The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-09-29
VOLUME a.---No. SO.
ROSPECT
OF A NEW POLITICAL PAPER. CALLED THE
e SOUTHERN SrANDARDV ~

advocates Of concentrated power and , str,na Wv
vernment, arc determined to make another and y
vigorous effort for supremacy in the national conn.
ellis. The press is The great en- ginc of party i'm ,mo
present age, and in Virginia our opponents arc
making powerful use of This formidable wcapUn.
Aware that the Metropolis is tho great battle.
ground upon which the heat of the fight is TO be
su tainea, IL is to this importtn' paint they are di-
called to the Wing Mr.. Richard II Tolcr, a gen.
tieinan o. acknowledged abb tiles anu great eSpe.
renee Messrs. Gallaher s. Baldwin have been
the Compiler h,s been greatly strengthened by tbc
acquisition of MIR. VIC Darlington, who to the
"eompnsoment OF a ripe scholnr. adds the force
TO this array of forces VIC have only to oppose a
single Met nopolitan Journal, which. however.
great its ability, ought not to be lief, to cope singie
handed with such a host. To come there ore tn
the aid of the Enquirer and the Democratic marty
if they will accept of services SO humble. We he
undersigned, have resolved to establish another
Democratic paper in the city of Richmond. To
this design we have been instieated chiefly by the
press ng and frequent solic;ta tons of many of the
wisest and most influential me bcrs of the Demo.
cratic party, aud to its support we invoke the aid of
our po1hcai friends, not only in Virginia, but
throughout the Union The press is a tower Of
strength, and TO the maintenance of our p%oiiticaI
principles We should chccrtully contribute our men.
tai powers and our pccuniary means.
IN this Joucnal we will cndeavor, with what
ability we may, to sustain the principles and doc
trincs of the Republican party in their pristine pu.
rity: Utterly repudiating all Agrarianism and
Radicalism, as destructive of the most valuable so.
cal institutions, and worse than Federalism itself
VII WbICn lniCCu We VIII not pretend To COlrlDnre
IT, we viii advocate a limited construct ion of the
Constitution OF The United States, believing ,hat
the plain and obvious meaning of its context, grants
full as much power to the General Government. as
1t Is either wise o: polite TO besiow upon it.
when men arc secure in the enjoyment of pcr.
sonai liberty and the product of their labor, the &C.
tive. proinptings of inc! interest ensure n
much better investment Of labor and c,pitaI, than
can be obtained by any system devised for the pur-
pose of diverting 1t from its natural into artificial
channels. We shall, thercf re, oppose a IT .ptrr
for protection, not only because ii is uncorstitu.
tional but because it is III the highest degree un-
wise and impolitc.
Acconntabiiityis the great check upon human
.depravity, and CoRPORATloNs arc corrupt because
their members arc intellectually irresponIiblc. tbcy
pies, and only to be tolerated occasionally as me-
CcsSary evils. In the Constitution of the United
Statcs, we ind no warrant or authority to establish
ans of these cXcresccnces upon the body politic .
and in the shape of a BANK, we hold that the DIN,
or would be peculiarly dangerous and objection
We shall always oppose the expenditure Of vast
sums upon local objects, as being not less unwisc.
because the fund il always lady admiuisfe red.
wanting the vigIlant eye of individual interest
aud unjust, because it lays violent hands upon the
acquisitions OF the minority, to be expended not for
general aud necessary purposes, bat for local and
individual I'M 'luncut.
In short, we esteem the Government of The Uni.
ted States a c eaturc 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. We
arc by no means 50 %b.gottcd, or so %illibcral. as T.,
exclude all others from our columns. Our politi.
al opponents shall always be wccome, provided
their arguments are presented in an able and re
spcctful form all we ask, is the opportunity OF re-
iuting them. With rtght on our side, we are pre-
pared to encount = any conner, 10 matter what
Weapons he yields such is our faith in truth, EN-.
bodied, as we believe 1T to be, in the principles Of
the Republican Party.
Although the political will he the chief. II Will,
not be the only feature of the Daner.- tn rho Nh,
Try paper an Agricultural department will hc add.
ID, which it is hoped the experience OF one of The
Editors, in that particular line, will enable him 10
make particularly acceptable to the farming com
nunity. This department will be handsomcly IL
ustrated with cuts of agricultural implements,
when they can be procured. and it is believed il
will constitute a very valuable and popular feature
IL the paper at least, no %eXcrtjon on our part shall
'c wanting to make ii so. Mechanics and Manu-
acturers shall aiEo receive their full share Of attcn.
ion and we have engaged the services of ono of
ne frs. merchants in this city to take charge of
he Commercial Department. Able and u ust wor-
ny correspondents will also be procured to keep us
constantly advis d of the most imp ,rtant news in
The principal cities of the Union.
Nor viii the claims Of polite LITERATURE pass
Gntcedcd. We are not UnInindful of the variety
TASTES for which We shall have 10 cater in this de-
partmcnt but we hope by a due admixture Of po-
etry and romance, OF anccdotc, humor and fun, to
provide for all, whilst VIC will cudeayor to shock
he sensi i,litics OF none. At least, We viii promise
% our readers a more intellectual banquet than is
,fotded by the g boarding school Miss" order of
literature, which graccs, or disgraccs rather, so
many VI the PUBIC Journals DI ~ america. f
We are well aware of the risk, the labor, and the
responsibility of such an undertaking., and wc
have encountered them all, after calm and serious
deliberations; relying for success upon QUE 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 va per, is the
best guarantee for the performance OF this rcsolu-
ton.
ofour own ability for this arduaus task, it would
not become US TO speak. One of US has had -ome
FIVE or six years experience in the editorial depart
ment, and another ia, by profession and practice,
thoroughly acquainted with the mechanical duties
of an office. We have been promised the aid Of
some of the ablcst pens in the Union, and we start
with tho hope of seeing the SOUTHERN STAND.
ARD for such IS tue name Of our paper, take its
stand by the side OF tic first journals OF the day
We shall brgin with a sheet, The size Of which will
&c commensurate with our means. We know that
more paper can be bought for less money; but VIC
nave not yet learned 70 measure mental produc.
ions by the yard, nor to cs iratc the value of
hought by the extent ofthc medium through which
TERMS:
Our motto Is, "Cbchp for Cash" The DAnY
paper will be published and mailed for sir dollars
lcr aunum 1.-The EMF WEEgLy for totw, and the
WEEKLY, for tro
The paper can only be procured by transmitting
nc money in advancc; and IN no case will this i'm
i0rtont ride be departed from. But any one who
wishes to take the paper for n period less on greater
than a year. can forward US any amount of money,
iot less tn an y dollar. and we Wil furnish him with
he daily, the scmi-wcckly or the weekly, as nc
may designate, to the value off at the rates afOre.
said.
Our friends who are suAicicutly interested in the
Success Of The paper to encounter the trouble, will
please collect and forward to os immediately. The
fr-t number of the paper will be issued a. soon as
we can get our office arranged, say on or about the
first Of September next.
We will gratefully acknowledge the liberautv Of
such WING Editors as may be pleased to give This
PlosPrciIs an insertion our political b ctbren
vii. we know, do,us a favcr which, under similar
circumstances we would so cbccrfully rcciprocate.
CT BOTIS,
r.. w. HUGHES,
Aug J. RICH'D.
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