The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-12-03
VOLUME 2.---NO. 63.
PROSPECTUS
OF NEW POLITICAL PAPER, CALLED THE
SOUTHERN STANDARD


| Notwithstanding their signal defeat in "a, the
advocates OF concentrated power and !, strong co-
vcrnmcnt, are determined TO make another and a
vigorous effort for supro macy in the nationa coun.
ellis The press is the great engine party in the
present age, and in Virginia our OPPONENTS arc
making powerful of this formidable weapon
Aware that the Metropolis is the great battle.
ground upon which the heat of the fight is TO be
su,s:insd II s to this important point they di-
rechng their most strenuous excrtions. They have
called to the Wing Mr.. Richard II. Tolcr, a gen.
tcman o. acknowledged abilities anu great eSpe-
placed at the head Of the called Republican and
the Compiler has been greatly rcnghcncd by the
aequIsluu:oha oil Mr.. W. T. Darlington, who to the
accomplishments OF ripe scholar, adds the force
oil a vigorous intellect.
To this array Of forces NC have only to oppose a
single metropolitan journal, which, however
great its ability ought not to be left to cope single
handed with such a host. TO come therefore to
| the aid OF the Enquirer and the Democratic partv
if they will accept of services humble, We the
| undersigned, have resolved TO establish another
Democratic paper in the city of Richmond. To
this design we have been instigatcd chiefly by the
press ng and frequent solicitations of many OF the
wiscst and most influential members of the Demo.
cratic party, and to its support invoke the aid of
our polucai friends, not only in Virginia. but
throughout the Union The press is tower of
principles we should chccrfully contribute our men
tai powers and our pccuniary means
| im this journal we will cndeavor, with what
ability we may, to sustain the principles and doc
trnes OF the Republican party in their pristine pu-
| rity: Utterly repudiaiing all Agrarianism and
Radicasm, destructive of the most valuable so.
cal institutions and than Federalism itself
with which indeed we will not pretend to compare
IT. we VIII advocate a limited construction of the
| Constitution of the United States, believing that
the plain and obvious meaning of its context grants
full as much power to the General Government as
it IS either wise or polite to bes,ow upon it.
When men are secure in the enjoyment of pcr.
sonal liberty and the product of their labor the ac-
| tive prompt ngs of individual interest ensure a
much better Investment of labor and capital. than
can be obtained by any system devised for the pur-
pose of divcrting it from its natural into artificial
channels We shall, therefore, oppose Il TARIFF
for prutection not only bcca use it. is unconstitu
tonal, but because it is in the highest degree un-
| wise and impotic
| Accountability is the great check upon human
| depravity, and CoRPoRATloNs are corrupt because
their members arc individually irresponsible; they
are therefore, to be opposed upon general princi-
pies, and only to be tolerated occasionally as me-
cessary evils. In the Constitution of the United
States we find no warrant or authority 10 establish
any of these excresccuces upon the body poitic
and in the shape of a BANK we hold that the pow,
er would be peculiarly dangerous and objection
We shall always oppose the expenditure of vast
sums upon local objects, being not less unwise
because the fund lis always lady admiuis.o red
wanting the vigIlant eye Of individu7l interest
and unjust, because lays violent hands upon the
acquisitions of tho minority, be expended not for
general and necessary purposes but for local and
individual en- Jlument.
In short, we esteem the Government OF the Uni.
ted States eaturc OF the Sovereign States of this
| Union, instituted for particular purposes, which
cannot be transcribed without the most Imminent
| danger OF overthrowing that Union, which it was
| the boast of our ancestors to have erected and
which ii should be pride, it is our interest to
preserve
Although these particular views, We
| are by no means so b.gotted, or so ibcral, as to
exclude all Others from columns Our politi-
cal opponents shall always be welcome provided
their arguments are presented in bile and re.
spectful form all ask, is the opportunity of re-
| futng them. With right on our side we are pre-
pared to encounter any conner, matter what
weapons he yields; such is faith in truth EN-.
bodied as we believe it to be, in the principles of
Although the political will be the chief it will
not be the only feature of the paper. To the coun
try paper an Agricultural depar tment will tie add
ed, which 1t is hoped the experience of of the
Editors in that particular line, will enable him to
make particularly acceptable to the farming com
munity. This department will be handsomely i'll
lustrated with cutD of agricultural implements
when they can be procured, and it is believed il
will constitute very valuable and popular feature
in the paper least cxcrtion on our part shall
be wanting to make II so. Mechanics and Manu-
factorers shall aiso receive their full share Of attcn-
ton; and we have engaged the services of ono of
the first merchants in this city to take charge Of
the Commercial Department: Able and tt ust wor-
thy correspondents will also be procured to keen us
constantly advised of the most important news i'm
the principal cities of the Union.
Nor will the claims of polite LITERATURE pass
uuhccded. We upmudful OF the va riety
oil tastes for which we shall have in this de-
partment; but we hope by due admixture of po-
etry and romance, of anecdote, humor and fun, to
provide tor all, whilst we will cudeavor to shock
the scnsi ilitcs of none. At least will promise
to readers a more intellectual banquet than is
afforded by the " boarding school Miss" order of
literature, which graccs, or disgraces rather, so
many of the public journals of America.
We arc well aware of the risk, the labor, nd the
responsibility of such an undertaking, and we
have encountered them ALL after calm and serious
deliberation; relying for upon our deter
mination to labor diligently in the prosecution of
our design. The absolute dependence of one and
all of upon the prosperity of the paper, is the
best guarantee for the performance OF this rcsolu-
ton.
ofour own ability for this arduous task, il would
not become us TO speak. One of us has had come
five six years experience in the editorial dcpart
ncnt, and another Is, by profession and practice
thoroughly acquainted with the mechanical duties
n office. ecd 4I,o &
some OF the abiest 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 begin with sheet the size of which will
be commensurate with our means We know that
more paper can be bought for less money +; but VIC
lions by the yard, nor to cs'i,rate the value of
thought by the extent ftho medium through which
il is conveyed
TERMS:
Our motto Is, g Cheap for CASH The DAILY
paper viii be published and mailed for dollars
per annum the SEMI w EEKLY for four, and the
WEEKLY for hCo
The paper can only be procured by transmitting
the money in advance; and IN case will this i'm.
portant 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, and we will furnish him with
The daily, the semi-weekly or the weekly, as nc
may designate, othc value oft at the rates aforc
said.
Our friends who arc sufficiently interested IN tbc
success Of the paper to encounter the trouble will
please collect and forward to US Immediately The
first number Of the paper will be Issued as soon "a
we can get our ONCE arranged, say about the
hr5t oil SCI tinbcr next
We will gratefully acknowledge tho libcrality Of
such wing bdiiors as may be pleased to give this
Prospectus an insertion our political b cthrcn
will. we know, do us a favcr which under similar
circumstances, we would cheerfUlly reciprocal
c. r. Bolts,
r. w HUGHES,
Aug J. RICHD. LEWELLEN.