The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-09-17
VOLUME 2.---NO. 81
PROSPECTUS S.rffr r,
VI "a N.Y. ~ rULiIiCAL PAPER, CALLED THE
SOUTHERN STANDARD
ICHMOND yIncINt,

! 40 the lnphOfcdn Party IA Firgiiiid u. r,. q
! notwithstanding their signal defeat i, IA a.,
advocates OF concentrated power and strun,, srn
vernment, are determined to make another n,5 !.
vgorou, effort for supr, macy in the national
CHS he press is the great en- zine of party i'm tho
present age, aud in Virginia our opponents p,
making powerful use of this formidable weannn
ware that the Metropolis is the great battle.
sround upon which the heat of the 6gh, is 10 he
su tanned II is to this mportan pint they are di
'cStng tnclr most strenuous cxertions. They have
ca,led 10 the Wing Mr.. Richard FL. Toler,'a rcn.
ueihHn o, acknowledged abilities an. great Spe-
rience Messrs. Gaaher & Baldwin have been
paced AT the head "f the called Republican; and
o mas oGsp greatly strengthened by the
acquisition oil Mr. w. G. Darlington who To the
accomplishments of a ripe scholar adds the frcn
OF a vigorous lntellect -. -
TO this array of forces VIC have ONLY 10 onnoso :,
single Metropolitan Journal which bap,rre 70. "
great its ability, ought be left To conc sinie
handed with such host. TO come therefore to
the aid of the Enquirer and the Democratic pnrtv
If they will accept of services humblc We, the
undersigned, have resolved to establish Another
Democratic paper in the city of Richmond To
this design we have been instiratcd chiefly nv tb-
press and frequent solcita tons of mapv Of rho
wisest and most Influential members of the Demo
cratic party, and to its support INVOKE the aid o f
throughout the Union The press Is . tnv,er Of
strength, and TO the mathematics of our notical
principles VIC should cheerfully contribute our men
tai powers and our pecunary means.
lm this Journal we will endeavor with what
abluty we may, to sustain the principles and doc
trines OF the Republican party in their pristine pu.
kadcaiisn, az destructive of the most vaIua bic So
eva, institutions. and worse than Federalism itself
with winch indeed we will not pretend to compare
1T, we Will advocate limited Construction of tho
Constitution of the United States, believing that
the plain and obvious meaning of its context grants
fJll as much power to the General Govern,ncnt .c
1t Is either wise o. polite TO bestow upon it, ~
" hen men arc secure in the cnjov,nent of pcr
sonar lorrty ana the product Of their bor the ac-
tive pronptngs of individual interest en.urc
much better Investment of labor and capital than
can be obtained by any system devised for the MIR
pose OF divertng 1T from its natural into artificial
channels We SHALL therefore, oppose T.ptrr
for protection, only beca use il is unconstitn
tIonai but because ii is in the highest degree un-
wise and mpoii,ic. 80
Accountability is the great check uoor buuar
depravty, and CoRPoaATloNs are corrupt becaus,
their members arc individually irresponsible: thew
are, therefore, to he opposed upon general princi
plies, and only Ia be tolerated occasionally "a nc.
cessary evils. In the Constitution of the JJni,rd
States, we find no warrant or authority TO csabl;sb
any oil these excrcScences upon the body polite
and in the shape OF BANK, we hold thai the NV
able. ''''' ana o')eoo0n-
We shall always. oppose the expenditure of vast
sums upon local objects, as being not less unwisc
because the fund is always @adly adminisre red
wanting the vigilant eye of individu,I interest
and unjust, because it lays violent hands unon tbe
acquisitions OF tho minority, to be expended not for
general and necessary purposes, but for local and
individual ,nnn!umcnt. a
In short, we esteem the Government of the Uni.
ted States eaturc OF the Sovereign States of this
Union, instituted Tor particular imposes which
cannot be transcribed without the most Imminent
danger of overthruwing that Union which II was
the boast of ancestors to have erected and
which should be pride, it is our interest TO
preserve -
Although these our own particular views we
are by no means SO bgotted, or so iHberal as to
exclude all others from columns Our politi-
cal opponents shall always be welcome provided
their arguments are presented in an a bic and re.
spectIul form all we ask is the opportunity of re-
futing them. With right on our side, we are nre-
Wea DOns he yripl fis silrhi -o a, ,tt,;
bodied, we believe il to be, in the princinies IF
The Republican Party. -
Although The political will be the chief, it will,
not be the only feature of the paper. To the coun
ry paper an Agricultural department will be add
q, which it is hoped the experience of ono of the
editors, in that particular line, will enable him IN
1ake particularly acceptable the farming con, .
nunity. This department will be handsomely H.
ustrated with cuts of agricultural implements
men men they can be procured. and it is believed it
viii constitute very valuable and popular feature
n the papers at least, eHertion on our part shall
wanting to make ii so. Mechanics and Manu-
lcturers shall also rective their full share of atten
ION and we have engaged the services of ono of
ne first merchants in this city to take charge of
ne Commercial Department. Able and trust. wor-
~ correspondents will also be procured TO keep ns
4! instantly advised Of the most important news i'm
re principal cities of the Union.
Nor will the claims of polite LITERATURE pass
nhceded. We unmindful OF the VA ri,tv
= tastes for which shall have TO cater in this de-
- rtment but we hope by due adrnixture of no.
'ry and romance, OF anccdote, humor and fun to
ne scnsi iitics OF none. At least, will promise
,our readers more intellectual banquet than is
fordcd by the G boarding school Miss order of
teraturr, which graces, disgraccs rather, so
any of the public journals Of America.
We well aware OF the risk, the labor, and the
sspopsibility of such an undertaking, and We
encountered them all, after calm and seTious
CELEBRATION; relying for success upon our deter-
na,on to labor diligently in the prosecution of
design The absolute dependence of one and
II of upon the prosperity of the paper il the
est guarantee for the performance OF this resolu-
Ofour own ability for this arduous task, it would
OF b. come us 10 speak. One of us has had aome
We or six years experience in the editorial depart
'ent, and another ia, by profession and practice
!oroughly acquainted with the mechanical duties
an office. We have been promised the aid of
)mc OF the ablest pens in the Union and we start
ith the hope of seeing the SOUTHERN STAND
hD' tor such is the Dano Of our paper, take its
and by the side of the first journals OF the day
We shall brgin with Sheet tho size Of which will
commensurate with our means. We know that
orc paper can be bought for less money; but VIC
ave not yet learned to measure mental produc
nns by the yard, nor to es iuaic the value of
fought by the extent the medium through which
is conveyed.
Our motto is, Cheap for Cash" The DAILY
aper will be published and mailed for sir dollars
/ annum,-- the SEMI w EEKLY for -four, and the
WEEKLY, for ttCo
/ The paper only be procured by transmitting
money in advance; and in case will this i'm.
,rlant rule be departed from. hut any one who
shcs to take the paper for period less or greater
IAN year, can forward any amount of money,
OF less than a dollar, and we will furnish him with
nc daily, the semi-weekly or the weekly, as he
ray Designate to the value of il, the rates afore-
hid.
Our friends who are sufficiently interested in the
iccess of the paper to encounter the trouble, will
lease collect and forward to Us immediately. The
rst number Of the paper will be issued as soon az
e can get our Office arranged, say about the
irst of September next.
We will gratefully acknowledge the liberality of
uch Wing Editors as may be pleased to give this
'Lo5PcctJs an insertion; our political b cthrcn
win. we know, do US favcr which, under similar
we would so checrfully reciprocate
G. n. BOTTS,
II. w. HUGHES,
Aug4 J. RICH'D. LEWELI,EN