The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1847-01-26
(VOLUME 2.---NO. So.
lS47
PROSPECTUS 400
or NEW pOLiIlCAL PAPER. CALLED Til Z
M SOU TtiERN STANDARD >,

advocates OF concentrated power and , strong CO..
"ernmcnt, arc determined TO make apotb,r and a
vigorous effort for supremacy in the national cou,.
ellis. The press - the great engine of partv in ,i,
present age, and ia Virginia, our opr"ny,,ts ,r,
making powerful use of this Formidable wc,prn -
Aware that the Metropolis is the great battl, .
ground upon which the heat of the fight is to L.,
su tanned, Il IL to this i'm POI tan, point they are d.
re1ung their most strenuous exertions. They have
called TO the Wing Mr. Richard H. Toler, a gen.
teinan o. acknowledged abi'ities ant grca xpc-
Renee Messrs. Gailaher Baldwin have been
placed at the head "f the so called Republican and
the ComHier has been greatly strcns thencd by i'll
acquisition of Mr.. w. G.. Carrinstrn who 10 the
accom- liShments OF ripe scholar, adds the fore,
oil a vigorous intellect.
TO this array of forces NC have only to oppose a
single Metropolitan Journal. which however
great its ability, ought not to br left TO cope single
handed with such a host. To come thcrc'orc t.,
the aid of the Enquirer and the Democratic marty
u they viii accept of services 50 humble NC the
Undersigned, have resolved to establish another
Democratic paper in tho city of Richmond To
this design we have been instigated chiefly bv tb-
press ng and frcqu mt solicitations Of many of the
wisrst and most Influential members of the Demo.
cratic party, a,d to its support we invokc the aid az
our pc ltlt nj trends not Cnly in Virginia but
throughout the Union The press is n tower of
strength, and to the maiut nance of our political
principles VIC shonld chcerfuily contribute our men
tai powers and our pccuuiary means.
in this Journal we will endeavor, with what
trnes OF the Republican party in their pristine ru
rity. Utterly rcpudaiing all Agrarianism and
Radcalism, as destructive of the most valuable so.
cal institutions. and worse than Federalism itself
with which indeed we will not pretend to compare
it, We will advocate limited construction of the
Constitution OF The United States believing ,hot
the plain and obvious meaning of its context grants
| foil as much power to the General Government as
tis either wise o. polite to besrow upon it,
When men arc secure in the enioyment of nor
sona liberty and the product of their bor the ac
tive proinptngs of individual interest ensure
much better investment of labor and capital than
can be o. tanned by any system devised for the pur-
pose of divertng il from its natural into artificial
channels We shall, thcref re, oppose a TARIFF
for protection, not only because il is unconstitu
liUb
wise and impolitic.
Accountability is the great check uoop human
depravlty, and CORPORATIONS corrupt because
their members arc individually irresponsible; thew
are therefore, TO be opposed upon general princi.
PIES and only to be tolcra ted occasionally as nc.
cessary evils In the Const tuition of the United
States, we find no warrant authority TO establish
any OF the &c excreScences upon the body polite
and in the shape of "A BANK, we hold that the DOW,
able. ''' o'''e"0h-
We shall always oppose tho expenditure Of vas,
sums upon local objects, as being not less rnvisc
because the fund is always adly admins, rcd
wanting the vigIlant eye of indi, idurl inter est
and unjust, because ii lays violent hands upon the
acquisitions of tho minority, to be expended not for
general and necessary purposes, but for local and
| individual EN- Iiumcnt.
In short, we esteem the Government of the Uni-
ted States eaturc OF the Sovereign States of this
Union, instituted for particular pm po-, s. which
cannot be transcribed without the most Imminent
danger of overthrowing that Union which il Wa
| the boast of our ancestors to have erected and
which il should be our PRIDE it is our interest To
preserve
Although these own particular views. VIC
are by no means So b;gotted, illibcral. as to
exclude all others from columns OR pol;ti.
cal opponents shall always be welcome provided
their arguments are presented in ar able and re
spectfui form all we ask, is the opportunity oil re-
fuung them. With right our side we are pre-
pared to encounter any conner, 70 matter what
weapons he wields; such is our faith in ruth en-
BODIED as we believe IT to be, in the principles Of
Although the political will be the chief, ii vii.
not be the only feature Of the paper. To the coun
try paper an A Agricultural department will he add
ed, which 1t Is hoped the experience Of one of the
Editors, in that particular line, will enable him TO
make artcuiariy acceptable TO the farming com
munty. This department will be Handsomely H.
lustrated with cuta of agricultural implements
when they can be procured, and il is believed il
will constitute very valuable and popular feature
in the paper least, no exeStion on our mart hall
| he wanting to make il so. Mechanics and Mann
iactnrcrs shall also recti i've their full share of attcn
ton; and We have engaged the services of one of
the brst merchants in this city to take charge of
the Commercial Department Able and trust wor
thy correspondents will also be procured TO keen ms
constantly advised of the most important news i'm
the principal cities of the Union.
Nor will the claims of polite LITEnATURE pass
UNDECIDED. We unmindful of the arietv
of tastes for which shall have TO cater in this de-
partment but we hope by due admixturc of po-
provide for ALL whilst we will epdeavor IN shoot
the sens iities OF AT least, we will promise
to our readers more intellectual banquet than is
afforded by the g boarding school Miss order of
literature, which graces disgraces rather, SO
many of the public journals of America.
w e are Wen aware OF the risk the labor, nd the
responsibility OF such undertaking, and G
have encountered them all, after calm and serous
deliberation; 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 Ia the
best guarantee for the performance OF this rcsou.
| ton.
Ofour own ability for this arduous task Il u,opld
not b come us TO speak. One of us has had some
five six years experience in the editorial dcpart
mept, and another Ia, by profession and n,art;co
thoroughly acquainted with the mechanical dntics
OF an office We bave been promised the aid of
some of the ablest pens in the Union and we atari
with the hope of seeing the SOUTHERN STAND
ARD, for soch is the name of our paper, take its
stand by the side of the first journals dC tbc Jav
We shall brgn with sheet, the size of which y,;u
| be commensurate with our means. We know that
more paper can be bought for less money; but We
lions by the yard, nor to Is itraie the value of
!nought by the extent ofthc medium through which
Our motto is, Cheap for Cash" The DAILY
paper Will be published and mailed for sac dollars
per num,--thc SEMI- w EEKsY for four and the
WEEKLY, for f,cO
| The paper can only be procured by Transmitting
the money in advance; and in no case will this inn
| portant role be departed from. But any one who
wishes to take the paper for period less or greater
than year, can forward VS. any amount Of money
not less than dollar, and will furnish him with
| ,he daily, the semi-weekly or the weekly "a bc
said ' ''''' "'o'e'
Our friends who are sufficiently interested in Tho
Success Of the paper TO encounter the trouble v;I
please collect and forward to us immediately The
fret number of the paper will be issued az soon ss
we can get our office arranged say on or about the
first of September next. ~ '
We viii gratefully acknowledge the liberalitv Of
Such wing bditors as may be pleased to give This
| prospectus an insertion; our political b othren
will. we know, do us faver which. under similar
circumstances, would 90 cheerfully reciprocate
G. Il. BOTTS
n. w HUGHES.
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