The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1847-02-04
VOLUME 2.---NO. 50.
pROSpECUrs
PROSPECTUS
Or NEW POLITICAL PAPER. CALLED THE
SOU THERN STANDARD

TO the Rtpubifcdn Party in Virgjuia.
Notwithstanding their signal defeat In IA tho
advocates of concentrated power and !, strong CO.
vcrnment, are determined To- make anntI, r and a
vigorou- effort for supremacy in the national conn
CHS The press s'thc great engine of party in the
present age, and in Virginia opponents are
making powerful use of This formidable wcap, a.
Aware that the Metropolis is the great battle
ground upon which the heat of the fight is to be
su tanned, I is TO this import,ni point they arc di
recung their most strenuous exertions. They have
called TO the Wing Mr.. Richard H. Toler a gen.
tleman o. acknowledged abilities ant. great xne.
| rience; Messrs. Gailaher & Baldwin have been
placed at the head "f the called Republican and
the Compiler has been greatly siren gthencd by tho
acquisition of Mr.. W. c. Carringtcn, who to the
accom3ii hm"nts OF ripe scholar. adds the force
oil a vigorous intellect.
To this array of forces G bavc ONLY tn orposc =,
single Metropoitan Journal, which, h,wevrr,
great ITS ability, ought not to be left cop" single
handed with such a host To come thc e!ore to
the aid OF the Enquirer and the Democratic party
" thcy viii accept of services so humble VIC the
undersigned, have resolved to cstabli,h ,notIcr
Democratic paper in tho city Of Richmond To
this design We have been instiga ted chiefly bv the
press NC and frcqu ut soc tations of many Of the
wisest and most ;nifucntial members of the Den o.
our pc itiCal friends not MY in Vryinio hui
throughout the Union The press is a tower of
strength and To the maint nance Of our rotiral
principles we should chccrfuily contr butte our men
tai powers and our pecuniary means.
IN this Journal will cndeavor, with what
ability we may, to sustain the principles and doc
trnes of the Republican party i'm their pristine pu
rity: Utterly repudiaiing all Agraranism and
Radicalism, as destructive of the most valua BILE So
cal institutions, and worse than Federalism itself
with which indeed we will not pr ctcnd to compare
| IT. we VIII advocate a limited construction OF the
| Constitution OF the United States belcvnp that
the plain and obvious meaning OF its context Grants
fnl as much power to the General Government, us
! u IL either wise or polite to bestow upop il
| When men are secure in the enjoyment of Der
.ona' liberty and The protnct of their labor the ac
tive promptngs at individual interest en.urc
much better investment of Labor nd capital than
can be obtained by any system devised for the pur-
pose OF dvertng 1T rom its natural into artificial
channels. We shall, therefore, oppose a TARIFF
Tor protection, not only because il is unconsttu-
tional but because is in the highest degree un.
wise a nd impolitic.
| Accountability is the great check uoor bupon
depravity, and CoRPoRATIoNs are corrupt because
their members are individually irresponsible: thew
are, thc core, TO be opposed upon general prjnci.
pies, and only TO be tolerated occasionally as NO
cesSary evils. In the Coust tuition of the IJu;trd
Statc7 we md no warrant or authority esta hlish
any of these excrcsc cnceS upon the BODY nolitic
end in the shape of BANK we hold that the pnw,
er would be peculiarly dangerous and objection
! able.
