The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-12-24
VOLUME 2.---NO. ~.
PROSPECTUS
OF NEW POLITICAL PAPER. CALLED The
SOUTHERN STANDARD

vrrnn,cnt arc determined To make another and a
vigorous effort for supreme in the coun
ellis The press Is The great nguc of party in the
present age, and in Virginia our opponents re
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
su tainel, II is to ths impoi tam point they are d.
reGung their most strenuous excrtions. They have
called to the Wing Mr.. Richard II. Toler, gen.
J tleman o. acknowledged abiities ant great expo-
riencc Mcssrs. Gailaher & Baldwin have been
paced at the head of the called Republican anG
tho Compiler has been greatly strengthened by h,
acquisition of MIR. w. &. Carrin gton, who 10 the
accom- 'ii'hincnts Of ripe scholar adds tie force
! OIL vigorous intellect.
| 10 this array of forces wo have only TO oppose a
single Metopoiian Journal, which, however
its ability, ought be- left to cope sin,se
handed With such a host. 10 come therefore to
tho aid of the Enquirer and the Dcmocr.t party,
| if they viii accept of services humble We tho
undersigned, have resolved to establish another
Democratic paper in the city of Richmond To
this design we have been inStigated chiefly by the
press aud ircqu mt soici at!ons of many Of the
wiscst and most ;niiucutial members of the Demo.
cratic party, and TO its support invoke the aid
our po itica friends, not rnly in Virginia but
siren 9Th, and To the maintnpncc Of our political
prnciplcs We shoud chccrfully contribute our men
tai poW vI and our pecumii,nry '"cons,
ability we may, to sustain the principles and doc
rincs OF the Republican party in their pristine pu
ritv. Utterly repud:atiug all Agrarianism and
Radicalism, "a destructive of the valuable So
cia institutions and worse than Federalism itself,
with which indeed We will not pretend to compare
it, VIC will advocate limited construction of the
Cuns tuition OF the United States, believing that
the plain nd obvious meaning of its contc x Grants
| full as murh power to the General Government as
il Is either wise o. polite to hesow upon it.
! When men secure in the enjoyment of per
sonal liberty and the product of their labor the ac
tive promptings Of individual interest ensure
much better invesm" n, of labor aud capital, than
can be obtained by system devised for the pur
pose of diverting it rom its natural into artificial
channels We shall, therefore, oppose n TARIFF
! for protection, not only because il is unconstitu-
tionai, but because is in the highest degree I'M
| wise and impohuc.
Accountability is the great check upon human
dcpravity, and CoRPORATloN Ms are corrupt because
| their members are individually irresponsible; they
are, thc' ciore, 10 be opposed upon general princ-
pies and only to be tolerated occasionaIiy MS NO
ccs-ary evils. In the Coust tuition of the United
States, we find no warraut authority TO establish
any OF the e cxcresccnces upon the body polite
and in the shape of BANK we hold that the DOW
er would be peculiarly dangerous and Objection
able.
sums upon local ohjec;s as being not less unwisc
because the fluid is always Nadly admuis,e red
wanting the vigant eye of iudi, idu'l interest
and unjust, because II lays violent hands upon The
acquisitions OF tho minority to be- expended not for
general and necessary purposes, bot for local and
individual cm1umcut.
In short, we esteem the Government OF The Uni.
ted States eaturo of the Sovereign States IF tiis
Union, instituted for particular purposes " hich
danger OF ovcrthr,wing that Uni,u, which it Wa
the boast of ancestors to have erected and
which should tie Gus pride, as it Is interest
preserve
Although these are our own particular views. VIC
arc by no means s. b.gotted, or iliibcra. as u
exclude al! uthcts from our columns. Our poli-
| al opponents shall always DC wecomc, provided
their arguments arc presented in an able and
spec tful form; al we ask, is the opportunity of re-
! Unng them. With right our sidc We arc pre-
pared to encountr conner, matter what
| "capons he wcldS such i: iaith in truth en-.
i!it Republican Party.
Although the political viii I've the chief, it will
not bc n only feature of the paper. TO The coun-
Try PAPER AZ Agriou tnrai department will &c add.
CO. which it is hoped the experience of one of the
Editors, in that particular line, wiil enable him
make pat culariy acceptable 10 the farming com
munlty THIS department Will be hand-ouUly il
lustrpted with cut. OF agricultural implements,
when they can be procured, and il is believed il
will constitute very valuable and popular feature
in the paper; at least, exc ton part shall
be wanting to make il Mechanics and Manu-
lecturers shall ago receive their full share of acn
ton and We have engaged the services Of ono OF
the frs. merchants in this city TO take charge OF
the Commercial Department. Able and trust wor e.
thy correspondents will also be procured to keep us
con~tantlv advIs, of the most important new : in
tho principal cities of the Union.
Nor viii the claims of polite LITERATURE pass
uhhccdcd. VIC are not unmiudiul OF the variety
of tastes for which shall have cater in this de-
partmcGt hut hope by a doc admixture of po-
etry and romance, of anecdotc, humor and fen, TO
provide tor all, whilst will cudeaN or TO shoe
tho scnsi iics OF uouc. at least we will promise
to our readers more intellectual banquet than IL
afforded by the g boarding school Miss order of
literature, which graccs, Gisgraccs rather. so
many Of the public journals If America.
We wei aware OF the risk, the labor md the
responsibility OF such undertaking. and we
have encountered item all, after calm and sci ious
deibcrdinn; relying Tor success upon our Goter-
Inina,ion to labor diligently in the prosecution OF
our design The absolute dependence of one and
ali of us upon the prosperity of the pa per il the
best guarantee for the performance OF this rcsolu.
ton
Ofour own ability for this arduous task, it would
not us TO speak One of us has had come
FIVE six years experience in the editorial depart
ment, and anotheris, by profession and pf a, tice
thoroughly acquaiut with the mechanical duties
Of an otfce. We bovc been promised the aid of
some OF the ablcst pcus in the Union, and VIC star
With tho hope of seeing the SOUTHERN STAND
ARD. for such is the name of our psper take it's
stand by the side Of the first journals Of the day
We shall brgin with sheet, the size Of which will
be commensurate with our means. We know that
moro paper be bought for less money but " c
have not yet learned to measure mental produc
tons by the yard nor TO Is i,rato the value oi
thought by the extent Oft the medium through which
TERMS:
Our motto Is, 4" Che p for Cash" The DAILY
paper will be published and nailed for s,r dollar,
per annum,--thc SEMI w EEKtY for four aud the
WEEKLY, for ttCO
The paper can only be procured by transmitting
the money in advance; and m case will this i'm.
portluj rule be departed from. But any one who
wishes take thc paper for period less or greater
than year can forward ~ any amount Of money,
not less than dollar, and we i'll furnish him with
The daily the semi weekly the weekly as nc
may designate, to the value Of it. at the afore
said.
OR friends who arc sufficiently interested in In,
sncco7s Of the paper to encounter the trouble, will
please collect and forward 70 us Immediately RI,
fret number of the paper viii be issued a soon a
VIC can get our Office arranged, say about The
first Of Scrtombcr next
We viii gratefully acknowledge the libcrality o.
such Whig Editors as may bc pleased TO give this
Pro- pcctJs an insertion our 70 icai b cthrcr
viii. we know, do VS. fevcr which, under smia,
circumstances I'VE would 20 chccrfuly rcciprocate
u. w HUGHES,
Aug4 J. RtCn'D LEW ELLEN.
J SUPERIOR SWEET OIL.-Jus, receive
: another supply Of that very fine article of pur