The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-12-29
GVOLUME 2,.---NO. ~.
PROSPECTUS
OF NEW POLITICAL PAPER, CALLED TIE
SOUTHERN STANDARD
TO BE PUBLISHED AT RICHMOND VIRGINIA
III, The R,nL biicUD PurI, in U,yy,,,1.

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advocates of concentrated power aud ii strong go-
vernment, are determined TO make another and a
vigorou. effort Tor supremacy ia tho national
cils The press is the great engine OF party in the
present age, and in Virginia opponents are
making powerful use of this formidable weapon
Aware that the METROPOLIS is the urea, hattie.
ground upon which the heat of the fight il 60 be
su tainci IL ia to this importhn piut they are di-
rccung their most strenuous cxertions. They have
called to the Wing MIR. Richard H. Tolcr, gen.
tleiuan o. acknowledged abi;iics great xpc-
riencc Messrs. Gaiisher x Baldwin have been
aced at the head of the SO called Republican; and
the Compiler has been greatly strengthened by thr
| acquisition of MIR. w. C. Carringtcn who 10 the
accom- vi h,ncnts OF a ripe schol ,r adds the fore.
oil a vigorous intellect.
To this array of forces e have only TO orposc a
single Metropolitan Journal, which hrwevcr
great its ability ought not TO be- left To- conc sira
handed with such a host. TO come thcreorSto
he aid of the Enquirer and the Democratic party
il they will accept of services SO humble. We, the
undersigned. have resolved to establish another
Democratic paper in the city of Richmond. To
this dcs en- we have been nstgated chiefly bv the
press ny and irequnt solicitations Of many of the
wiscst and moot inhuential members Of The Demo.
cratic party, aud to its support we Invoke the aid of
our pc itioa' friends, not .niy in virginia, but
throughout the Union The press is a tower of
strength, and to the maiut nance of our political
principles We should chccrtuily contribute
tai powers and our pccuniary means.
IN this Journal we will cndeavor, with what
ability we may, to sustain the prime and doc
trines of the Republican party in their pristine pu
rity. Utterly repud aiing all Agrarianism and
Radcaiisn, IA destructive of the most valuable go.
cal institutions. and worse than Federalism itself
~ C,uD
it, we will advocate limitcd construction OF the
Constitution OF the United States, believing that
the plain and obvious meaning of its context, grants
tlli as much power to the General Government as
ii Is either wisc Or polite to bestow upon it,
When men are secure in the ENJOYMENT of per.
sona liberty and the product of their Labor the sc.
| tive prompting, 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 divertng 1t from its natural into artificial
channels. We shall, therefore, oppose a TARIFF
for projections, not only bccA it is uuconsiitu-
tional but because il is in the hi chest ierrcc un
wise and impoli;ic.
Accountability is the great check upon human
| depravity and CoRPoRATloSs are corrupt because
their members are indvitual!y irresponsible; they
arc, therefore, TO be opposed upon general princi
pies, and only be tolerated occasonali as ne
ccssary evils. In The Const tuition of the IJnitrd
States, we find no warrant authority 10 establish
any of these excreScences upon the body polite
a nd in the shape of a BANK, we hold that the DOW
able
We shall always oppose the expenditure of vast
sums upon local objects, as being not less unwise,
because the fund is always rady administe red
wanting the vigilant eye of iudiiidu interest
and unjust, because it lays violent hands upon the
acquisitions of the minority, to be expended not for
general and necessary purposes, but for local and
individual tmplumeut.
| In short, we esteem tho Government of the Uni
ted States eaturc OF the Sovereign States of this
Union, instituted for particular purposes which
| cannot be transcribed without the most Imminent
dauger of oyerthrowing that Union, which it was
'hc boast Of our ancestors 10 have erected and
which should be our pride, as it is interest to
preserve
Although these particular views, VIC
arc by no means so bigoted so Liberal as to
exclude all others from columns. Our po!iti.
cal opponents shall always be welcome provided
their arguments presented in an able and re.
spectiu form all we ask, il the opportunity of re-
flung them. With right side, we are pre-
pared to encounter any conner, no matter what
weapons he Yields; such is our faith in truth en-.
bodied, believe it to be- in the principles of
the Republican Party.
Although the political will be the chief, it will
not be the only feature of the paper. TO the coun-
try paper ar Agricultural department will be add
ed, which 1t is hoped the experience of ono of the
Editors in that particular line, will enable him TO
make particularly acceptable to the farming com.
munty. This department. will be handsomely il.
Illustrated with cuto OF agricultural implements
when they can be procured. and il is believed it
viii constitute very valuable and popular feature
in the paper at least e<crton our part shall
he wanting to make 1T So Mechanics ana Manu-
lecturers shall also ec i've their full share of atcn
ton; and We have engaged the services Of one of
the hrst merchants IN this city to take charge of
the Commercial Department. Able and trust IvoT.
thy corrcspon'eni will also be procured to keep us
constantly ADVISED of the most important new 5 i'm
the principal cities of the Union.
Nor viii the claims OF polite LITEGAr pass
unhcedcd We are not unmindfu OF the variety
of tastes for which shall have cater in this de-
| partmcnt; but we hope by due admixture of DO
/ ctry and romance, OF dnccdotc, humor and fun to
| provide for all, whilst VIC will endeavor to shock
| the sensi' itics OF none. At least, will promise
! To- readcrs more intellectual BANQUET than ia
afforded by the 6 boarding school Miss order of
literature, which graces, or disgraces rather SO
| 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 encoun cred them all, after calm and serious
deliberaon; relying for upon our deter
mna'ion to labor diligently in the prosecution Of
our design The absolute dependence of one and
all of US upon the prosperity of the va per- is the
best guarantee for the performance oil this rcsou.
ton
Ofour ability for this arduous task il would
not become US to speak. One of US has had .omc
five or six years experience in the editorial depart
nent, and another il. by profession aud Dfafticc
Of an office. We have been promised the aid Of
some OF the abiest pens in the Union. and we start
with the hope of seeing the SOUTHERN STAND
AfV' Tor SUCH is the name at our paper, take its
stand by the side Of Che first journals of the cay-
We shall begin with sheet, the size Of which will
more paper can be bought for less MONEY; but we
| have not yet learned to measure mental prnduc
/ tions by the yard, nor to i,raie the value of
| thought by the extent ofthe medium through which
TERMS:
Our motto is, Cheap for Cash" The DAILY
paper will be published and mailed for sz dollars
per annum,--the SEMr-WrgKLY for fo,r, and the
WEEKLY, for ttCo
The paper can only be procured by transmitting
the money in advances and in will this i'm.
portant rule be departed from Bot any one who
wishes to take the paper for period less or greater
than year. forward us any amount Of money
not less than dollar, and VIC ill furni- h him with
the daily, the semi weekly or the weekly as mo
may designate to the value of it, at the rates arorc.
said.
Our friends who are sufficiently interested in the
success OF the paper to encounter the trouble will
please cole aud forward to US immediately The
first Number of the paper will be issued a. soon as
we can get our Office arranged, say on or about the
first of September next.
We will gratefully acknowledge tho libcrality Of
such wing Editors as may be pleased to give this
Prospectus insertion our political h cthrcn
will. we know, do us faver which. under similar
circumstances, we would 90 chccrfUlly reciprocate
&. r.. BOLTS,
X. w. HUGHES,
! Aug4 J. RICH'D. LEWELLEN
~UPERIOR SWEET oIL.-Jost received