The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1847-02-13
PROSPECTUS
PROSPECTUS
VI NEW POLITICAL PAPER. CALLED TIL
SOUTHERN STANDARD

10 ne htprbttcdn Party if, Hrginid.
| Not wlt hstandlu" their signal defeat IL, ,Aa ,b,
advocates of conccn traced power and n st,,ng ,ro
vernmcnt, are determined to mike anut,cr and a
vigorous effort for supremacy in the na,,o,a conn
Gus The press Is the great engine of part, in he
present age, aud in Virginia our opponents arc
making powerful use Of ibis formidable weapon.
Aware that the Metropolis is the great battle
ground upon which the heat of the fight is to be
sustained it is to this mportan, point they are di-
rectin@ their most strenuous exertions They have
called TO the Wing MIR. Richard II. Toler. a GEN
ftemaD % acknowledged abilities an, great eSne.
rience; Messrs. GaiIaher & Baidwin have been
placed at the head nt The called Republican and
the Compiler has been greatly streng ,heutd bv Tie
acquisition OF Mr. w G, Carrington. WHO 10 the
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF ripe scholar. adds the force
To this array of forces We have only to oppose a
single Metropoitan Journal, which. however.
great its ability ought to be left to con- sincIo
handed with such host. To come thtre.ore 10
the aid OF the Enquirer and the Democratic nortv
II thcy viii accept OF services so humble We the
undersigned have resolved to establish another
Democratic paper in the city Of Richmond To
lhis ueslgn we have been instgated chiefly by tho
press ne aud frequent soici tatons of many of the
| wisest and most ;nhuential members of tho Demo.
cratic party, aud to it's support ivokttr aid of
our political friends not ,'nlv in VIRGINIA but
throughout the Union The press is a tower of
strength, and To the naipt nance of our Dolitic,i
principles should chcerfuv cont,ibute ,hr,,
tai powers and our pccuuiary means.
! ln this journal we will endeavor with what
aniiity we may TO sustain the principles and doc
rines OF the Republican party in their pristiue M.
| rity. Utterly rcpudiaiing all Agrarianism and
Radicasm, rs destructive of the most vnIuabl sn.
eva institutions, and worse than Fedora
win winch indeed we will not pretend to compare
it, We will advocate a limited consirnction of tho
Constitution of the United States, believing that
the plain and obvious meaning of its context rrants
foil IA much power to the General Government az
1t IL either wise Of polite TO hesow upon it,
When men are secure in the ENJOYMENT of pcr
sonal liberty and the product OF their Labor the sr
tive promptings of individual interest ensur, n
much better investment of labor and capital than
can be obtained by any system devised for the pr-
pose of diverting it It's natural into ,rtfciaI
channels. We shall therefore, oppose a TARtFF
for protection, not only because il is unconsttu.
uona', put oerausc II Is IN the highest degree un-
wise and impolitic.
Accountability is the great check upon human
| deprav!y, and CoRPoRATlo are corrupt because
their members are individuality irresponsible: they
are, therefore, to be opposed upon general princi.
pies, and only to be tolerated occasionaEvi. 81 No
ces'ary evils. In the Constitution of the United
States, we find no warrant authority TO establish
any OF thcSe e%creScences upon ihe body polite;
and in the shape of n IA NIX, we hold thai the n w.
err would be peculiarly dangerous and objection
able. ~ ~
! We shall always oppose the expcr ditu-e of vast
sums "pon local objects. as being not less INV ise
because the fund is always badly admiuis,. red
wanting me vglIant eye of indi idual interest
ana unlnst because 1t lays violent hands upon the
accusations OF the minority, to be expended not for
! general and necessary pun poses b. for I,caI -
individual cmOlumeut
! In short. we esteem the Government OF the Uni.
