The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1847-02-09
PROSPECTUS
OF NEW POLITICAL PAPER, CALLED THE
SOU rHERN STANDARD

advocates of conc utra,cd power and !, st,,,r, ,o
vernment, arc determined to make another and a
vigorous effort tof supremacy in the ma tiuna couu.
cs. The press is the great CINE of party i'm Tie
present age, aud in Virginia our oppune:,ts are
making powerful use OF this formidable weap. m
Aware that the Metropolis is the great BATH.
ground upon which the heat of the fight is to b.,
su tanned T. Is to this importan point they di-
recting their most strenuous exertions. They have
called TO the Wing Mr. Richard III. Tolcr "a gen.
tienan o. acknowledged abb tiles an. great Spe-
| rcnce; Mcssrs. Gailaier & Baldwin have bern
placed at the head of the so called Republican and
the Compiler has been greatly siren thenrd by tn.
acquisition of MIR. w. c Carrington, who to the
| al a vigorous lntcCCt.
To this array of forces C have only to oppose "a
single Metropolitan Journal which however
great its ability, ought bc left 70 cope sing
handed 18th such host. To come thcr o ore Ia
the aid of the Enquirer aud the Democratic party,
II they will accept Of services humble We tho
undersigned, have resolved to establish another
Democratic paper in the city Of Richmond To
this design we have been iustgatcd chiefly bv the
press ng and requ mt soic tons of many OF the
wscst and most ',tluential members of the Zen q.
cratic party AID to its supper, we invoke the aid of
our pc l1cal friends, not only in Virginia, hut
throughout the Union The press is a tower of
strength and to tn" m'"iut nance of our political
principles should chccrully cont butte uur men
| tai powers and our pecuniary means
! In this Journal we will endcavor, with what
ability we may, to sustain the principles and doc
trines of the Republican party in their pristine pu.
| rity. Utterly rcpudiating all Agrarianism and
Radicasm, as destructive OF the nest va bic So
cal institutions and worse than Federalism itself
with which indeed we will not pretend To c.uparc
it, we will advocate limited construction OF the
Constitution OF The United States bclicv,no ,bat
the plain md obvious ming of its context Grants
foil as much power To the General Government as
1t Il either wise o. polite to bes,ow upon it
| When men secure in the enjoyment of per
Sonai liberty and the product of their labor the &C
| tive promptings of individual interest ensure a
much better investment of labor and capital thar
can be obtained by any system devised for the pur
pose OF divertng il from its natural into artificial
cchahnets' we shall, therefrc oppose TARrFF
| Tor protection, not only because il is unconstitu.
ionai, but because II is in the highest degree I'M
wise and impolitic.
| Accountability is the great check upon human
| dcpravity, and CoRPoRATIoNs are corrupt because
their members indivi,. ua:y irresponsible: tbev
| are ther e!ore, to be opposed upon general prnri
pcs and only Ia be tolerated occasional Iv a. ne
ccssary evils. In the Const tuition of the United
STATES, we find no warrant or authority to- establish
any OF these eXcreScenccs upon ihe body politic
| and in the shape of BANK, hold lint tho DIV,
er would be peculiarly dangerous and objection
able.
We shall always oppose tho expenditure of vast
sums upon local objects, as being less IN else
hecause the fund is always tadly adminise rcd
wanting the vigilant eye OF indi' idu,I inter est
and unjust, beca 'sc il lays violent hands upon Tic
ACQUISITIONS of tho minority to be expended, not for
Individual I'm Ilumcnt
In short, we esteem the Government OF the Uni.
te' States eatnre of the Sovereign States of IT is
Union, instituted Tor partic uar purposes, " hch
cannot be transccndci without the most Imminent
danger of overthrowing that Union, which it was
tn boast of our ancestors to have erected and
which II should he our pride, it is interest to
| pr,
Aithough these are our own particular views,
arc by no means so b.gotted, illiberal, as tn
exclude all others from columns. Our poiiti-
cal opponents shall always be welcome provided
their arguments are presented in a a bic and re
sp"ctful form all we ask, is the opportunity Of re-
| uung them. With right on our side we arc pre-
pared to encount'r conner, no matter what
weapons he welds; such il our faith in truth en-
Bodied, as we believe it to be, in the principles of
th' Republican Party
not be the only feature of the paper. To the coun-
| try paper an Agricultural department. will te add
ed, which it is hoped the experience of one of the
Editors, In that particular line, will enable him to
make par tcuiarly accoptabe the farming com
munity. This department will be handsomely i'll
| lustrated with cuto of agricultural implements
when they can be procured, and it is believed il
will constitute very valuable and popular fratuc
be wanting to Ike it so. Mechanics ami Manu-
aciurers shall a!so receive their full share of attcn
ton; and We have engaged the services of one of
the hrst merchants in this city TO take charge of
tho Commercial Department. Able and tr ust wor.
thy correspondents 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 LITERATURE pass
! un' ceded We are not unmindul OF the variety
of tastes for which shall have cater in this de-
| partment; but we hope by due admixture of DO
ctry and romance, of anecdote, humor and fun to
provide Tor all, whilst will endeavor to shock
the scnsi ilities OF Al least we will promisc
to our readers more intellectual banquet than is
afforded by the =" boarding school Miss'' order of
literature, which graces, disgraces rather SO
mauy of the public journals of America.
We arc well aware of the risk, the labor, and the
/ We
have encountered them all, after calm q nd serious
delibcration; relying for upon our deter
mutation to labor diligently in the prosecution Of
tour design. The absolute dependence of one and
all of us upon the prosperity of the papcr ia tho
best guarantee for the performance OF this rcsolu.
ton.
4 Ofour ability for this Iduous task II would
not come us TO speak. Onr of us has had come
live or six years experience in the editorial depart
meut, and another Il, by profession and practice
thoroughly acquainted with the mechanical duties
If an office We have been promised tie aid Of
come of the abest pens in the Union and we sta RI
with the hope of seeing the SOUTHERN STAND
ARD, for such is the name of our PAPER take its
iand by the side of the first journals Of the day
We shall brgin with sheet, the size Of which will
ne commensurate with our means. We know that
norc paper can be baught for less money but y G
have not yet learned to measure mental produc
rms ny The yard, nor to IS imatc the value of
thought by the extent ofthc medium through which
TERMS:
Our motto is. " Clelp for Cash" The Daily
'aPcr will be published and miled for si1 dollars
cr annum,--the SEMi-WEEEtV for four, and the
WEEKLY, for tco
The paper can only he procured by transmitting
he money in advance; and in case will this i'm
rprtnni rule be departed from But any one who
vshc 10 take the paper fUr period les greater
than year, can forward us any amount Of money.
rot css than n dollar and VIC i'll fnish him vii
he daily, the semi weekly or the weekly as mo
may dcsignat" TO the value Of IT, the rates fore
said.
Our friends who are efficiently interested i, ,tc
success of the paper to encounter the trouble will
please collect and forward to Va immediately The
hr-t number of nc paper will be issued as soon
We can get our Office arranged saw on o, aboot the
fret Of Sc T. b'r next.
/ We viii gratefully acknoV ledge the Hlrralitv Of
such Wig Editors may bc Pleased TO give this
Pro p""tus an Insertion; orr oli,icaI b ffhrcn
WI We know, do us \ avcr which. Under eifnilat
clrcumsta"ccs,wc would go chccrfHlly rccprocatc.
} G. r. BOTTS.
r.. W. HUGHES,
Augf j. RICH'D LEWELLEN.
SUPERIOR SWEET oIL.-Just received
another sup Nv Of that very fine article of pure