The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-10-20
PROSPECTUS
OF NEW POLITICAL APE CALLED TIE
SOUIHERN STANDARD
TO BE PUBLISHED AT yIRGINI,
10 Tie RtphbLicnn Pnrin i'm Hirninn

TO BE PUBLISHED AT RICHMOND VIRGINIA.
TO The Rep.biican Party in Virginia.
Notwithstanding their signal defeat in IA The
auVocateso oil concentrated power and n strong go-
~vernmcnt, arc determined to make another and a
vigorous effort for supremacy in the national conn
ellis. The 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 is the great battle
ground upon which the heat of the fight is to be
sustained, Il is to this impottlnt point they are di-
rccung their most strenuous excrtions. They have
called to the Wing Mr.. Richard II. Tolcr, gen.
tleman o' acknowledged abb tiles anu great expe-
ricnce; Messrs. Gailaher s. Baldwin have been
placed at the head of the so called Republican: and
the Compiler has been greatly strengthened by Inc
acquisition of Mr.. w. c. e Darlington, who to the
oil a vigorous intellect.
To this array of forces VIC have only to oppose a
single metropolitan Journal, which, however.
great its ability, ought not to be left To- conc sin@ic
handed with such a host. To come therefore To
the aid of the Enquirer and the Democratic party,
If they will accept of services so humble, VIC. the
undersigned, have resolved TO establish another
Democratic paper in the city of Richmond. TO
this design we have been iustiTated chiefly nv The
pressing and frequent solicit tons of MANY or The
wiscst and most Influential members of the Dene.
cratic party, aud to its support we invoke the aid of
throughout the Union The press is a tower of
strength and to the maintenance of our political
tai powers and our rccuniary means.
ln this Journal we will cndcavor, with what
ability we may to sustain the principles and doc
trines OF the Republican party in their pristine pu.
rity. Utterly rcpudiating all Agrarianism and
iadicaiism, as destructive of the most valuable so.
cal institutions, and worse than Federalism itself
with which indeed we will not pretend To compare
it, VIC viii advocate a limited construction of the
Constitution OF The United States, belicy,ng ,bot
the plain and obvious meaning of its context, grants
full as much power to the General Government, as
1t Is either wise o. polite to bostow upon il.
When men are secure in the cnioymcnt of Der.
sonal liberty and the product of their labor, the ac-
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 divcrting 1t rom its natural into artificial
channels. We shall, therefore, oppose a TARIFF
for protection, not only because it is unconstitu-
tionai, but because ii is in the highest degree I'M
Wise and impolitic.
Accountability is the great check upon human
dcpravity, and CORPORATIONS are Corrupt because
their members are individually irresponsible; thew
are, therefore, to be opposed upon general princi-
pies, and only TO be tolerated occasionally as ne
ces%ary evils. In the Const tuition of the United
States, we find no warrant or authority to establish
any OF these cxcreSccnccs upon the body polite ;
end in the shape of a BANK, we hold that the paw.
err would be peculiarly dangerous and objection
able.
We shall always oppose the expenditure Of vast
sums upOn local objects, as being not less unwisc,
because the fund is always badly admiuisfe red
wanting the vigllant eye OF individual interest:
and unl"st, because 1T lays violent hands upon the
acquisitions OF tho minority, to be expended not for
general and necessary purposes, but for local and
In short, we esteem the Government of The Uni.
ted States a C. feature of the Sovereign States of this
Union, instituted for particular purposes, which
cannot be transccndcd without the most imminent
danger of overthrowing that Union, which il was
the boast OF our ancestors to- have erected, and
which II should he our pride. as it Is our interest. to
preserve
Although these arc our own particular views, we
arc by no means so Il .@ottcd, or so iiiberal, as to
exclude all others from our columns. Our politi-
cal opponents shall always be welcome, provided
their arguments are presented i'm an able and re
spcctuI form all we ask, is the opportunity OF re-
futng them. With right on our side, we arc gre-
pared to encount r any conner, no matter what
weapons he wields; such is our faith in truth I'm.
bodied, as We believe 1T to be, in the principles Of
,t.it..h -. .lf;eel I'm -, -.
not be The only feature of the paper. To the coun-
try paper an Agricultural department will tc add.
60, which it is hoped the experience of one 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 cuto of agricultural indictments.
when they can be procured, and it is believed il
will constitute a very valuable and popular feature
in the paper at least, no c~Ncrtion on our part shall
be wanting to make il so. Mechanics and Manu-
lecturers shall aso receive their full share Of attcn.
ton and we have engaged the services OF ono Of
the first merchants in this city to take charge of
the Commercial Department. Able and trust wor-
thy correspondents will also be procured to keep ne
constantly ADVISED of the most important new in
tnc principal cities of the Union.
Nor will the claims of polite LITERATURE pass
unhccded We are not unmindful OF the variety
of tastes for which we shall nave TO ca ter in this de-
%partment but we hope by a due aimixturc Of po-
etry and romance, of a%nccdotc, humor and fun, to
provide Tor all, whilst we will cndeavor to shock
the sensit iiities OF none. at least, We will promise
to our readers a more Intellectual banquet than is
afforded by the g boarding school Miss order of
| lltCfdluif, WHICH ntdCGS, OF UiSRTdCCS rather. so
many of the public journals of America.
VIC arc well aware OF the risk, the labor, and the
responsibility of such an undertaking, and We
have encountered them all, after calm and serious
delibcration; relying for success upon our deter
mina:ion TO labor diligently in the prosecution Of
our design. The absolute dependence of one and
all of us upon the prosperity of the paper, is the
best guarantee for the performance OF this rcsolu-
ton.
Ofour own ability for this arduous task. If would
not b come Us to speak. One of us has had ONE
i've or six years experience IN the editorial depart
Incnt, AMI anotheri Ia, by profession and practice.
thoroughly acquainted with the mechanical duties
Of an Office. We bavc 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 our paper, take its
stand by the side of the first journals of the day.
We shall brgin with a sheet, the size Of which viii
DC commensurate with our means. We know that
more paper can be 'ught for less money but VIC
have not yet learned to measure mental produc.
ions by the yard, nor to cs iuatc the value of
thought by the extent ofthc medium through which
TERMS:
Our motto is. tCheap for Cash. The DAILY
paper will be published and mailed for siT dollars
per annum the SEMi-WEERLY for four, and the
Thc paper can only he procured by Transmitting
the money in ,dvancc; and IN no case will this i'm.
portland rule be departed from. But any one who
wishes to take the paper for a period less or greater
than a year, can forward us any amount Of money,
not less than "A dollar, and VIC viii furnish him with
The daily, the semi weekly or the weekly, as he
may designate, to the value oft, at the rates afore-
said.
OUr friends who are sufficiently interested in tho
success Of the paper to encounter the trouble, will
please collect aud forward to US Immediately. The
fret number OF the piper will be issued as soon rs
We can get ouf Office arranged, say on or about the
first of September next.
We viii gratefully acknowledge the liberality Of
such Wing Editors as may be pleased to give this
PIosp@ctJs an insertion our political b cthrcn
will. we know, do us a favcc which. under similar
circumstance, we would so cbcerfully rcciprocate.
G.. BOLTS,
II. w. HUGHES,
Aup1 J. ICH'D LEWELLEN.
SUPERIOR SWEET OIL.-Just received
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