The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-09-12
VOLUME 2.---NO. %.
PROSPECTUS
oF new pOLITICAL PAPER. CALLED THE
1855 SOUTHERN S'rANDAPn - -

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TO the Rep.bican Party in Virginia:
| notwithstanding their signal defeat in IA. tho
advocates OF concentrated power and a sropo o, CO.
| Vernmcnt, are determined to make another and ,
vigorous effort for supremacy in the national con-
Gus The press is the great engine of party in the
present mes; age, and in Virginia our opponents are
naKihg powerful use of this formidable weapon
aware that the Metropolis is the great battlc
ground upon which the heat of the fight is to he
ualhea' 1t Is to this important point they are di-
rccung their most strenuous exertiops They ba va
called to the Wbig Mr.. Richard H. Tolor. = cen
tcman o. acknowledged abilities anu greot eSnc.
Renee Messrs. Gallaber & Baldwin have been
the Compiler has been greatly stren gtbennd h, ~
acquisition of Mr.. w. G. Carrington. who ~, The
accomplishments of ripe scholar a3," A. g .,.o
OF vigorous intellect. 80 ~
10 this array of forces we have onIv d, opnoso =,
single metropolitan Journal, which, however
great ITS ability, ought not to be left to cope single
handed with such host. To como thcrelore In
the aid of the Enquirer and the Democratic pnrtv
II they viii accept of services SO humble VIC the
Undersigned, have resolved to esta bsh another
Dcmocratlc paper in the city of Richmond To
thls design we have been instigated chiefly bv the
press ng and frequent solicitation of MANY Of the
wlSest and most Influential members of the Demo-
1auc party, aud to Its support invoke the aid
our political friends not only in Virpin;o hnt
throughout the Union The press is a tower of
s.rengtn, and to the maintenance of our political
principles we should checrfully rbute our men
tai powers and our pecuniary means
IN this Journal we will endeavor with what
aDillty we may to sustain the principles and doc
H.
rly. Utterly repudiating all Agrarianism and
haucaiisnl as destructive of the most valuable So
ga ga: nStit1tons, and worse than Federalism itself
win which indeed we will not pretend to compare
It, we viii advocate limited construction of the
Consntunonoi the United States, believing that
@ pian ana OBVIOUS meaning of its context grants
iuii as much power to the General Government az
IL Is either wise or polite TO bestow upon it,
men men are secure in the enjovment of nor
soa' liberty ana me product of their labor the ac-
tive promptings OF individual interest ensure n
Huch better Investment of labor and capital than
can be obtained by any system devised for the pur
pose Oh divertng 1T from its natural into artificial
cnahheis' we SHALL therefore. oppose n TARIpE
for protection, not only because it is unconstitu
uonai, but because it is in the highest decree IN
wise and impotic.
Accountability is the great check pDor b,n,a,
depraVlty, and CoRPoRATloNs are corrupt because
their members arc individually irresponsible: thew
are, therefore, to be opposed upon General princ;
pies, and only TO be tolerated occasion iiv nc
cessary evils. In the Constitution of the United
states, we md no warrant or authority 10 establish
any OF these excrcscences upon the bodv noltic
and in the shape of BANK we hold thai Tie 40,
able. ''''''io''-
We shall always oppose the expenditure or vas,
sums upon local Objects as being NOT les nn,,;so
because the fund is always badly admipiste red
wanting the vig'lant eye of individual interest:
and UNJUST, because 1t lays violent hands upon the
acquisitions of the minority to be expended no, Co.
general and necessary purposes, but for local and
individual emolumcnt.
In short, esteem the Government NJ Tho MI;
ted States creature of the Sovereign States of bs
Union, Instituted for particular purposes which
cannot be transcribed without the most Imminent
Danger oil overthrowing that Union, which il was
the boast of our ancestors to have erected and
which II should be our PRIDE it is our interest to
preserve "
Although these nre our own particular views VIC
are by no means so bgotted, or so illiberal as to
exclude all others from our columns. Our politi-
cai opponents shall always be welcome provided
lneir arguments are presented in a n able and re-
spectful form all we ask, is the opportunity of re-
iutng them. With right our side we are ore
pared to encounter any conner, matter what
weapons he wields such is our faith in truth EN-,
bodied, as we believe it TO be, in the princiniea nf
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 IN Agricultural department will be add
ed, which is hoped the experience of one of the
Editors, In that particular line, will enable him TO
make particularly acceptable to the farming COM
munity. This department will be handsomely IL
iustrated with cuts of agricultural implements
wnen they can be procured, and it is believed IL
VIII constitute very valuable and popular feature
IN the paper at least, eGerton on our part shall
be wanting to make it So Mechanics and Mann
acturers shall also receive their full share of attep
uoh and we have engaged the services of one of
the nrFt merchants in this city to take charge of
inc Commercial Department. Able and trust. wor-
my correspondents will also be procured to keep us
advised of the most important news in
the principal cities of the Union.
Nor viii the claims of polite LITERArUsE pass
unheeded' We are not unmndfu of the variety
o tastes for which shall have to cater in this de-
partment; but we hope by due admixture of DO
etry and romance, of anecdote, humor and fun TO
provide Tor all, whilst we will cndeavor to shock
lhe senslt lltes OF none. AT least, will promise
TO our readers a more intellectual banquet than is
afforded by the 8. boarding choo 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 undertaking. and We
have encountered them all, after calm and serious
deliberations relying for success upon our dater
mination to labor diligently in the prosecutions Of
our design. The absolute dependence of ono and
all OF us upon the prosperity of the paper, is the
best guarantee for the performance OF this rcsolu
ton.
Ofour ability for this atduous task, it would
not become TO speak. One of us has had somc
1--WE or six years experience in the editorial depart
meut, and another is by profession and practice
thoroughly acquainted with the mechanical duties
u an ONCE. we have been promised the aid of
ome of the ablcst 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 ita
tand oy the SIDE OF the first journals Of the day
we snail begin with sheet the size OF which will
&c commensurate with means. We know that
nore paper can be bought for less money; but we
ave not yet learned to measure mental produc.
IONS by the yard, nor to estimate the value of
hought by the extent of the medium through which
{ Is conveyed.
TERMS:
Our motto is, q" Cheap for Cash" The DAILY
1aper will be published and mailed for sIr dollars
Der annum,- the SEMI WEEKLY for four and the
WEEKLY, for fiUO.
The paper can only be procured by transmitting
he money in advance; and in no case will this inn.
oortant role be departed from. But any ono who
wishes to take the paper for period less or greater
han year, can forward Us any amount of money
rot less than dollar, and we will furnish him with
he daily, the semi weekly or the weekly, as he
nay designate, to the value of it, at the rates afore
laid.
Our friends who sufficiently interested in the
success Of the paper to encounter the trouble will
please collect and forward to US irnmcdiatclv The
irst number Of the paper will be issued as soon as
We can get our Office arranged, say about the
irst of September next.
We viii gratefully acknowledge the libcrality Of
uch Wing Editors may be pleased 10 give this
will. we know, do us favcr which under similar
circumstances, we would so cheerfuly reciprocate
G.. r. BOTTS,
Y. w. HUGHES