ted States c eaturc OF the Sovereign States OF his
upion' ns..tnted TOR parcular purposes, which
danger of ovcrtbrowing that Union which II vas
the boast of our ancestors to have erected and
preserve. ~ "
| Although 'hesc are our particular views. We
are by no means so b.gotted or so iberal as TO
exclude all others from columns Oar polit
cal opponents shall always be welcome provid,d
their arguments are presented in N able and re-
spccttui form; all we ask, is the opporlnni,7 nj re
| iunng them. With right on our side we are nre
pared to encounter CONFER, 70 matter What
weapons he wiclds: such is our faith in Nth ,
bodied as we believe IT be, in the prncinIes If
! the Republican Party. "
Aith"Sgh The political will be the chief, it will
not be th" only feature of the paper. 70 the conn
try paper an Agricultural department will he add.
ed, which II Is hoped the experience OF one nf ,he
F.dltors IN thai particular line viii eabie him to
make pa tCuarly acceptable tire far,ninc- CON,
munity. This department will be handsomely If.
iusiratcd with cuta OF agricultural implenGnta
wnen they can be procured and il is believed II
will constitute very liable and popuIar fatr,rc
lnthc paper; at least, e~cgtion ON our part haj
be wanting TO ma Ike il So Necho,,ics ~, Nh 'i
lecturers shall also receive their full share of atten
ton; and we have engaged the services Of orc Of
the hrs. merchants in this city to IA Ike CHARGE If
tho Commercial Department. Able and trust woI
constantly ADVISED of the most important nevss in
the principal cities Of the Union ."
| Nor will the claims of polite LlrERATUer nsss
Gn"eded we are not unmindful OF the va rietv
oil tastes for which we shall have TO c. ter in this de-
! pertinent; but we hope BY due adnixture of no
ctry and romance, of anccdote humor and e., ~
provide tor all, whilst we will cndeavor 10 stort
the sensi tes OF none. At least we win r,o,o;.n
oour readers more intellectual banouet ths ;, i
ntordod by Inc 9 boarding school Miss order of
n.eratuT r, which graces, or disgraces rather so
/
! We arc well aware of the risk the labor and tho
responsibility of such undertaking. and WE
have encountered them all, after calm and serions
deliberaton; relying for success upon our detar
fina'i"n TO !ahor diligently in the prosecntior Of
our design. The absolute dependence of on,. srd
all Of us upon the prosperity of the nancr : T
pest guarantee for the performance OF this rcsoln
! ton. ~ N0''u'
otonr own abilitg for this arduous task. it won1d
/ not become Us TO speak. One of US has had ono
I'VE or six years experience in the editorial lc,rt
ment, and another l., by profession and prarticc
thoroughly ac99aint-d with the mechanical duties
OF an Office. We bavc been pronoisnd ,,,. ~ e
some OF the abest pens in the Union and We stsrt
with the hope of seeing the SOUTHERN STATD
AhD' Tor snch is the name If our raper. take its
5ano ny me side OF the first journals Of the day
we shall brgn with sheet, The size oC which y,;u
DE- commensurate with our means. We know tlat
more paper can be bought for less monev but ve
nave notye learned to measure mental produc
! IONS by the yard nor to IS inatc tho value of
tn?ught by 'hc extent ofthc medium through witch
tits conveyed.
TERMS:
| Our motto "a, " Cheap for Cash" The DAtv
paper will be published md nailed f,r s,r dollar,
P9gg, ennum,--the SEMI WEEKLY for four, and the
! The pr per can only ho procured bv t,ansni,,ir,
the money IN "dvance; and in no case viii this inn
| pertain role be departed from. But any one ,oLo
wshos to take The paper for rerioI les; or greater
! than year can forward ne any amount of tno,cv
not less than dollar and we 81 f,,r; -
! nc da'I", the semi-wcekiy or the week1v ne t
may designate othe value Of IL a { the rates forc
/ Or friends who efficiently interested IN ,b
cc'Ss %, INC rance TO ncountcr the trouble, viii
please collect aud iorp ard To ma INN, Ii.ti,, ~
number II he per will b. issued as soon az
lou once a, ranged. say about the
we VIZ gr'tefully actno ledge the libaralitv Of
t,nCh w nE thtors as may -, p,cs.cI to give this
WI. W" know. d. us aver which, und.r sir,iIa,
circumstances I'VE wouli 2 rhecrfully reciprocate
C. T; BGTrS.
Aug y. RICA'D. LEWEfJEN