The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-09-26
VOLUME 2.---NO. 35.
PROSpECTVrS
PROSPECTUS Do lagH3 7Ri
oF Anew POLITICAL PAPER. CALLED THE
tt SOUTHERN SrANDARD

10 tHe tStpbOttcUn I>Orfg Hirginiu:
Notwithstanding their signal defeat in ,aa ,h>
advocates Of concentrated power aud u strong go
Vernment, are determined TO make another and
vigorous effort for supro macy in the national couu
CHS The press Is the great engine of party in IN,
present age, and in Virginia our opponents are
making powerful use Of this formidable wcapnn
aware that the Metropolis is the great battle.
ground upon which the heat of the tiglitis TO be
sustained luis to this important, point they are di
reCung thslr most strenuous cxertions. They have
caiied TO the Wing Mr.. Richard III. Tolcr, gen.
'!ethdh o. acknowledged abilities anu great xpe-
renee; Messrs Gaiaher & Baldwin have been
placed at The head of the called Republican and
of mas r oeSp greatly by the
accomplishments Of ripe scholar adds the force
oil a vigorous intellect ' Wv - ~
To this array of forces we have ONLY to opposc ,
single metropolitan journal, which, however
great its ability, ought not to be left to cope sinrle
handed with such host TO come therefore TO
the aid of the Enquirer and the Democratic party
If they will accept of services so humble NC the
Undersigned, have, resolved to establish aoother
Democratic paper in the city of Richmond To
this design we have been instgated chiefly bv The
press ng and frequent soicita tons of mani III the
wisest and most influential members of the Demo
cratic party, aud to its support invoice the aid of
our poAucal friends, not only in Virginia hut
throughout the Union The press is a tower of
strength, and to the maintenance Of our politicni
principles we should chcerfuly contribute our men
tai powers and our pecunary means
lm this Journal will cndeavor with what
ability we may, to sustain the principles and doc
trnes OF the Republican party in their pristine pu
Radlcaism, as destructive of the most valuable 40
cal institutions, and worse than Federalism itself
win wnGh indeed we viii not pretend to compare
it, we will advocate limited construction of the
Constitution of the United States BELIEVING that
the plain and obvious inca ming its context Grants
init as much power to the General Government as
1t Is either Wise or polite to besow upon it,
When men are secure in the enjoyment of pcr.
sonar liberty and the product of their labor the ac-
tive promPtings OF individual interest ensure
much better investment of labor and capital than
can be obtained by any system devised for the pur-
pose OF diverting 1T from its natural into artificial
channels. we snail, therefore, oppose a TARIFF,
Tor protection, not only beca II is uuconstitu-
tonai, but because it is in the highest degree un-
wise and impoliuc. = Mo- -" d.
Accountability is the great check upon human
deprayity, and CoRPoa ATIoNs are corrupt because
their members arc individually Irresponsible: thew
are, therefore, to be opposed upon general princi
pics, and only TO be tolerated occasionally a. no
cessary evils In the Constitution of the United
States, we find warrant authority to establish
any OF these excrcsccnces upon the body polite
and in the shape of IA BANK, we hold that the nav.
CIR would be peculiarly dangerous and objection
able. 4 800 .. -tH
We shall always oppose the expenditure of vast
sums upon local objects, as being not less unwisc
because the fund is always badly administered
wanting the vigilant eye Of individual interest
and unjust, because 1t lays violent hands upon the
acquisitions OF the minority to be expended not for
general ana necessary purposes, but for local and
individual emoluncnt.
In short, we esteem the Government of the Uni
ted States creature 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 are our own particular views we
are by no means SO bigoted, or so illiberal as TO
exclude all others from columns Our poti.
cal opponents shall always be welcome provid.d
their arguments are presented in able and re.
spectful form all we ask, is the opportunity of re-
uting them. With right on side, we are pre- p
pared to encounter any conner, no matter what
weapons he Yields; such is our faith in truth en-
bodied, as we believe it to be- in the principles of
the Republican Party.
Although the political will be the chief it will
not be the only feature of the paper To the cone
Try paper an Agricultural department will be 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
munity. This department will be handsomely i'll
lustrated with cuts OF agricultural indictments
when they can be procured and it is believed il
will constitute very valuable and popular feature
ntbe paper; at least, eXertion on our part shall
be wanting to make 1t so. Mechanics and Manu-
acturcrs shall also receive their full share of aten
uoh ana we nave engaged The services of one of
the tirs. merchants in this city to take charge of
the Commercial Department. Able and trust -wor-
thy correspondents will also be procured to keep us
constantly ADVISED of the most important news in
the principal cities of the Union.
Nor will the claims of polite LITERATURE pass
unheeded We are not unmindful of the variety
of tastes for which we shall have 10 cater in this de-
partment; but we hope by a due admixture of po-
ctry and romance, of anecdote, humor and fun TO
provide for all, whilst will endeavor to shock
the sensi iitic5 of none. At least we will promise
to readers more Intellectual banquet than is
afforded by the " boarding school Miss" order of
literature, which grace5, or disgraccs rather, so
many of the public journals of America.
We are well aware of the risk the labor, and the
responsibility of such an undertaking, and we
have encountered them all, after calm and serious
dcIiberaiion; relying for success upon our deter
minaon to labor diligently in the prosecution of
our design. The absolute dependence of one and
all of us upon the prosperity of the paper, il the
H,.t r,arE...
ton
ofour own ability for this arduous task il would
not become us 10 speak. One of tbs has had ,one
five or six years experience in the editorial tlepart
nent and another Ia, by profession and practice
thoroughly acquainted with the mechanical duties
of an office. We bavc been promised the aid of
some Of the ablest pens in the Union and we start
With the hope of seeing the SOUTHERN STAND.
ARD, for such rs the name of our paper take its
stand by the side of the FIRST journals of the day
VIC shall begin with sheet the size Of Which, ,,iu
be commensurate with our means We know that
more paper can be bought for less money 4: but VIC
have notyet learned to measure mental produc.
lions by the yard, nor to cs inate the value Of
thought by the extent of the medium through which
it is conveyed.
TERMS:
Our motto Is, Cheap for Cash" The DAILY
paper will be published and mailed for dollars
per annum,--thc SEMI w EEEtY for four, and the
w EERLy, for tlcO
The paper can only be procured by transmitting
the money in advance; and in will this i'm.
portant rule be departed from. But any ono who
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than year, can forward US any amount Of Inonev
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Inc daily, the semiwcekly or the weekly. as he
may designate, to the value of il, at the rates fore
said.
Our friends who arc sufficiently interested in the
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 al soon as
can get our Office arranged, say on or about the
fret Of September next.
We will gratefully acknowledge the ibcrality Of
such wing Editors as may be pleased to give this
Prospectus an insertion our political B, ethren
will, we know, do us favcr which, under similar
circumstances, we would so chccrfully reciprocatc
6. r.. BOT"rS,
r. w. HUGHES,