The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-12-08
VOLUME 2.---NO. 60.
PROSPECTUS
OF ANEW POLITICAL PAPER, CALLED THE
+. t.-i SOU rIiERN STANDARD .t


notwithstanding thrir sigpai dcftat in III the.
yyatcs Of conc rtra,cd puwcr aud stt.at..i GO.
vrrnm ut arc determined To- make an TIA, r ,ud a
vgorou- cfo't for supr macy in the naoual cou,.
ellis The css is the erca, ri.ine of rarity in The
present age, and in Virginia our opronc,ts arc
mixing powerful use of this formidable wcap, n
Aware that the Metropolis * the great Rattle.
! group upon which the heat Of the fight il to be
su tane /, 4 il to this i'm o nt put III, are ,-
rccting their most strenuous rxcrtion-. They have
called TO the Wing Mr.. Ricl,atd H. Tuler, a gen.
tle'nan % acknowledged abb ics nnc great espc.
placed at the heat Of the called Republican and
the Converter his been or atty siren zihcn,d by h .
acqu'suon 81 MIR. w. Z Cartiugtcu, who to The
accom- Mi 'h;n'nts of n ripc schol,r adds the force
al n vigorous intellect.
To this array Of forces have only to oppose u
single NIT o2oitan 'urna', which h,wcvrr
great its ability, ought not TO be left to cope single
handed With such host. To come there ore, To
tho aid Of the Enquirer and thu Democratic o,,tv
if they wi ccept Of services 80 humble. Ne, tho
mndcrsig ,cd. have received to establish another
Democr,tc PAPER in tic city Of Ri hrnnnd To
this design have been iusiigaic chi. Nv bv the
press NJ and ircqu mt s'ic tations of many Of the
wiscst and most :uhncntial mrmbcr- OF the Hc...o
cratic party, aud I" its support we invoke tn" ad IF
our pc in a friends, not emily i'll Virgiuia, but
throughout the Uncn The press is a tuw,r Of
$trcngih, aud To thu mairt nance of political
principles W. should cheerful y butte uut IN, n
tai powers aud our pccuniary ,ueaus.
| ln this Journal W. Will On icavo-, with what
ability we may to sustain the princp ,s aud doc.
trims OF the Repubi an party in h ir j. tire pu
rity IT crly repud aing all Agr:iriauisn aud
Radical SIN: n destructive of the valuable so.
al lnSsltutlDnS ana worse than FrtCraSiu Itself
with WHICH indeed We will net ctcnd t." compare
it, We will advocate lmri construction oil the
Constitution OF lac United Sta'cs. believing tlat
t'c plnn aud obvious mcanug OF It's .utcxt, grants
| f Ill az nu power tr the General Government as
| IT., either wise o polite 10 tes'ow upon it..
! When men secure in tho ruio vu,cnt of pcr.
scual lib rty AMI III proiuct of their labor iI ac
I've p'ofnpting' al individual inu,rc cn.ure a
much better inves'm nj of ltbor aud c4pit,l. than
can bc otiined by any system Devised for the onr-
pose of dvertiug il rom its natural into artificial
channel' VIC shall, th"ref re. oppose Taarrr
for prtc tou not only bcc ,usr il is uiico..t tu.
tionai. but ic"ansc il is in the hi hest degree on.
wis and mpoiic.
! Acc"untah ity il the great rhrck upor human
dcpr witty, and Con sA1I1Ns arc corrupt b cau.,
their nembc are indivicual.y irrcspon-ibi tLcy
arc, the core. to be opposed upon general prinri
ccssary evils. In the Coast ;uiiun of the Uuiu d
States, we find no warrant authority To staiIsh
?nr OF the cexcrc: cnce. upon The bo'ly polii
and in the sh pc of RASK We h. Ill ,iiat the % W.
