The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-08-08
MISCELLANEOUS.
PROSPECTUS
OF NEW POLITICAL PAPER CALLED THE
SOUTHERN STANDARD.

TO BE PUBLISHED AT RICHMOND VIRGINIA
TO The R,p.biican Party in VIrginia.
Notwithstanding their signal defeat in "a the
advocates OF concentrated power a nd "a strong GO.
vrrnment, are determined to make another and a
vigorous effort for suprom macy in the coun-
ellis The press is the great engine of party in the
present age, and in Virginia our opponents re
making powerful use of this formidable wcapnn
Aware that the Metropolis is the great battle
ground upon which the heat of the fight is to be
sustained IT rs to this impor point they are di-
rccting their most strenuous exertions They Ina We
called to the Wing Mr.. Richard H. Toler, a gen.
tlcnan o. acknowledged abilities anu great cxpe-
rence; Messrs. Gallahcr & Baldwin have beon
placed at the head of the called Republican and
the Compiler has been greatly thened by the
acquisition of Mr.. W. &. Carrin qton. who 10 the
accomplishments of ripe scholar. adds the force
oil vigorous intellect.
To this array of forces we have ONLY to opposc n
single Metropolitan Journal which however
great its ability, ought be left to cope single
handed with such host. TO come therefore to
the aid of the Enquirer and the Democratic party
II they will 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 ustigated chiefly by the
press ng and frequent solicitations of many of the
wiscst and most influential members of the Demo.
cratic party and to its supper, 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 maintenance of our political
principles should chcerfully ribute our men
tai powers and our pecuniary means.
q in this Journal we will endcavor, with what
ability we may to sustain the principles and doc
rity. Utterly repudia,ing all Agrarianism and
Radcaiism, as destructive of the valuable so.
cal institutions, and worse than Federalism itself
with winch indeed we will not pretend to compare
1T, we viii advocate limited construction of the
Constitution OF the United States, believing that
the plain and obvious meaning of it's CONTEXT
full as much power to the General Government as
it is either wisc polite to bestow upon it,
when men are secure in the enjoyment of per-
sona liberty and the product of their labor the &C.
tive ,promPtings of individual interest ensure a
much better Investment of labor and capital than
can be obtained by any system devised for the pur-
pose of diverting it from its natural into artificial
channels We shall, therefore, oppose a TARIFF
for protection not only because il is unconstitu-
tonal. but because it is in the highest degree un-
wise and impohtic
Accountability is the great check upon human
dePravity, and Coupon Alto Ms are corrupt because
their members individually irresponsible; they
are, therefore, to be opposed upon general princi-
pies, and only to be tolerated occasionally as nc
cessary evils. In the Constitution of the United
States we find no warrant authority to esta si
any of these excrcscences upon the BODY politic ::
and in the shape of BAsK, we hold that the pow.
able.
We shall always oppose the expenditure of vast
sums upon local objects, being not less un wise
because the fund is always tadly adminisre red,
wanting the viglIant eye of individual inter est
and unjust because it lays violent Ina nds upon the
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 creature OF the Sovereign States of this
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 should be our pride, it is interest
preserve
Although these are own particular views we
are by no means so b;gotted, iliberal, to
exclude all others from our columns. Our politi-
cal opponents shall always be welcome, provided
their arguments are presented in an able and
spectu form; all we ask, is the opportunity of re-
futing them. With RIGHT on side, we are pre-
pared To encounter conner, matter what
weapons he wieds such is our faith in truth en-.
bodied, we believe it TO be- in the principles of
the Republican Party.
Although the political will he the chief, it will
not be the only feature of the paper. To the coun-
try paper an Agricultural department will DC 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
munlty. This department will be Handsomely il
lustrated with cuts OF agricultural implements
when they can be procured, and il is believed il
will constitute a very valuable and popular feature
in the paper at least, cHerton our part shall
be wanting to make IT so. Mechanics and Manu-
lecturers shall aso receive their full share of atcn
ton; and we have engaged the services of one of
the first merchants in this city take charge of
the Commercial Department. Able and tt ust- wor-
thy CORRESPONDENTS will also be procured to keep us
constantly ADVISED of the most important new in
the principal cities of the Union.
Nor will the claims of polite LITERATURE pass
uuhceded. We are not unmindful of the variety
OF tastes for which shall have in this de-
partment; but we hope by due admixture of DO
etry and romance, of auccdote humor and fun to
provide lor all, whilst VIC VIII endeavor to shock
the sensil iiues OF noue. At least, we will promise
to our readers more intellectual banquet tina n is
afforded by the boarding school Miss order of
literature, which graces, or dsrraces rather so
many of the public journals Of America.
We arc well aware OF the risk the labor and the
responsibility of such undertaking. and we
nave encountered them all, after calm and serious
deiiberation; 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 pa per- il the
performances of Tia
ton.
Ofour own ability for this arduous task, it would
not become us to speak. One of us has had come
hive or six years experience in the editorial depart
ment, and another il. by profession and prac tice
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 Tor such rs the name of our paper, take its
stand by the side of the first jour mails of the dav
We shall begin with sheet, the size of which will
be commensurate with means. We know that
more paper can be bought for less money; but we
have not yet learned to measure mental nroduc
tons by the yard, to es'inatc the value of
thought by the extent the medium through which
it is conveyed.
TERMS
Our motto Is, " Cheap for Cash" The DAILY
paper will be published and mailed for arr dollars
per aunum,--the SEMI WEEKLY for fo,,y I'D H.
WEEKLY, for ttCo
The paper can only be procured bv ttarsn,itting
the money in advances and in no CASE will thIs inn
portant rule be departed from. But any one who
wishes to take the paper for period less or greater
than year, can forward us any amount of money
not less than dollar, and VIC will furnish him win
The daily, the semi-weekly the weekly ne he
may designate, to the value oft at the rates aore
said. ~
Our friends who arc sufficiently interested in tho
success of the paper to encounter the trouble will
please collect and forward to us Immediately The
hrst number Of the paper will be issued a. soon a.
we can get our Office arranged, say on or about the
hrst of September next.
we will gratefully acknowledge the liberalitv oi
such WING Editors may be pleased to give ttis
li.USpectns an insertion; our political b, etbren
VII we know, do us faver which, under sirnils,
circumstances, VIC would so cheerfuly reciorocste
G.. r.. BOTTS,