The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-08-04
PROSPECTUS
oF NEW rULiIiCAL PAPER. CALLED THE
SOUTHERN STANDARD

vernment are determined to mn kc another and n
vi. effort Tor supremacy the national conn
CHS Inc press is the great engine of party in the
present age, and in Virginia our opponents are
making powerful use of this formidable weapon.
Aware that the Metropolis il the great battle
ground upon which the heat of the fight is to be
sustained it is to this important point they are di
rectng their most strenuous excrtons. They have
called to the Wing Mr. Richard II. Toler, gen.
tleman o. acknowledged abilities ana great expe-
ricnce; Messrs. Gailaher & Baldwin have beon
placed at the head of the so called Republican: and
the compiler mas been greatly strengthened by the
acquisition Of Mr.. w. c. Carring ton, who TO the
accompli shmcnts of ripe scholar, adds the force
OF n vigorous intellect.
To this array of forces We have only to oppose a
single Metropolitan Journal, which, however,
great its ability ought to be left to cope single
handed with such host. To come therefore to
tho aid OF the Enquirer and the Democratic party,
If they will accept of services so humble We the
undersigned, have resolved to establish another
Democratic paper in the city of Richmond. To
this design we have been instigated chiefly by the
press ng and frequent socj tai tons of many of the
wisest and most influential members of the Demo.
cratic party, and to its support invoke the aid Of
our pohncai friends, not only in Virginia, but
throughout the Union The press is a tower of
strength and to the maintenance Of our political
principles We should chceruy contribute our men
tai powers and our pecuniary means
~ this Journal will endrayor with what
ability we may, to sustain the principles and doc
trines of the Republican party in their pristine pu
ritv. Utterly repudating all Agrarianism and
Radcalisn, as destructive of the most valuable so.
cal institutions, and worse than Federalism itself
with which indeed we will not pretend Ia conp,rc
it, we will advocate a limited construction of tn q
Constitution of the United States, believing that
the plain and obvious meaning of its context grants
tnil as much power to the General Government as
it is either wise polite to bcstow upon it,
When men are secure in the enjoyment of per-
sonal liberty and the product of their labor the
tive promptings of individual interest ensure a
much better Investment of labor and capital. than
can be obtained by any system devised for the pur-
pose of diverting it from its natural into artificial
channels We shall, therefore oppose TARIFF
for protection, not only because it is unconstitu-
onai, but because it is in the highest degree I'M
wise and impotic.
Accountability is the great check upon human
depravity, and CoRPosArloNs are corrupt because
their members arc individually irresponsible; they
are therefore, to be opposed upon general princi-
pies, and only to be tolerated occasionally as nc.
cessary evils. In the Constitution of the United
States we find no warrant or authority to establish
any of these excreScences upon the body polite :;
end in the shape of a BANK we hold that the pow.
err would be peculiarly dangerous and objection
We shall always oppose the expenditure OF vast
sums upon local objects, being not less nuise
because the fund is always hadly administered,
wanting the vigIant eye of individual interest :;
and uninst because il lays violent hands upon the
acquisitions of tho minority, to be expended not for
general and necessary purposes but for local and
individual cmolumcut.
In shcrt, we esteem the Government of the Uni.
ted States creature of the Sovereign States of this
Union Instituted Tor particular purposes, which
cannot be transcribed without the most imminent
danger of overthrowing that Union, which it was
the boast Of our ancestors tn have erected and
which II should be our PRIDE as it is interest,
preserve
Although these are our own particular views we
are by no means so .gotted, so iiberal. as t.
exclude all others from columns. Our politi-
cal opponents shall always be we come, provided
their arguments arc presented in able and re-
sprctful form all ask, is the opportunity Of re-
futing thcu With right on our side we are pre-
pared to encounter conner, matter what
weapons he Yields such is our faith in truth, EN-
bodied as we believe it to be, in the principles Of
the Republican Party.
Although the political will he the chief, it will
not be the only feature of the paper. To the coun-
try paper IN Agricultural department will te add.
ed, which it is hoped the experience of of the
Editors in that particular line, will enable him TO
make particularly acceptable to the farming com
munity This department will be handsomely il
Illustrated with cuts of agricultural implements,
when they can be procured. and it is believed il
viii constitute very valuable and popular feature
In the paper at least no eXerton part shall
be wanting to make il so. Mechanics and Manu-
lecturers shall also receive their full share of
ton; and we have engaged the services of of
the first merchants in this city to take charge of
the Commercial Department. Able and trust wor-
thy CORRESPONDENCE will also be procured to keep
constantly ADVISED of the most important news in
the principal Cities of the Union.
Nor will the claims of polite LITERATURE pass
unhcedcd. We are unnfiudiul OF the va riety
OF tastes for which shall have cater in this de-
partment; but we hope by due admixturc of po-
etry and romance, of anccdote, humor and fun, to
provide for all, whilst will endeavor to shock
the sensl liities of none. AT least will promise
to our readers more intellectual banquet than is
afforded by the " boarding school Miss" order of
literature, which graces, disgraccs rather so
many of the public journals Of America.
we are well aware OF the risk, the labor, a nd the
responsibility Of such undertakin and we
have encountered them all, after calm and serious
deliberations; relying ior upon our deter
mina'ion TO labor diligently in the prosecution of
our design. The absolute dependence of one and
all o us upon the prosperity of the per, is the
best guarantee for the performance OF this resou-
ton.
ng r.
not become us TO speak. On. of us has had come
five or six years experience in the editorial depart
ment, and another IL, by profession and practice,
thoroughly acquainted with the mechanical duties
of an office we have been promised the aid of
some of the ablest pens in the Union, and we start
with the hope of seeing the SOUTHERN STAND
ARD for such is the name of paper, take its
stand by the side of the first journals of the day
We shall begin with sheet, the size of which will
be commensurate with our means. We know that
more paper can be bought for less money; but " c
have not yet learned to measure mental produc
tons by the yard, nor to cs imate the value of
thought by the extent the medium through which
il is conveyed
TERMS:
Our motto is, " Cheap for Cash" The DAILY
paper will be published and mailed for s,r dollars
per anaIm,-the SEMI w EEKLY for four, and the
WEEKLY for tiCo
The paper only he procured by transmitting
the money in advance; and in case will this i'm
portant rule be departed from. But any one who
wishes to take the paper for period less or greater
than year, forward any amount of money
not less than dollar, and we ~l furnish him with
The daily, the semi-wcekly or the weekly, az hc
may designate to the value of it, at the rates aore
said.
Our friends who arc sufficiently interested in the
success of the paper to encounter the trouble will
please collect and forward to us immediately The
first number of the paper will be issued as soon as
get office atran gcd. say on or about the
first of September next
We viii gratefully acknowledge the hborality of
such Wing Editors as may be pleased to give this
Prospectus an insertion our political b ethren
will we know, do us a favcr which, under similar
circumstances, we would cheerfully reciprocate
CT BOTrS,
X. w. HUGHES,
Aug4 j. RICH'D. LEWELLEN.
THOMAS TATEM-