The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-09-15
VOLUME 2.---NO. 40.
.,,. l PROSPECTUS IH1arB
of a NV pOLlTICAL PAPER. CALLED THE
SOUTHERN STANDARD

TO the Republican, Party in Yirgi,,ia.
Notw'hstahoing their signal defeat in a. the
advocates OF concentrated power and =. stron,, ,,
'ernncpt, are determined to make another and -
HSorou. cnort Tor sOprt macy in the ma tonal conn
lis. VIC press IS the great engine of party in the
present age, and in Virginia orr opponcuts are
making powerful use of This for,nidable wcannn
aware that the Metropolis is the great barrie
Srouno upon which the heat of the fight is to be
Sutahen IL is TO this important point they are oli-
Getting their most strenuous exertions Fbcv have
aired TO the Wing MIR. Richard III. Tolor gen.
Renee Messrs. Galaber & Baldwin have been
1'aced az the head nj the called Republican and
me Compiler h1s been greatly siren gthened by the
acquisition II MIR. w. G. Carriupton who ~ Tho
accomplishments of "a ripe scholar ,da t6o 60"
u vigorous intellect II " -
10 tins array of forces We have only TO oppose a
single Metropolitan Journal, which howoycr
great its ability, ought be left To conc Io
handed with such host. TO come therefore 10
!hc aid OF the Enquirer and the Democratic party.
II they will accept of services so humble We tho
undersigned, have resolved to establish another
Democratic paper in the city of Richmond To
this design we have been instigated chiefly bv the
press ng and frequent soIe tions of many OF the
wiScst and most Influential members of she Demo.
cratic party aud to its support invoke the aid %
our polucal friends, not Cnly in Virginia, but
throughout the Union j he press is a tower of
strength, and to the maintenance of our neIiticni
principles VIC should cheerfuily contribute our men
tai powers and our pccuniary means.
ln this Journal will endeavor with what
ability we may, to sustain the principles and doc
trines of the Republican party in their pristine pu.
RgrarlaniSm
Radicaiism as destructive of the most valuable So
cal institutions, and worse than Federalism itself
with which indeed we will not pretend to compa re
IT, we viii advocate limited construction of tho
Constitution of the United States believing that
the PLAIN and obvious meaning of its context grants
iuil a: much power to the General Government as
1T Is either wise or polite 10 bcstow upon il
Nhen men are secure in the enjoyment of nor.
sona liberty and the product of their labor the ac-
i've pioinpungs OF individual interest ensure
much better investment of labor and capital than
can be obtained by any system devised for the pur
pose OF dlverting 1T from its natural into artificial
channeis we shall therefore, oppose a TAaIFF
tor protection, not only because il is uneonstitu-
honai but because it is in the highest degree un-
wise and mpohtic. - .
Accountability is the great check upon human
depravity, and CoaPoRATl Ms are corrupt because
their members arc individually irresponsible: thew
are, therefore, to be opposed upon general princi-
pies, and only to be tolerated occasionaliv "a no
cessary evils. In the Constitution of the United
States we find mt or authority TO establisb
any OF these excrescences upon the body polite
and IN the shape of BANK, we hold that the now,
able. 80" '''''o"-
We shall always oppose the expenditure of vast
sums upon local Objects being not less unw.ise
because the fund is always BADLY administe red
wanting the vigllant eye of individual interest.
and unjust because it lays violent hands upon the
acquisitions OF tho minority to be expended not for
general and necessary purposes bot for local and
individual emoumcnt.
In short, we esteem the Government OF the Uni
ted States creature of the Sovereign States of this
Union, instituted for particular purposes which
cannot be transcribed without thc most i,nmincnt
danger of overthrowing that Union, which il was
the boast OF our ancestors to have erected and
winch II should be our pride, it is our interest to
preserve
Although these are our own particular views we
are by no means so b.goted, illibera as to
exclude all others from our columns Our poIiti
cal opponents shall always he welcome, provided
their arguments presented in IN able and re.
sPectful form all we ask, is Ne opportunity of re-
futing them. With right side, we are pre-
pared to encounter any conner, matter what
nnn he uEial d. cttEh, =. tin d:
bodied as we believe 1t 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 conn
try paper an Agricultural department will be add
ed, which it is hoped the experience OF ono of the
Edieors, 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 it
VIII constitute very valuable and popular feature
In the paper at least, eSertion on our part shall
DC wanting to make ii so. Mechanics and Manu-
acturcrs shall also receive their full share of acn
ton; and we have engaged the services of one of
the tlrst merchants in this city take charge of
the Commercial Department Able and trust wor-
thy correspondents will also be procured okeep us
constantly ADVISED of the most important news i'm
the principal cities of the Union.
Nor will the claims of polite LITERATURE pass
unhccded. We are not unmudiul OF the variety
OF tastes for which shall have TO cater in this de-
partment; but we hope by due admixture of po-
etry and romance, OF anecdote, humor and fun. to
the sensi iic5 OF none. At least, we will promise
to our readers intellectual banquet than is
afforded by the g boarding school Miss" order of
literature, which graces, or disgraccs 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 encountered them all, after calm and serious
relying for success upon our deter
mina,ion TO labor diligently in the prosecution of
al of us upon the prosperity of the paper i the
best guarantee for the performance of this rcsolu-
ton.
Ofour own ability for this arduous task II wonId
not become US TO speak One of us has had come
five or six years experience in the editorial depart
ment, and another is, 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 dav
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 We
have not yet learned to measure mental produc
tions by the yard, 10 estimate the value of
thought by the extent of the m edium through which
1t is conveyed.
Our motto is, g Cheap 70 Cash" The DAILY
paper will be published and mailed for s,r dollars
per annum,--the SEMI w EBKLY for four and the
WEEKLY, for iiCO.
The paper can only be procured by transmitting
the money in advance; and is case will this i'm
portaut rule be departed from. But any one who
wishes to take the paper for period less or greater
than year, can forward US any amount of money
not less than dollar aud we Wil furnish him with
The daily, the semi weekly the weekly, as NC
may designate, to the value OF it, at the rates afore
said
Our friends who 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 Dc issued as soon rs
can get our Office arranged, say on or about the
first Of September next.
We will gratefully acknowledge the ibcrality Of
such wing Editors as may be pleased 10 give this
Prospectus an insertion our political brethren
will. we know, do us a faycr which, under similar
circumstances, we would 80 cheerfully reciprocate
G.. T.. Bolts,
Y. w. HUGHES,
Aug J. RICH'D. LEWELJEN.