The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-10-03
2.---NO. 81.
PROSPECTUS
OF A NEW POLITICAL PAPER. CALLED THE
SOUTHERN STANDARD.

I Notwithstanding their signal defeat in ,aa ,bo
advocates Of concentrated power and n st,o,r GO
vernmcnt, are determined to make anotber - :.
vigorous effort for supremacy in the national conn
CHS. me press is the great engine of party in the
present age, and ia Virginia our opponents arc
making powerful use of This formidable weapon
Aware that the Metropolis is tho great battle.
ground upon which the heat of the fight is to be
sustained, 1t is to this important point they are di-
recting their most strenuous excrtions. They have
called to the Wing Mr.. Richard II. Tolcr, a gen.
ticman o. acknowledged abb tiles anu great ENC.
rience; Messrs. Gailaher s. Baldwin have becp
1accd at the head of the SO called Republican; and
,so Gsup,e of mas Mr oe W greatly r strengthened by the
ccompii'hinen of a ripe scholar, adds the force
II a vigorous intellect.
To this array of forces we have ONLY IN onno,o +,
single Metropolitan Journal, which baweycr
great its ability, ought not to DO lief, to cone sin gice
landed With such a host; To come therefore to
II they viii accept OF services so humble, We, the
Undersigned, have resolved to establish another
Democratic paper in the city of Richmond To
his design we have been instigated chiefly by tbs
press ng and frequent solicit tons of many OF the
wisest and most inf1uential members of the Demo.
cratic party, aud to its support we invoke the aid of
,ur poltloat friends, not only in Virginia, but
throughout the Union The press is a tower of
.trength' and to the maintenance of our political
principles we should chccrfu,ly contribute our mem
tai powers and our pccuniary means.
In this journal we will cndeavor, with what
Utility We may, to sustain the principles and doc
:rines of the Republican party in their pristine pu.
rity: Utterly repudia,ing all Agrarianism and
Radicalism, as destructive of the most valuable so.
S'"' phh ofSS tudu II CUCFallEln SrI
with which indeed we will not pretend to compare
I, 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 tho General Government, as
t is either wise or polite to bostow upon it.
When men are secure in the enjoyment of pcr.
cnal liberty and the product of their labor, the ac-
tive promptings of individual interest ensure a
much better investment of labor and capital, than
AN be obtained by any system devised for the pur-
rose of diverting it from its natural into artificial
..hannels. We shall, therefore, oppose a TARIFF
for protection, not only because it is unconstitu.
;ional. but because il is in the highest degree un-
wise and impolitic.
Accountability is the great check upon human
iepravity, and CoRPoRATloNs are corrupt because
ihciT members are individually irresponsible; thew
IRE, therefore,, to be opposed upon general princi-
pies, and only to be tolerated occasionoliv os nc.
cessary evils. In the Constitution of the United
States, we find no warrant or authority to establish
any OF these excrescences upon The body polite
and in the shape of a BANK, we hold that the now.
er would be peculiarly dangerous and objection
able.
We shall always oppose the expenditure of vast
sums upon local objects, as being not less unwise.
because the fund is always hadly admipiste red
wanting the vigilant eye of individual interest !:
md unjust, because il la VS. violent hands unon The
acquisitions of tho minority, to be expended not for
general and necessary purposes, but for local and
rmJluIncnt.
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
of overthrowing that Union, which il was
the boast of our ancestors to have erected, and
it should be our pride, as it is our interest, to
preserve
Although these are our own particular views, we
are by no means so bigotted, or so illiberal, as to
exclude all others from our columns. Our politi-
opponents shall always be welcome, provided
their arguments arc presented in an able and re.
spcctfui form all we ask, is the opportunity of re-
iuting them. With right on our side, We are pre-
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 coun-
try paper an Agricultural department will be add
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 IL
ustrated with cuto 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, no eXertion on our part shall
nc wanting to make it so. Mechanics and Mann
'acturers shall also receive their full share of attcn-
ton and we have engaged the services of ono of
he first merchants in this city TO take charge of
the Commercial Department. Able and trust. wor-
by correspondents will also be procured to keep us
constantly advised of the most Important aews i'm
the principal cities of the Union.
Nor will the claims of polite LITERATURE pass
unhceded. We are not unmindful OF the variety
If tastes for which we shall have TO cater in this de-
oartment; but we hope by a due adinixture of po-
ctry and romance, of a%necdote, humor and fun, to
provide for all, whilst we will cndeavor to shock
he sensii ilities OF none. At least, we will promise
. our readers a more intellectual banquet thar is
afforded by the 6 boarding school Miss" order of
LITERATURE, WDlCD RTdCsS, or nlSgraCCS rather. so
many of the public journals of America.
We arc well aware of the risk, the labor. and the
responsibility of such an undertaking, and We
have encountered them all, after calm and serious
elaboration; relying for success upon our deter
animation to labor diligently in the prosecution of
Jur design. The absolute dependence of one and
Ill of us upon the prosperity of the pa pcr, is the
best guarantee for the performance of this resolu-
zion,
Ofour own ability for this arduous task, il would
not become us TO speak. Ono of us has had come
1--WE or six years experience in the editorial depart
ment, and another il, by profession and practice,
thoroughly acquainted with the mechanical duties
# an office. We bavc been promised the aid of
4onc 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 jour nails Of the day.
We shall brgin with a sheet, the size of which will
PC commensurate with our means. We know that
more paper can be bought for less money but NC
have not yet learned TO measure mental produc.
ions by the yard, nor to IS 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 sac dollars
per annum,--the SgMI-WEEKLY for four, and the
for ttCO.
The paper can only be procured by transmiuing
the money i'm advance; and IN no case Will tins inn
pOrtaut 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 VIC will furnish him with
The daily, the semi weekly or the weekly, as he
may designate, to the value OF 1T, at the rates afore-
said.
Our friends who are sufficiently interested i'm the
success Of the paper TO encounter the trouble, will
please collect and forward 20 US Immediately. The
fret number OF The paper will be issued as soon as
sc can get our office arranged, say on or about the
first of september next.
We will gratefully acknowledge. the libcrslity Of
such Wing Editors as may be pleased to give this
Prospectus an insertion our political b. Cthrcn
will, VIC know, do us a faver which, under similar
circumstances, we would so checrfully rcciprocatc.
CT. BOTTS
r.. W. HUGHES
Aug4 J. RICH'D.