/ We shall always oppose tho expenditure OF vast
sums upon local o'liccs as being not less unwise
because the innd is always ably admimisre rcd ,
/ wanting the vlgilant eye of iudi. du interest :
| and unjust because II lays violent hands upon the
acquisitions of the minority, to be expended not for
general ana necessary purposes, but for local and
In short, W" esteem the Government OF The Uni.
ted States eaturo of the Sovereign States of iii
Union, instituted for particular pm pose g. which
cannot be transcribed without the most imminent
"anger of overthrowing that Union, which it wa.
| me boast OF our ancestors to have erected. and
which should be our pride as it is intcrcst to
| pr serve - =
Although these arc our own particular views We
are by no means so .gotted, illiberal a. To
exclude all others from columns Our poiti.
| cal opponents shall always be welcome provided
| their arguments presented in an a bic and re
spcctu form all we ask, is the opportunity OF re-
'unng them. With rtght our side we are nre
pared to encount'r any conner, matter what
| weapons he wiclds; such is faith i'm truth en-
bodied as we believe it to be, in the principles of
| the Republican Party.
Although The political VIII he The chief it will
not be the only feature of the paper. To the coun-
Try paper an Agricultural department will C add
cd which it is hoped tho experience of one of The
Editors, in that particular line will enable him I'm
make particularly acceptable to the farmino com
munity. This department will be Handsomely H.
iustratcd with cuto of agricultural implements
when they can he procured, and it is believed il
VIII constitute very va liable and popular feature
IN the paper at least ton on our Da rt shall
| be wanting To make ii so. Mechanics and Manu-
acnres shall also receive their full share of at,cn
ton; and We have engaged the services of csc of
the first merchants in this city to take charge of
the Commercial Department. Able and t. ust- wor.
thy correspondents will also be procured to keen ne
| constantly advised of the most important news i'm
| the principal cities of the Union
Nor will the claims of polite LITERATURE PASS
unhcedcd. we are not unmindful OF the variety
of tastes for which shall have TO cater in this de-
partmcnt; hut we hope by duo admixturc of no.
etry aud romance, of anccdote, huuor aud fun To
| provide tor all, whilst will endeavor TO shock
The scnsi' fitics OF none. At least, We will promise
70 our readers more intellectual banquet than is
afforded by the 9 boarding school Miss order of
literature, which graces, dsgraccs rather so
many of the public journals of America
We are well aware of the risk the labor nd the
responsibility of such undertaking, and we
have encountered them all, after calm aud serious
deiberaiion; relying for success upon our deter
mina'ion 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 the performance Of this rCsolu
| ton
Ofour own ability for this az " us task, it would
not b, come IS TO speak. Ono of us has had ono
e i'm he i.
nent and another ia, by profession and practice
thoroughly acquainted with tho mechanical duties
some of the ablcst pens in the Union and VIC start
With the hope of seeing the SOUTHERN STAND.
AfD' Tor snch rs the name of our paper, take its
stand by the side of the first jour ma Is of the dav
We shall begin with sheet The size of which q in
be commensurate with our means. We know that
more paper can be bought for less money: b,,t Q
nave not yet lrarned tn measure mental prOduc.
lions by the yard, to IS irate the value of
th?ugh' by the extent OF the medium through which
TERMS:
Our motto Is, % Cheap for Cash" The DAILY
paper VIII be published and mailed for dotiarS
per annum.--the SEDiI- WEEKLY for four, aud the
WEEKLY, for ttco
The paper can only hc procured by transmitting
the money in advance md in no case will tl,,s i'm,
portant rule be departed from. But any one who
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than year, can forward us any amount of money
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he daily the semi weekly or the weekly, as BIC
may designate TO the value Of it the rates afore
SAID.
Our friends who efficiently interested In the
success OF the paper to encounter the trouble will
please collect and forward to Us Immediately. The
fret number of the paper will be issued A. soon a.
we can get our office arranged, say on o. about the
first of SEPT ubcr next.
We will gratefully acknowlo dpe .be libcrality oC
such Wing Editors as may be pleased to give ihis
Prospectus an insertion nur roItical + ,thrcu
will We know, d" us favcr which. und"r similar
circumstance we would 20 chccrfuly reciprocal te
G. r. Bolts,
, ". w. HUGHES,
! Aug4 j. RICH'D LEWELLEN.
SUPERIOR SWEET OIL.-Jus, received