The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-12-22
PROSPECTUS
OF NEW POLITICAL PAPER, CALLED TIE
SOU rHERN STANDARD.

advocates of concentrated power and /, strong GO.
vernment, arc determined to make another and a
vigorous effort for supremacy in the national coun.
ellis. The press is the great engine Of party in the
present age, and in Virginia our opponents are
making powerful use OF his Formidable weapon.
Aware that the Metropolis is the great battlc-
ground upon which the heat of the fight lie to be
su taincd, II is to this importnD' point thcy are d-
recing their most strenuous excrtions. They have
called TO the Wing Mr.. Richard II. Tolcr, a gcu.
tlenan Of acknowledged abb tiles ant great expo.
ricnce; Mcssrs. Gailaher & Baldwin have been
placed at the head of the so called Republican; and
the Compiler has been greatly strengthened by the
acquisition OF MIR. w. c. Darlington, who TO the
OF a vigorous intellect.
To this ARRAY of forces we have only to oppose a
single t'opoIitan Journal, which, however,
great its ability, ought not to be left to cope single
handed with such a host. To come therefore 10
the aid of the Enquirer and the Democratic party,
if they will accept of services so humble, We, the
undersigned, have resolved TO establish another
Democratic paper in the city of Richmond. To
this design we have been instigated chiefly bv the
wiscst and most ;hfueutial members of the Demo
cratic party, aud to its support we iuvoSc the aid of
throughout the Union The press is a tower Of
strength, and To the maipt nance of our political
principles We should checrGuily contribute our men
tai powers and our pccuninry means.
IN this Journal. we will cndeavor, with what
ability we may. to sustain the principles and doc
trines of the Republican party in their pristine pu-
rity. Utterly repudiatiug all Agrarianism and
Radicalism, as destructive of the most valuable so.
cial institutions, and worse than Federalism itself
with which indeed we will not pretend to compare
it, we will advocate a limited construction OF the
Constitution of the United States, believing that
the plain and obvious meaning ofits context, grants
full! as much power to the General Government, as
it Is either wise or polite to bestow upon it.
When men arc secure in the Enjoyment Of per.
soual liberty and the product of their labor, The ac-
tive ptornptings of individual intcrc,t ensure a
much better investment of labor and capital, than
can be obtained by any system devised fy the pur-
pose of diverting it from its natural into artificial
channels. We shall, thercf re. oppose a TARIFF
for protection, not only because it is unconstitu-
tlOnal. but because ii Is i'm the highest DECREE n
wise and impolitic.
Accountability is the great check upon human
depravity, and CoRPoR ALTOS NJ are corrupt because
their members are individull;y irrcsponsiblo; they
are, Therefore, to be opposed upon general princi-
pies, and only to be tolerated occasionally as ne
ces-ary evils. In the Coast tuition of the United
States, we find no warrant or authority to establish
any OF these excrescenccs upon The body polite :;
and in the shape of a BANK, we hold that the DOW
CIR would be peculiarly dangerous and objection
able.
We shall always oppose the expenditurc of vast
sums upon local objects, as being not less unwise,
because the fund is always 'adly adminisit red,
wanting the vigilant eye of indi, idu interest :;
and unjust, because ii lays violent hands upon tic
acquisitions OF tho minority, to be expended net for
genera aud necessary purposes, but ior local and
individual I'm plumcut.
In short, we esteem the Government of The Uni.
ted States a c eaturc OF the Sovereign States of this
Union, instituted for particular purposes, which
cannot be transcribed without the most imminent
danger of overthrnwing thbt Uni IN, which il was
the boast of our ancestors to have erected, and
which j should be our pride, as it is our interest, to
preserve
Although ,hese are our own particular views, VIC
arc by no means 81 b .gotted, or so illiberai. as to
exclude all others from our columns. Our politi-
cal opponents shall always be welcome, provided
their argument5 are presented in az able and re
spcCtiul form all we ask, Is the opportunity OF re-
iurng them. With rigM on our side, we arc pre-
pared to encounter any conner, 10 matter what
Weapons he wiclds such is our faith in truth en-
bodied, as VIC believe ii to be, in the principles Of
the Republican Party.
Although the political will he tho chief, it will
not be The only feature of the paper. TO the coun-
iry DfDcT an AOriCu tural dgDnrtmPnt vii no oiI.
ed, which it is hoped the experience of one of the
Editors, in THAI particular line, will enable him to
make pa tcularly acccptabI e 10 the farming com
munity. This department will be handsomely i'll
Illustrated with cuts of agricultural implements,
when they can be procured, and it is believed il
will constitute a very valuable aud popular feature
in the paper; at least, no cHertion on our part shall
be wanting to make 1t so. Mechanics and Manu-
lecturers shall aiso receive their full share OF attcn.
ton and We have engaged the services Of one of
the frs. merchants in this city to take charge OF
the Commercial Department.. Able and frost. wor.
thy correspondents will also be procured to keep us
constantly advIs d of the most Important news i'm
the principal cities of the Union.
Nor will the claims of polite LITERATURE pass
unhceded. We are not unmiudful OF the variety
oftasIcs for which we shall nave to cater in this de-
partrncnt but we hope by a due admixture of po-
etry and romance, oil a~nccdotc, hunor and fun, to
provide for all, whilst We will endeavor to shock
the scnsi ilitie5 OF none. { least, we will promise
to our readers a more Intellectual blnquet than is
afforded by the " boarding school Miss' order OF
literature, which graccs, or disgraccs rather, 50
many of the public journals of America.
We arc well aware OF the risk, the labor, md the
responsibility OF such an undertaking, and We
have encountered them all, after calm and scriou:
delibcration; relying for success upon our deter.
minaeon to labor diligently in the prosecution o
our design. The absolute dependence of one and
all of us upon the prosperity of the paper, il the
best guarantee for the performance OF this rcsolu,
ton.
Ofonr own ability for this arduous task, it woulc
not bccomc US 10 speak. One of us has had -oc,,
five or six years experience in the editorial depart
mcnt, and another IA. by profession and d. ac tice
thoroGghly acquainted with the mechanical duuic:
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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 our paper, take it;
stand by the side of the first journals Of the day
We shall brgin with a sheet, he size Of which viii
be commemorate With our means. We know tina
moro paper can be bought for less money; but w
have not yet learned u measure mental prnduc
tons by the yard, nor to Is iratc The value o
thought by the extent ofthc medium through which
TERMS:
Our motto is, . CbenP for Cash" The DAILY
paper will be Published and miilcd for SIC dollar
per annum,--the SEMt-W EEKLY for four, and tn,
WEEKLY. for tCo
The paper can only he procured by ranzmiuin
the money in ,dvancc; and in no case will lhls i'm.
portint rule be departed from. But any ono who
wishes to take the paper for a period les or erc,iel
than n year, can forward ia any amount Of money
not less thsn a dollar, aud VIC Xii frrni n him VII,
The daily, the semi-wcckly OF the weekly, as b,
may designatc, to the value oft at the rates aiore
said.
Our friends who arc sufficiently interested in th
success Of The paper to encounter the trouble, viii
pielsC Co,Ct' Ghi forward 70 vs. immediately. The
sc can get ou~ office arranged. saw on or about TN,
first of September next.
We will gratefully ackuowIe ledge the liberalitv o
such Wing Editors as may be pleased 20 give thi
Pto'PectIs an insertion :: our %roiitical h othrcr
viii. we know, do us a favcr which, under similaU
circunstsnccs,wc would 50 c~hecrfGlly rcciprocate
r. w.HUGdEs.
Aug4 j. RiCnD LEWELLeN.
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