The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1847-01-28
VOLUME 2.---NO. SO.
PRONpECTIIS
PROSPECTUS
or new POLITICAL PAPER CALLED THE
SOU fHERN SrANDARn

| notwithstanding their signal defeat in a. the
| advocates OF concentrated power and /, stTong ,,o
Ivernment, are determined To make nn,tl,,r nj .
vigorous effort Tor supr. in the national conn
ellis The press is the engine of partv in ,bc
| present age, and in Virginia our oprnn.,t. ,,e
mixing powerful use Of this Formidable wcan n
AWARE that the Metropolis is the great battle.
ground upon which the heat of the fight IL 10 hc
su tainc, Z Is to this import paint Ih,v are oi
rec,ing th"ir most strenuous "xcrtions. They Ia,
allied to tn" " hig Mr.. Richat,fsH Tul,r ren
'.o'nan % acknowledged abb iics an,. great xre-
riencc; M"ssrs. Gaiiahcr s. B,idw in have hc,n
= acrd at e." h"ah "f the called Rep.b icnn nd
'cQn' sition OF MIR. w. c Carriugtcn, who to the
| 'crom ii 'hn"nts of 'ipc scholr. adds the forco
II vigorous intellect.
| To this array of forces have on,v To or nns,
| Sihglc NJ op"lit"n urna VIII CHI, IL w. vcr
sred' as ability ought no. to be left cop" single
handed in such host To come there orr, ,o
~" aid of the Enquirer an the Demo, r,ic party
| " 'hev vi accc'pt OF services 40 humble. cxthe
nd ig ed. have resolved to establish anvthcr
Dcu'" rluc Pnprr IN tic CITY ii III humid. To
lie design we have been instiga,ed .hi,ny bv the
press NJ and irequ mt solicitations of many Of the
V'S'st and most - Hicnt'al me mpcr~ OF the Zen q.
craft" party, az to its suppur, Yoke thu. "a .
,"r po IL a. friends, not nay in Virginin, but
| h'oug',o"t the Union Tn. press is p ,rwc nr
trrmg'h. aud tu the inaiut nance of our ,ol;,-si
''nc'pi "" sho" I'D ch'crsuiy oonr tie uur men,
al p"w.rs and our pccuniary means
| J" this Journal we Will .nde avor with. what
''lilty we may to su@tain the p,inc p ca and doc.
rln"s Of the Repu'' an party in th.i p,i.tine ia
NY: terry rcP"d atinV all AgrarisnIsn a nd
fadicHlisn a. desructive of the u, ST vnIua bic 40
ins! itutons, and worse than Federalism Itself
| u tp r.. ~
t. VIC vi advocate a huiieci cons ruc,ion -, The
nns tuition of he United States ielirv ng ,I.at
p l IN "nd ~, vou* meaning of its ncxt,
I u az ~ u n power T., the GcuHrai Government
| y el her VII" polit c 10 hes upon it,
"hcr men are secure III tie enio uent of per
nal lib rtv and tn pro iuct of their Ibor IN, ac
t'v" prompt ngs II ind v''u,I inlrre-t cn.u,c a
much better iuves of labor and tpt,l than
IAN bc tanned by any system ,levis,,l f., ,b 49,
rose OF dlNctnr IT roi" it, natural into artificial
| -hanncls We shah, therrf re. onpuse a TARIrr
for pr tee ton, not onv bee ,n~c il is unconettu.
| Visn nd InpolItc.
Acco"ntari ity is the great check upon human
| ieprrviy. 'nH CoRPoR an Ms are CORRUPT b cause
h"i' membc' 3 are indiyi u'i y urespun-ih;c: tIey
irr, the e'ore to &c "ppusc, upon genera princi.
plss. and oniv To tie tolerated occasional" as ne.
! es -arv cyl ;. In he Const tuition of The Uui,,d
i ties, find o. authority 90 ,sIa,IisI,
n OF fhe e excreS' cnce@ upoi he body Inliti.
! nd IN the sh' pe Of HANK, we Ii IL Mat tic D W
| 'r would be pecnlarly da reruus and obi ction-
| abe.
w" shall a'w2ys oppose tho oxper eitu.c Of vast
sninS "rcn local oti' "a. as being rot less rnWise
| cause the funi is always atty Administered
| wanting the vigiiart exc of iudi idu interest
md uni st hcca Sc il lay. vul, M hands unm n
'co"isti ne OF tho minority, tr expended II, for
neral ard necessary purposes, bat for local and
| Individual m .luu,cnt "
| In sh TT, q TEEN tie Government NJ Un;
ted Sac- G eatnrr OF the gu States of his
lnio' ns IT, tel tor p'rt'u'ar i,,n pos, s, which
b., tran st:rndci ithoui The M a, i ,,ia,,,
anger of uvert'r wing tn Uni n which il VA
| h" boast at our ceters to have eree ted aud
'i"h should he our pride it is our interest To
| or
| Alhou III hese own particular virws We
ebv no means s., .gotted, or So iiL, raj ~ t..
| Sclude all ,the's from columns our poiiti
| al opponents shall always tie VIC C, me- provided
their argun cnt@ are presented in AT Il b e and re
'protu form we ask, is the opportunity o re-
unng them. With r,ght side, We arc pre-
pared I" emcount conner, 20 matter what
eorons he wi"ld; such ia our faith in ruth en-
""die. rs we licrc it be, in the principcs If
IT,, Republican Party.
