The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-12-10
VOLUME 2.---NO. GO.



| Notwithstanding their signal defeat i'm IA the
advocates OF concentrated power and strong go-
verhment arc determined to make another and a
vgorou. effort Tor supremacy in the national couu.
cis. The press is the great engine of party In ,bc
present. age, and in Virginia our opponents are
making powerful use of this formidable wc.n,,,
Aware that the Metropolis is the great battle
ground upon which the heat of the fight is to be
sustained, it is to this mportan, point they are d-
reSlny thclr most strenuous cxcrtions. They have
called to the Wing MIR. Richard III. Tolcr gen.
tieman o. acknowledged abilities ant. great .Spc-
| renee; Nlessrs Gaiahcr x Baldwin have been
poceo at thc mead "t the so called Republican and
! the Compiler has been greatly strcnrtbencd bv The
acquisition of MIR. w. e. Darlington, who to the
! accomplishments of ripe scholar adds tne force
oil vigorous intellect
| To this array of forces have only to oppose n
single Metropolitan Journal, which btppeyc,
great its ability ought to be left to conc sin
handed with such host. To come therefore To
the aid of the Enquirer and the Dcmoc ratio 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 instgatcd chiefly by the
press ng and frequent solic tons of many OF the
wisest and most Influential members of the Demo.
cratic party, aud to its support invoke the aid of
our pc itical friends, not only in virginia ,b,it
throughout the Union The press is n tower of
strength, and to the maiut"naucc of our political
principles we should chcerfuily contribute our mcn
tai powers and our pccuniary means.
Nv this Journal we will endeavor, with what
ability we may, To sustain the principles and doc
trines of the Republican party in their pristine nj.
rity: Utterly repudiating all Agrarianism and
Radcalism, as destructive of the valuable So
cial institutions and worse than Federalism itself
with which indeed we will not pretend to compare
it, we will advocate limited construction of the
Constitution of the United States believing that
the plain and obvious meaning of its context Grant
full as much power to the General Government as
1t Is either wise or polite to bosow upon it,
when men arc sccurc in the enjoyment of per
Sonal liberty and the product of their la bor the ac-
! tive proinptings OF individual interest ensure
much better Investment of labor and capital than
can be obtained by any system devised! for the pur
pose OF divcrting 1t from its natural into artificial
channels. We shall, therefore, oppose a TARyrr
for protection not only because il is umcon sttu-
wise and impotic.
Accountability is the great check upon human
dePravity, and CoRPoR ATOMS are corrupt because
thcIT members arc individually irresponsible; thew
are, therefore, to be opposed upon general princi
pies, and only 10 be tocra ted occasionally as ne.
ccssary evils. In the Const tuition of tho United
States, we lind no warrant or authority establish
any of these excreSccnccs upon the body polite
and in the shape of "A BASK, we held that the puw-
| or would be peculiarly dangerous and objection
liable
We shall always oppose the expenditure Of vast
sums upon local objects, as being not less unwise
because the fund is always Hadly admnst6 red
wanting the vigIant eye OF iudiyidual interest
and unjust, because it lays violent hands upon the
acquisitions OF tho minority to be expended not for
general ana necessary purposes, but for local and
individual tmOlumcnt.
In short we esteem the Government of the Uni
ted States creature of the Sovereign States of his
Union, instituted for particular purposes which
cannot be transcribed without the most Imminent
Gau ger OF overthrowing that Uni IN which il was
the boast of our ancestors to have erected and
which II should be our pride, it is interest to
preserve
Although these are our own part;cnlar vicvs no
arc by no means 80 b.gotted, so Liberal as to
exclude all others from our columns Our Dolit-
cal opponents shall always he welcome, provided
their arguments are presented in an able and re.
spcctiul form nj we ask, is the opportunity of re-
iuung them. With rtght on our side we are pre-.
pared to cncount + any conner, matter what
weapons he wields; such is our faith in truth en-
budled as we believe it to be, in the principles of
the Republican Party.
he will ~ ~, -
not be the only feature of the paper. TO the com
try paper ar Agricu tural department will &c add
ed, which it is hoped the experience OF one of The
Editors, in that particular line, will enable him to
make par ticuarly acceptable TO the farming com
munity. This department will be Handsomely IL
lustratcd with cuto OF agricultural implements
when they can be procured, and it is believed il
will constitute very valuable and popular feature
in the paper least no exertion on our mart shall
! he wanting to make il so. Mechanics and Manu-
lecturers shall ALTO receive their full share of attcn
uon and we have engaged the services of one of
the first merchants in this city to take charge of
the Commercial Department: Able and trust. wor.
thy correspondents will also be procured to keep Tie
constantly advised of the most important news in
! the principal cities of the Union.
Nor will the claims of polite LITERATURE pass
unhccdcd We are not unmiudful OF the variety
oftastes for which shall have TO cater in this de-
partmcnt; but VIC hope by a due admixture of DO
etry and romance, of anccdotc, humor and fun To
provide for all whilst will endea or to shock
the scnsii ilitics OF none. AT least, will promise
TO our readers more intellectual banquet than is
afforded by the g boarding school 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, nd tho
responsibility of such an undertaking. and we
have encountered them all, after calm and ser ious
deliberaiOn relying for upon our deter
,nna'on to labor diligently in the prosecution of
'ur design The absolute dependence of one and
I'll of us upon the prosperity of the pa per- is tho
]est guarantee for tho performance OF this rrsolu.
jon
Ofour own ability for this arduous task il wonld
rot b. come us to speak. One of us has had como
i've or six years experience in the editorial depart
, neni, and anotheri'. by profession and practicc
thoroughly acqnaint with the mechapical dulcs
f an Office We bavc been promised the aid Of
;ome of the abest 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 its
stand by the side of the first journals OF the dav-
, We shall brgn with sheet, the size Of which v i'll
more paper can be 'ught for less money but " c
have not yet learned to measure mental produc.
IONS by the yard, nor to rs idate the value of
bought by the extent of the medium through which
I is conveyed.
! TERMS
| Our motto Is, " Cheap for Cash" The DAILY
! paper viii be published and mailed for dollars
per annum 1.-The SEMI WEEKLY for four, aud the
1 WEEKLY, for ttco
/ The paper can only be procurcd by Transmitting
the money in advance; and in will this i'm.
oortant rule be departed from. But any one who
wishes to take the paper for period less greater
than year, can forward us any amount Of money,
not less than dollar, aud VIC will furnish him with
he daily, the semi weekly or the weekly as hc
may designate, to the value Oft the rates aforc
said.
Our friends who efficiently interested in tho
success Of the paper to encounter the trouble will
please collect and forward to us immcdiatelv The
fret number OF the paper will be issued "a soon A.
sc can get our office arranged say on Or about the
first of September next.
We will gratefully acknow ledge the libcrality oil
ucb Whig Editors may be pleased to give this
Prospectus an insertion; our political b cthrcn
viii. We know, do us favcr which, under similar
circumstances would so checrfully reciprocate.
e. T.. Bolts,
r. w. HUGHES,
Aug4 J. RICH'D. LEWELLEN.
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