The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-12-15
VOLUME 2.---NO. 6s.
PROSPECTUS f.sn
OF NEW POLITICAL PAPER. CALLED THE
SOUTHERN STANDARD
TO BE PUBLISHED AT RICHMOND yIRCINr.
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advocates of conc ntretcd power and n s,rorp ,-o.
Ivernment are determined to make an ,thcr and n
vigorous effort for supr, ICY in the national coun
ellis The press is tho great engine OF party in the
present age, and ia Virginia our oprnnSuts arc
making powerful use of this Formidable weapn
Aware th,t the Metropolis is the grra, battle
ground upon which the heat of the fight is to be
su ainei, it to this impoi tins point ihcy are di-
recnng their most strenuous cxertions. They have
called to the Wing Mr. Richard H. Talor, a gen.
ticnnn o. acknowledged abb tiles anu great expc-
riehce; Messrs. Goilahcr & Baldwin have been
placed at the head "f the called Republican; and
the Compiler has been greatly siren gthenrd by ihe
accomplishments OF ripe scholar. adds the force
af a vigorous intellect.
10 this array OF forces w'e have only to pose
single Metropolitan J,urnai, which however
great its ability, ought to be left To cone single
handed with such n host To come therefore To
the aid of the Enquirer and the Dcmocr ,tic marty
if they will accept of services SO humble. NC, tho
undersigned, have resolved TO establish another
Democratic paper in the city of Richmond To
ths design we have been instigated chiefly bv the
press NJ and frcqu mt snc atoms of many of the
wisest and most ;nhncutial members OF the. Demo
cratic party, aud 10 is support INVOKE the aid OF
our po itloai friends, not only in virginia, but
throughout the union The press is q tower of
strength, aud to the maiut'nuucc of eur political
principles we should chncrfuly contr ibute our men
tai powers and our pccuniary means.
ln this Journal We will cndcavor, with what
ability we may, TO sustain the prncip CO aud doc
trines of the Republican party in thcir pristine pu
rity. Utterly repudiaIing all Agraranism and
Radcalism as destructive OF the most valuable so.
cial Institutions, and worse than Federalism itself
with which indeed VIC will not pretend T." compare
it, VIC will advocate liniic construction OF the
Constitution Of the United States, believing that
the plain and obvious meanin of its context grant.
Ill as much power to the General Government as
it Is !, either wise or po'itc TO bos'ow upon it,
! When men arc secure in the enjoyment of per,
suna liberty and the pro luct 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 diverting it rom its natural into artificial
channels VIC shall, theref re, oppose "a TAslFr
for protection, not only because il is uuconstitn
= he hitrhe do
wise and impoitc.
Accountability is the great check upon human
depravity and CORPORATIONS are corrtipt because
their members are indi, ijual!y irrcsponsihlc thew
are, therefore, to be opposed upon general prnci
pies, and only To be tolerated occasionally as nc
ces-ary evils. In the Coast tuition of The United
States, we find no warrant authority to establish
any of these excroSccnces upon 'hc body polite
and in the shape of BASK, VIC hold illat the pnw.
able.
| We shall always oppose the expenditure Of vost
sums upon local Objects as being not less unwisc
because the fund is always hadly adminise red
wanting the vigiant eye OF udividuoI interest
and unjust, because ii lays violent hands upop tic
acquisitions Of tho minority to be- cxpc dec, not far
! general and necessary purposes. but for local and
! individual Cm pumcut.
| In shCrt, esteem tic Government OF 'he Uni
ted States c'eatnro of the Sovereign States of Ills
Union, Instituted for particular pnrpoS,s, which
cannot be transcc ndcd without The M 81 ;,,r,incr
danger of overthrowin@ that Union which IL was
the boast of our ancestors to have erected and
which should be our pride, it is interest to
preserve
Although these are our own particular views We
are by no means so b:gottcd, or iIliberal as to
exclude all others from columns Our politi-
cal opponents shall always be welcome, provided
their arguments are presented in an able and re
spcctu form all VIC ask, is the opportunity oil re-
Jung them With right on our side, we are ore.
pared to cncount any conner, 70 matter what
pons he wields; such is our iaith i'm ruth en-
BE- died as we believe it to be- in the principles If
tic Republican Party.
Although the political will re the chief, it will
MOI be ihr only feature OF the paper To the coun-
Try paper Az Agricultural depart ment will &c add.
ed, which 1T is hoped the experience of one of The
Editors in that particular iinc will enable him to
make pa' ticulary acceptable to the farming com
munity. This department will be handsomely IL
iustratHd with cutD of agricultural implements
when they can be procured, and il is believed ii
will constitute a very valuable aud popular feature
in the paper at least, cHction on our part shall
he wanting to make it so. Mechanics and Manu-
lecturers shall ako receive their full share Of atcn.
the hrs. merchants in this city 10 take charge of
| the Commercial Department. Able and trust .wor.
thy corresponding will also be procured to keep us
constantly advise of the most important news in
the principal cities of the Union.
Nor will the claims of polite LITERATURE pass
unhCcdcd We are not unmiudfuI OF the variety
of tastes for which shall have cater in this dc.
partmcnt; hat we hope by due admixture of po-
etry and romance, OF anccdote, huinor aud fun. to
provide for all whilst will cndeavor to shock
the scnsi Titles OF none. At least, will promise
to our readers more intellectual banquet than is
afforded by the g. boarding school Miss" order of
literature, which graccs, or disgraccs rather,
many of the public journals Of America
We arc well aware OF the risk, the labor, and the
responsibility of such an undertaking, and we
have encountered them all, after calm nd serious
deliberation relying for success upon our deter
| mna,on to labor diligently i'm the prosecution Of
! our design. The absolute dependence of one and
| all of upon the prosperity of the papcr is the
best guarantee for the performance OF this rcsolu.
ton.
Ofour own ability for this atduous task IL would
not b. cotNc to speak One of us has had come
five six years experience in the editorial depart
ment and another Ia by profession and p.actice
thoroughly acquainted with the mechanical duties
Of office We bavc been promised tie aid Of
some of the abcst pens in the Union and ve ztart
with the hope of seeing the SOUTHERN STAND
ARD, for such is the name of orr paper take its
stand by the side OF the first journals Of the day
| We shall brgn with sheet, the size Of which will
! be commensurate with our means We know that
more paper can be bought for less money; but we
have not yet learned to measure mental produc
ions by 'be yard, nor to IS i,rate the value Of
thought oy the extent OF 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 annum the SEMI WEEKLY for four, and the
The paper can only be procured by transmitting
the money in advance; and IN will this i'm.
Portan' rule be departed from. But any who
wishes to take the paper for period less greater
than year, can forward US any amount of money,
not less than dollar, and We Wiil furnish him with
| The daily, the scrni-wcekly or the weekly, as he
may designate to the value Of IT, the rates afore-
said.
Our friends who arc sufficiently interested in tho
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
We eau get our Office arranged say on or about the
first Of September next
we will gratefully acknowledge the Iibcralitv Of
such Wig Editors as may be pleased to give this
Prospectus an insertion; our yoitical b cthrcn
will. we know, do us a favor which. under similar
circumstances, VIC would so checrfully rcciprocatc.
G. f.. Bolts,
Y. W. HUGHES,
Aug4 J. RICH'D LEWELIEN
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