abe '"'' ''''"-
We shall always oppose the cxpc ditu.c of vast
sums 'npon local obj cs, as being rot tc>- n isc
because the fuul is always ally adininis. ,rcd'
wanting the vigiant eye of iudi idu | i,tcrcst
and unjust boCa use IL ay+ violent hand upnn Tic
acuuisi ms OF tho minority, tn bc cxpci tird not for
general az" necessary purposes, bot FOE local and
Individual IN 'lumcut
In sin rt, TEEN I Government OF .Lr Tti
ted States caturc OF the Sovereign States of II is
Unioa, ins:it-toi for p'rtiruar pnr poses, which
cannot be trauscrndcd without the IN st Imminent
anger of "vcrthr wing th't Uni n, which il w,s
| IN" boast of our an' c,tcrs To have erected aud
which should be our pride, as ii interest, to
pr,
| Although hose are our own particular views we
a"e by no means $, gottcd, or SO lit, raj. u
xc, udc all others from our columns oar noIiti.
al opponents shall Always hc E. me- provided
! their arguncn are presented in AT alb e aud re
sprctfu form VIC ask, is the opportunity o re-
| u:lng them. With right on our side, are pre-
pared eucount any comcr o nr,trrr what
Weapons he wicds such Is our iaith in In 9TH I'm,
bt Diet as VIC brllcvc 1t TO be, In the principles If
tic Republican Party.
| though the political wi c the cliff ii will
not be tn only feature of tie paper. TO the coun-
| try paper Ag leu tural department. Will c add.
er, which it is hoped the expert nee OF one If The
Edit RI, in tiai Tarcular liIc, will c. able him to
make pa cuarly acc"ptah c TO the farming com
munity. Thi+ department will be hand ON, Is n
! iustrat:d with cuo OF agricultural implements
when t;cy can tn procured. and it l. bcr,, d il
| will constitute very va uabc aud opular atuIc
in tie paper; at least no cAc ton on part hall
he wanting To max ii so. Mechanics an. Manu-
aciurers shall a'so i've their full share of ottcn
| ION and nc have engaged the serN uf one oi
| tho hr~t mcrchnns i'll this tity to tIkc charge of
| the C"HmcI ciai d pariincnt Able and trust wor.
thy on cnts will also be procured to keep ,ls
CON. tapt advIs of the most imp rtaut new in
the principal cities of the Union
Nor vi the claim Of polite LITERATURE pass
unh"Cdcd. We are not unmiudiul OF the ricty
n tastes for which VIC shall have cater ia this de-
Partmcnt; but we hope by due ihlnixture If Pc.
etry and romance, OF an"odotc. hunor aud fun. to
provide 10 al, whilst will cpdea or to sl,ork
the scnsi iiiic@ OF none. At least, win oniis.
To our readers more intellectual b,uquct than is
aHoi dcd by the " DO riding huol Miss" order of
literature, which yraccs, or diSgraccs rather SO
many of the public Journals f America
We are wei aware OF the risk, the labor. nd the
responsibility of such undertai ing, aud we
have eucoun' crc item all after calm aud serious
dcbrralinu; relying for 'uccess upon deter
uina:ion labor diligently in the pfosccut on OF
our dcsign. The absolute dependence of one and
all IF US upon the prosperity of the papcr /, the
best guarantee FIR the performance oil this resolu.
ton.
ofour own ability for this aIdn us t.sk il would
not Us 10 speak. On Of ~ has had ONE
five or six years Experience i'll the edit na depart
line anil II by DTDE
thoroughly acquant with the mcchlpi,al duties
of an offito We bavc bceu nr, rnised tic all Of
some Of the ablGst pens in the Union and We start
with the hope of S cling thu SOUTHERN STAND
ARD for such is tho name If our paper TAX. its
stand by the side Of the first journals Of the day
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be commensurate viii, our means. We know u at
moe p 'pcr can be ught for less money but ~
have not yet learned u In assure n.cn:al prcciuc
im5 ny INC yard, nor TO - ihatc the value of
thought by the extent oftIc medium tlrOu IN which
it is conveyed.
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G.. r.. BOTrS,
r. w. HUGHES.
Aug4 !. RICfPD. LEW ELLEN.