opposition to theKansas policy of the administration. The Press was establishedas a two-cent paper, and that had then become the standard priceof the Philadelphia journa
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