Although the. rolitical VIII lie the chi,f, it will
not be the only feature Of &c paper To the couu-
a IN ,.nn fr,nn
go. which it is hoped the expert, nee OF one Of the
Editors in that particular line, viii able him 10
rake pat culaTly acceptable 10 tie farming com
m"nity. Tbs department. will be hnndsom,ly il.
iustr4t"d with cutL of agricultural Indictments
who" tnev can he procured and il is believed il
VIII constitute very va uahle and popular E'aturc
in tie paHer at least, ton on our part shall
be wanting TO make it so. Mechanics and Manu-
factnrerS shall i've their full shar, nf attcn
ton: and have engaged the sei vices Of one of
the frs. merchan's in this city TO take charge OF
the Commercial Department.. Able and trust NO,
thy corrCsfon enis will aso be procured to keep us
can tantlv advis d of the most important news i'm
the principal cities of tho Union
| Nor wi;l the cihinIs of po;ite LITERATURE pass
of astcs for " hch shall have TO ca ter ia this de-
rartmcnt; but we hope by duo a mixture uf po-
e'ry aud romance, OF anrcdotc, huuor and fun. tu
provide for all whilst will endea, or TO shock
the s'nsi ries of none. At least, We viii p on4.,
20 our readers more intellectual banquet thar is
aHr"ed iy The 6 boarding school Miss order of
lite atur, which gracrs or diSgraccs rati err so
many of the public jOuria g { Am-fCa.
| We arc we aware OF HE risk the Abr and the
c4p"nsibility OF such unhertsl lug. and v C
h'v" encoun crel - en- all, after calm aud ,ctinus
mira i'm to labor diligently in the prosccut on of
our design. The absolute d,pnndence of on. md
III "' US upon ne pr"4rcriy of the pap,r. il the
heat guarantee r. the performance Of this r. solu
| ton. "
Ofonr oiltr for this ardn us task il would
not cornc Il spe"k. On Of u has had One
five o. six years experience in the editorial dcpa,t
Incut, AM an ther il, by profession md n a. ticc
thoroughly ara!"Int with the ms chanira duties
lff - N pf q Loon r
some Of The ab'eSt pens in the union and we start
with he hope If SEEING tb" SOUTHERN STAND
ARD. Tor snch Is tn" name "f orr rapCr, TAX. itg
= and by the side Of the first journals IT The cavL
We shall big with sheet, Inc sizr Of " hich y III
| he c"nmen-urat" With orr We nov II at
moe 'pcr can tie b ught for l,ss money but u O
have not vet lrarned t. IN asnre n,entaI prnducl
| ms by ibc yfrd, nor to IS i.rate The value If
thought by the extent the medium throu. hich
| Il is conveyed.
TERMS:
! Our motto is, 90 Cleip FIR Cash" The DAILY
paper will BE- pIbshc: and m j ed for dollars
ocr ann"m. the SKmf- WEEsly for four, aud the
WEEKLY, for f,ro
The p per can only he procured by transmitting
the ,"orev in .dvance; aud in ~ this i'm.
p"rthnr rt,lc be departed from. Rot any one Is 10
wishes to Ike h. rapcr fra reriod les gre.tcr
than year, can forward rs any unt Of inorev
ro' less ths dola and fr nj. b hin, viii,
he dali, ibc sem weekly or the weekly as 10
dcsgnat" to the value OF it, at the rates aiore
said
or friend, sho arc ,ufFcientlv Interested IN ,,c
cc"ss If he raprr to .nronntor The trnrJIo Iii
plcrsc collect aud for Sard ~ irnrncdis tciv rho
Fl. t number # he p'pcr vi II Issued a. coon a.
rc c'n get GU office arranged, say on o about tho
fir Of So, mb,r next. "
We VI gratefully acknoo ledge the libcralitv oi
such wing Ed'tors "a may be- en-. CO to give this
pto, p"r'Is an insertion; orr o ical b ,thr,n
vii. W" know do US n aver which. rnd.r siniIsI
circumstarccs,we would 60 chccrfully rcciprocatc.
& r.. BOTTS
r. w HUG les.
hug4 J. RICH'D Lew ELLEN.
SUPERIOR SWEET OIL.-Jns, received
anrfhct " of that very fine article Of purc