The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-08-20
PROSPECTUS FOR TUE NOW Epa
PUBLISHED DAILY IN NORFOLK. AND
PORTSMOUTH,. NIRGlNIA

N ifs fp,o nj,
character, devoted to the Republican partv in it
politics, and is intended to meet the wIli,r 3res S
the city o Norfolk on equal ground, to spread trne
knowedgc before the people in this section of V;r
giua, and fully define and sustain Rro,,iIca Di
ciples; those Principles which have been balIou'5
by all Virginia's Statesmen, inmutablv impressed
upon her destiny by the Resolutions of I79S-;9e and
hrmly upheld IN every election for National OFF
GERS since have been :, Confedcrafion Of Statas
Thus boldly and explicitly stating our poliics we
would not have it understood that we rio M e.
the purpose of pursuing an indscriminatc and M
renting personal warfare upon our polticaj co
temporaries; We shall hold out the Olive Branch
10 them, and only PIERCE when they srRrter W.
intend to make a Newspaper of The Ncvy m, az
shall be welcome and profitable vsiter TO every
citizen IN the community, in whose columns moth
ing but truth Will be found, and on whose st,t
ments the utmost reliance can be placed
The New ERA. Some may be curious enouo,, t
Imnquirc why we have given the paper this name
l. Because we now identify ourselves moro close
y with the good people of Norfolk whose rrroy,
ing enterprise we have long witnessed and
admired, and whose prospective with orr o,,,
we desire to advance; and in SO identifg;,ir'
ourselves, we have chosen the time when >
ven FRA mas opened upon the good Old Bor-
potent operation of the ballot-box suddcnIy
transformed into young and vigorons cityy
t.iln AT an points like Minerva, ready to
take her stand among. the rival ciiias az ~
Union when the last vcstige of kinecIv cbar
tered rights is broken down. and she comoa.
uIrcctiy under republican municipal govern
?. 1t is Nep Era in the History Of Nore,u.
tI id' a. q PERMANENT Democratic paper is now for
the iirst time TO be established within her Ii,i.1
ana an can, no doubt, remember when tbere
We're but some ten dozen men who 49,
Dod enough, on great questions of pn[l;c III
ICY, to go up to the polls and proclaim tberl
selves for democratic measurcsLtbei 49,, Ill
now amount to ''LEGIoN,' and thew are Cor
unuaIly increasing. They have grown so nm
'herous that they demand an oRGA ana $50
support it. ~ anu VIII
D. II Is started at a Mem Era in our National af.
s--when wonderful chances bav inst 49, e,-
wrought in the political world ,vbcS, y o'
man IS at the head of affnirs when old nart;co
nave been broken down, and old measures have
been quietly abandoned. and we omen orr go
upon ne'c order OF things We find tbe ~,
great move in carrying out the object of orr
gooGrnln :, 'enlarging the boundaries of
ation oil Texas, and the Old World is astonnded
az our progress, and muterings are heard from
,.,y' do we we 'akc our stand where and when we
can 90 the most efficient service and re,dor
more certain aid to the Government which No
zGalously iabored to bring into power
SUCH are some of the reasons that ;nl,oo 49,,
give tne new paper the name we have proposed, and
we hope they will be satisfactory to overv f, eu
aIoet we 40 not agree with Shakespeare that sea ros
by any other name would smell nc 800, ,, 'oSS
therefore, there may be some who Iika ,,ot 80 anu
put they vii! get used TO it before we are done With
=. The NEW ERA will contain all the earliest intel
hgence, local and foreign and such nor,io f ;
ceiianeous reading, that goes to make n n . pnr
paper ana IN order to secure il an extensi,, So;
Ialon, and bring it within the COMPASS of aiI ~,
R nrJcd IS put down as low as it possibly be a
ordcd, TO insure ITS pcrmanence, viz Fine Dol
tarS year to all who desire to take the psner ~
wa, way and who pay in advance; Ten Gents a
week. ana ilco Cents a number invariably maid ~
the Tune OF delivery. Carriers will be f,rnibo o|
y W. gay WIN fuI supply for transient custom
nave adopted this course in order to insure ON,
,iI'onS ana ourselves from possible loss This
VIII give US an extensive circulation and ,,iII e
" ,,b;n' be the most profitable medium through
wnlch advertisers can meet the public eve Will
inc terms VIII be the as now CHARGED for y
we nave thoroughly examined the whole Ground
nmb we are convinced that the proposed plan of
pubicatlon is the only judicious one that can he
started IN this head age; it is useless to strive
ng, ,! InS onward progress of human improve.
nehts' and Ii we wish to keep in company we r1,,t
put on more steam and rush with the tide w"
nave done So and we now ask for that natropao,o
Wnlch industry and an intention to deserve
1t may command. '" 'oSer'e
W. 90 not break our connection with our old pa
irons and Friends, but shall give them Do;i, ia
stead OF Ir'-toeeky paper, without ncreasinSg tb
price OF subscription this, we have no dorbt Oil
be gratifying to them Nv U0''o'' VIII
Inc Pubiic's most obcdient Servant
"A. CUNNINGHAM