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Hace 4 días · Federalists sent “committees of surveillance” to spy on Benjamin Franklin Bache, editor of the Philadelphia Democrat-Republican Aurora. Bache called the Alien and Sedition Acts an “unconstitutional exercise of power.”
Hace 4 días · In this episode, Joseph Adelman and Lindsay Chervinsky discuss the backlash surrounding the Jay Treaty and the controversial newspaper run by Benjamin Franklin Bache. For bibliographies, suggested readings, and lesson plans, go to www.GeorgeWashingtonPodcast.com .
Hace 1 día · During this time, Benjamin Franklin Bache, grandson of Ben Franklin, was arrested for libel in his publication, The Aurora, which stated that citizens should have access to a free press. Matthew Lyons (Vermont-R) was tried for defaming the government by stating that the Sedition Act was unconstitutional and that his writings were not intended to cause harm to the government.
Hace 3 días · Benjamin Franklin no solo fue un científico y editor, también fue un líder colonial que tuvo un papel importante en la Revolución Americana. Sus ideas ayudaron a sentar las bases de los Artículos de la Confederación y, como representante, viajó a Londres para hablar ante el Parlamento .
Hace 22 horas · On the Republican side, Philip Freneau and Benjamin Franklin Bache blasted the administration with all the scurrility at their command. Bache in particular targeted Washington himself as the front man for monarchy who must be exposed.
Hace 3 días · For example, on July 1, 1794, Paine’s friend Benjamin Franklin Bache published a leaked Jay’s Treaty in a pamphlet in the Aurora, selling them for 25 cents apiece. Even though the Senate had already ratified the Treaty, Bache’s violation of the terms of secrecy was still a direct assault on the executive’s authority.
Upon graduating from school in Geneva, Switzerland, an 18-year old Benjamin Franklin Bache found his family's press in Philadelphia smashed and destroyed by British troops. Angered by this, he joined a patriotic militia for a short time, comprised of men of all races, stations and creeds.
