The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1847-01-19
[ VOLUME 2.---NO. So.
PROSPECTUS
VI NEW POLITICAL PAPER CALLED TIL r.
SOUTHERN STANDARD

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vHrnment, are deiermined TO make another and
vigorous effort for suprCm ICY iu the conn
clls The press IS the great en- aue OF party i'm thc
present age, and III Virginia opponents arc
making powerful use of ibis formidable wcnp"n
Aware that the Metropolis is tho great battle
ground upon which The heat of the fight is IN ho
su taihe IT is to this impoItnn, point lucy are di
rectng their most strenuous exertions. They have
/ called TO the Wing Mr., Richard II. Toler a gen.
t!cnNn o. acknowledged abilities ant. great rXpc.
Renee; Messrs. Gollaher & Baldwin have been
placed at The head of the so called Republican and
oo mas been greatly strengthened by the
accompli shuicnts of ripe scholar adds the f,rcc
0i a vigorous intellect.
10 this array OF forces NC have only to oppose a
single Alettopoitan Journal which, however
great IFS ability, ought to be left To conc sinrIc
banded with such a host. 10 come tbrfrctorn7 ~
the aid of the Enquirer and the Democratic pnrtv
II thcy will accept of services humble We the
undersigned, have resolved to establish another
Democratic paper in the city Of Richmond To
this design we have been insgatcd chiefly bv the
press aud frequent solicitations OF many Of The
wisest and most Influential members OF the Demo.
cratic party, aud to its support Invoke the aid Of
our pc itioal friends, not cnly in VIRGINIA but
,hroug9oot the Union The press is tower of
strength, and tn the maintenance of our political
principles We should chccrfuly contr butte our men
tai powers and our pecunary means
~ this Journal we will endcavor, with what
ability we may, to sustain the principles and doc
trincs of the Republican party in their pristine pu.
rity. Utterly repudiatiug all Agrarianisln and
katucaiisn. as destructive of the most vaua Die So
ca institutions, and worse than Federalism itself
with which indeed we will ndt pretend to comparc
II, VIC viii advocate limited construct ion ot The
Constitution OF Ihc United States, believing that
the plain and obvious mean of it's context Grants
full as much power to the General Government ms
! it Is either wise % polite to bestow. upon IT,
When men are secure in the endowment of nor
sona liberty and the product of their la bor the ac
tive promptings of individual interest ensure a
much better Investment of labor and capitoI than
can be obtained by any system devised for the pur
pose OF divertng it from its natural into artificial
channels. we shall, therefore, oppose TARIFF
Tor projections not only because il is unconstitu.
uona! but because ii Is in the highcs, degree an,
wise and impotic.
Accountability is the great check upon human
| depravity and CoRPoR AT,oNs are corrnpt brca,sr
their members are individually irresponsible; thew
are, therefore, to be opposed upon general princi
pies, and only to be tolerated occasionally AS ne.
ccssnry evils. In the Constitution of the United
States, we find no warrant authority TO establish
any OF these cxcresccnces upoI the BODY poIitic
and In the shape of a BANK, we hold that tho pow.
| or would be peculiarly dangerous and objection
able
We shall always oppose the expenditure of vast
sums upon local Objects as ben @ not less unv,ise
because the fund is always Nadiv adniuiste rod
wanting inc viglant eye of indii idu,I inter est
and unjust, because ii lays violent hands upon tLc
ACQUISITIONS OF tho minority to be expended not for
general and necessary purposes, bot for local and
| individual cmouncut
| In short, esteem the Government OF tl,. Uni.
ted States eaturo OF the Sovereign States of ls
Omon' instituted Tor particular purposes, which
danger OF overtbrowing that Union which it was
the boast our ancestors to have erected and
which u should be our pride, as it is our interest TO
preserve
Although these are our own particular views. we
| arc by no means so b.goucd, illibcral as to
exclude all others from columns. Our politi.
cal opponents shall always he welcome provided
their arguments arc presented i'm an able and re
spectiu form; all we ask is the opportunity OF re-
iu'ln% them With right on side we are pre-
pared to encounter any conner, no matter what
weapons he wields; such il our faith in truth en-
bodied as we believe 1t to be, in the principles Of
Although tue political will be the chief, it will
NOT De me only feature OF the paper TO The
cd which 1t Is hoped the experience of one of the
Editors, in thai particular line. will enable him TO
make particularly acceptable to the farming com
munity. This department will be Handsomely IL
! !ustrated with cutY of agricultural indictments
when they can be procured, and it is believed il
will constitute very valuable and popular feature
in the paper at least ton on our part shall
be wanting to make 1T so. Mechanics and Manu-
iactnrers shall aiso receive their full share of at,cn
non; and We have engaged the services of one of
the frs. merchants in this city to take charge of
the Commercial Department Able and trust wor.
thy corresponding will also be procured to keep US
constantly advised of the most important news in
the principal cities of the Union.
| Nor will the claims of polite LITER nTuRE f pass
GnhccdCd. We unmindful OF the variety
of tastes for which we shall have cater in this de-
Partmcnt; but we hope by duo ad,nixture of po-
ery and romance, of anccdotc, humor and fan to-
provide for all, whilst will cndeavor to shock
the scnsi iitcs OF none At least, we will promise
to our readers moro intellectual banquet than is
Afforded by the @ boarding school Miss order of
literature, winch graces, OF diSgraccs 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
have encountered them all, after calm and serious
delibcra ton; relying for success upon our deter
nina .ion to labor diligently i'm the nrosecntor 81
our design. The absolute dependence of one and
al of us upon the prosperity Of the papcr il the
best guarantee for the performance OF this rcsolu
! ton.
! Ofour own ability for this arduous task il would
not b come It's TO speak. Ono of Us has bad -omc
i've or six years experience in the editorial depat
mcnt, and another Is by profession and practice
thoroughly acquainted with the mechanical dn,ics
Of an Office We have been promised tho aid NJ
some of the abest pens in the Union ard ,,.o .t,rt
with the hope of seeing the SOUTHERN S'rAND.
! ARD for such is the name Of our paper take its
stand by the side of the first journals Of the dav-
/ We shall begin with sheet, the size of which will
DC commensurate With our means. We know that
more paper can be bought for less money: but We
have not yet learned 10 measure mental produc
| ions by the yard, to IS in,aic the value Of
thought by the extent of the medium through which
/ it is conveyed.
TERMS:
! Our motto is, Cheop for Cash" The DAILY
paper will be published and mailed for 5iJ dollars
per annum.--the SENT WEgK.Y for four, and the
! WEEKLY, for t,co.
The paper can only he procured by transmitting
/ the money in advance; and in will this i'm.
! portnnt role be departed from. Bot any one who
wishes to take the paper for period1es greater
| than year, can forward US any amount Of money
not less than dollar and ~ill furnish him with
/ The daily, the setniwcekly or the weekly as bc
may designate, TO the value Of Il, the rates fore
! said.
Our fricuds who arc sufficiently interested in tho
success Of the paper to encounter the trouiIo oil;
please collect and forward to us immcdiatcIy, Ti,c
first number of tic paper will be issued as soon ne
we can get our Office arranged. say on or about the
! first Of September next. 1870 '0
/ We will gratefully acknowledge the libcralitv Of
such Whig Editors may be pleased TO give This
/ PI"'p"ciIs an insertion; our political b cthrcn
VIII We know, do us favcr which. under similar
circumstances, VIC would so checrfully rcciprocate
G. r. Bolts.
n. w. HUGHES.
Aug j. RICU'D. LEW ELLEN
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