The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-11-12
VOLUME 2.---NO. sd.
PROSPECTUS
OF NEW POLITICAL PAPER.C CALLED THE
SOUTHERN STANDARD.

49, < UcIctt III VI, INC
advocates of concentrated power and a strong go.
vernment, arc determined to make another and n
vigorous effort for supremacy in tho national coun-
ellis. The press is the great engine of party in the
present age, and in Virginia our oproneuts arc
making powerful use of this formidable weapon.
Aware that the Metropolis is the great battle.
ground upon which the beat of the fight is to be
sustained, IT is to this important point they arc di-
rccting their most strenuous cxcrtions. They have
called to the Wing Mr.. Richard ii. Toler, n gen.
ticman o. acknowledged abb tiles ant great expe.
Renee; Mcssrs. Gailaher & Baldwin have been
placed at the head nj the so called Republican; and
the Compiler h,s been greatly STRENGTHENED by the
acquisition of MIR. w. G.. Darlington. who to the
ccomDliShment of n ripe scholar. adds the force
OF a vigorous intellect.
To this array of forces We have only to oppose a
single Metropolitan journal, which, however,
great its ability, ought not to be left tn conc s;nric
handed with such a host. TO come therefore 10
the aid of the Enquirer and the Democratic party,
if they will accept of services so humble, NC, the
undersigned, have resolved to establish another
Democratic paper in the city of Richmond. To
this design we have been instigated chiefly by the
press ng aud frequent solicita tons of many of the
wiscst and most Influential members OF the Demo.
cratic party, aud to its support we invoke the aid of
our political friends, not only in Virginia, but
throughout the Union The press is a tower Of
strength, and to the ,naintenance Of our political
principles we should chrcrfully contribute our men
tai powers aud our pccuniary means.
ability we may, to sustain the principles and doc
trines of the Republican party in their pristine pu.
rlty. Utterly repudiatiug all Agrarianism and
Radicalism, a. destructive Of the most valuable so.
cial institutions, and worse than Federalism itself
Win winch lnuccd VIC VIII not DI Ctend to coniparp
it, we will 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
ii Is either wise or polite to bestow upon it.
When men are secure in the enjoyment of pcr.
sonal liberty and The product of their labor, the ac.
tive pIompt'ngs Of individual interest ensure 4
much better investment of labor and capital, than
can DC obtained by any system devised for the pur-
pose oil divert1ng 1T from its natural into artificial
channels. We shall, therefore, oppose n TARIrF
for protection, not only because it is unconstitu-
wise and i~mpoftic.
Accountability is the great check upon human
depravity, and CoRpoRATloNs are corrupt because
their members arc individually irresponsible: thew
are, therefore, to be opposed upon general princi.
pies, and only To be tolerated occasionally as nc
ccsSary evils. In the Constitution of the United
States, we ind no warrant or authority to csta hlish
any of these excrcSCenccs upon The body polite
and in the shape of a BANR, we hold that the D w,
err would be peculiarly dangerous and objection
able.
We shall always oppose the expenditure of vast
sums upon local Objects, as being not less nnwisc,
because the fund is always hadly adminisfer red,
wanting the vigIiant eye of individual inter est
and unjust, because it lays violent hands upon thc
acquisitions of tho minority, to be expended not for
general and necessary purposes, but for local and
individual cmOlumcnt.
In short, We esteem the Government of the Uni.
ted States a 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 our pride, as it is our interest, to
preserve
Although these are our own particular views. VIC
arc by osmeans so bigotted, or so i!libcral. as to
exclude all others from our columns. Our politi-
cal opponents shall always be welcome, provided
their arguments are presented in an able and re
spcctiul form all we ask, is the opportunity of re-
futing them. With right on our side, we are pre-
weapons he yields such is our faith in truth en-
bodied, as we believe il TO be, in the principles of
the Republican Party.
Although the political will he the CHEZ, it will
not be the only feature of the paper. To the coun-
try paper an Agricultural department will be add.
ed, which it is hoped the experience of one of the
make particularly acceptable to the farming com
munity.,. This department will be handsomely IL
lustratcd with cntD of agricultural implements,
when they can be procured, and it is believed il
will constitute n very valuable and popular feature
IN the paper; at least, no %eHertion on our part shall
he wanting to make II so. Mechanics and Manu-
iaCturers shall aiso receive their full share OF attcn.
ton 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 us
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 unnindful OF the variety
of tastes for which we shall have to cater in this de.
partment; but we hope by a due admixture of po-
ctry and romance, of anccdotc, humor and fun, to
provide for all, whilst VIC will eudeavor to shock
the scn5il ilities OF none. At least, we will promise
to our readers a more intellectual banquet than is
afforded by the " boarding school Miss srdcr of
literature, which graces, or disgraces rather. so
,J ~ H~ - ~ @
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
dehbcration; relying for success upon our deter
mination to labor diligently in the prosecution Of
our design. The absolute dependence of one and
all of us upon the prosperity of the paper, is the
best guarantee for tho performance OF this resolu-
ton.
Ofour own ability for this arduous task, it would
not b; come us to speak. One of US has had come
tn G or six years experience in the editorial depart
ment, and another is, by profession and practice,
hnrnt " ND xrtIl h -
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 is the name of our paper, take its
stand by the side of the first journals of the dav~
We shall begin with a sheet, the size OF which will
be commensurate with our means. we know that
more paper can be bought for less money but u .
have not yet learned to measure mental produc.
IONS by, the yard, nor to IS iirate the value of
thoughtD by the extent OF The medium through which
il is conveyed.
TERMS
our motto Is, Cheap for Cash" The DAILY
paper will be published and mailed for s,r dollars
per aunum,-the SEmf-WEEEtY for four, and the
WEEKLY, for tJCo
The paper can only DC procured by transmitting
the money in advance; and an no case will this i'm.
portant role be departed from. But any one who
wishes to take the paper for a period less or greater
than n year, can forward us any amount Of money.
not less than "A dollar, and we ~ill Furnish him with
the daily, the semi weekly or the weekly. as ne
may designate, TO the value OF il, at the rates afprc.
said.
Our friends who arc sufficiently interested in the
success Of tho paper to encounter the trouble, will
please collect and forward to US immcdia tcly. The
first number Of the paper will be issued as soon as
We can get our office arranged, say on or about the
first of September next.
We will gratefully acknowledge the liloralitv Of
such WLig Editors a. may be- pleased to give this
Prospectus an insertion our political b ethren
Will we know, do us u faver which, under similar
circumstances, VIC would so cheerfully rcciprocatc.
G.. r.. BOTTS,
r. w. HUGHES,
Aug4 J. RICH'D. LEWELLEN.
SUPERIOR SWEET OIL.-Just received
> another supply Of that very fine article Of pure