The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-10-10
Ff r PROSPECTUS
SOUTHERN STANDARD.

/ TO BE PUBLISHED AT VIRGINIA.
To the Rep.bfcan Party in Virginia:
Notwithstanding their signal defeat in ~. The
advocates OF concentrated power and IL strong go
~vernuent, arc determined to make another and n
vigorous effort for supremacy in the national coun.
CHS. The ness is the great engine of party in the
present age. and in Virginia our opponents are
making powerful use of this formidable wea Don.
Aware that the Metropolis is tho great battle
ground upon which the beat of the fight is to be
sustained, II is to THE import,n' paint they arc di-
rcCunS thelr most strenuous excrtions. They have
called TO the Wing Mr.. Richard III. Toler, a gen.
ticman o. acknowledged abb titles anu great expc-
rience Messrs. Gailahcr & Baldwin have been
paced at the head of the so called Republican: and
the Compiler has been greatly strengthened by the
acquisition of MIR. w. z. Carringtcn, who to the
OF n vigorous intellect.
To this array of forces NC have only to opposc a
single Metropolitan Journal, which, however.
great its ability, ought not to be left to cope single
handed with such Il host. TO come therefore TO
the aid of the Enquirer and tho Democratic party,
II they viii 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 by tn.
press ng and frequent solicitations OF many Of the
wiscst and most influential members of the Demo.
cratic party, and to its support we Invoke the aid Of
throughout the Union The press is a tower of
strength, and TO the maintenance Of our political
principles we should chcerfully contribute our men
tai powers and our pccuniary means.
lt 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 repudiaiing 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, VIC will advocate a Unite construction of the
Constitution of the United States, believing that
the plain and obvious meaning of its context, grants
ini' as much power to the General Government, as
it il either wise or polite TO bcstow upon it,.
When men are secure in the enjoyment of per.
sonal liberty and the product of their labor, the ac-
tive ~pronptings OF individual interest ensure a
much better investment of labor and capit,l. than
can be obtained by any system devised for the pur.
nose 0f 1lNcTtInT IL from its natural inf ..r.,E~;ol
channels. We shall, therefore, oppose a TARIFF
for projections, not only because il is unconstitu.
wise and impolitic.
Accountability is the great check upon human
depravity,, and CoaPoR ArloNs arc corrupt because
their members arc individually irresponsible; they
are, ther cfore, 10 be opposed upon general princi-
pies, and only TO be tolerated occasionally as me-
| ccs-ary evils. In the Const tuition of the United
States, we find no warrant or authority to establish
ans of these excrcSccnccs upon The body polite /;
and in the shape of a BANK, we hold that tho D lw-
or would be peculiarly dangerous and objection
able.
We shall always oppose tic expenditure of vast
sums upon local objects, as being not less rnwisc,
because the fund is always hadly administer rcd,
wanting the vigilaut eye of iudividu"l interest
and unjust, because ii lays violent hands upon the
acquisitions OF tho minority, to be expended not for
general and necessary purposes, but for local and
individual tmJluIncut.
In shcrt, we esteem the Government OF The Uni.
ted States a creature of the Sovereign States of this
Union, instituted for particular pun poses, which
cannot be transcribed without the most imminent
tiSt vi oNcIlntpMlnS u L MOI WHICH 1t Wa
the boast of our ancestors to have erected, and
which i should be our pride, as it is our interest, to
preserve
Although these arc our own particular views, we
are by no means so b.gottcd, or so illibcraI, as to
exclude all Others from our columns. Our poIiti-
cal opponents shall alway Us be wc'come, provided
their arguments are presented in an abe and re
spcctfui form all we ask, is the opportunity of re-
iuting them. With right on our side, we arc pre-
pared To cncount r any conner, no matter what
weapons he yields such ia our faith in truth EN-.
bodied, as We believe it to be, in the principles Of
Although the political will be tho chief, it will,
not be the only feature Of the paper. TO tho coun-
Try paper an Agricultural department viii &c add
ed, which it is hoped the experience of one of the
Editors, in that particular line, will enable him TO
make particularly acceptable TO the farming com
nIunity. This department will be handsomely IL
Illustrated with cutD OF agricultural implements.
when they can be procured. and it is believed it
will constitute a very valuable and popular feature
in the paper at least, noNc~ertion on our part shall
be wanting to make il so. Mechanics and Manu-.
lecturers shall aso receive their full share of attcn.
ton and VIC have engaged the services of one of
the frs. merchants in this city to take charge Of
the Commercial Department. Able and IL ust wor-
thy correspondents will also be procured to keep us
constantly advls. d of the most important news in
the principal cities of the Union.
Nor will the claims of po,:tc LITERATURE pass
unhccdcd. We are not unmindful OF the variety
of tastes for which we shall have TO cater in this de-
partment hut we hope by a due admixture of po-
ctry and romance, of a%nccdotc, humor and fun. to
provide for all, whilst VIC will cndeavor to shock
the sensi iitic5 OF none. At least, VIC will promise
to our readers a more intellectual banquet than is
afforded by the 6 boarding school Miss order of
literature, which graccs, or disgraccs rather. so
many of the public journals Of America.
We arc we aware of the risk, the labor, and the
responsibility Of such an undertaking, and VIC
have cucoun cred them all, after calm and serious
dclibcra'ion; relying for success upon our deter
rnina,ion to labor diligently in the prosecution Of
our design. The absolute dependence of one and
all of US upon the prosperity of the papcr, il the
best guarantee fDr the performance Of this rcsolu-
tiou.
not brcorur us TO speak. One of us has had -omc
five or six years experience i'll the editorial depart
ment, AMI another il. by profession and practice,
of an Officc. We bavc bccu promised the aid of
some 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 its
stand by the side of the first journals Of the day.-
We shall begin with a sheet, the size Of which will
be commensurate with our means. We know tIrat
moro paper can be b,ught for less money but VIC
have not yet learned TO measure mental produc.
ions by the yard, nor to rs i,ratc the value of
thought by the extent of thc medium through which
il is conveyed.
Our motto is, g Cbc,p for Cash" The DAILY
paper viii be published and mailed for sac dollars
per annum 1.-The WEEKLY for four, and the
WEEKLY, for ttCO.
The paper can only be procured by transmitting
the money in advance; and an no case will Tbs i'm.
portant rule be departed from. But any one who
wishes to take the paper for a period less or greater
than a year, can forward Us any amount of money,
not less than n dollar, and We will furnish him with
he daily, the semi weekly or the weekly. AZ he
may designate, to the value OF it, at the rates afore-
said.
Our friends who are sufficiently Interested i'm tho
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 az soon as
we can get our ONCE arranged, say on or about the
first Of September next.
We will gratefully ackuowlcdg. the liberality Of
such Wing Editors as may be pleased to give this
Prospectus an insertion our political b othren
will. we know, do us a faycr which, under similar
circumstances, VIC would so checrfUlly reciprocatc.
CT. BOTTS,
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/ Aup4 J.. RICH'D.