The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1847-01-23
VOLUME 2.---NO. 81.
PROSPECTUS
OF \ NEW POLITICAL PAPER CALLED ruE
SOU TllERN STANDARD
y ROSPECTIJS

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advocates of concentrated power and a stro,o ,,o
vernment are determined to make another and
vigorous effort for suprC macy in the national conn
CHS The press rs the great engine OF party in the
present age, and in Virginia our opr onSuis arc
making powerful use of This formidable wcape n.
Aware that the Metropolis is the great BATH.
ground upon which the heat of the fight is To be,
su tainc, it is to this mportn point they.are di-
rcctng their most strenuous exertions. They have
called to the Wing Mr.. Ricla,d Il. Tolor q gen
t!cman o. acknowledged abb tiles ant. create pc.
Renee; Messrs. Gaiahcr Baldwin have been
p accu AT the head at the called Rcpu bican and
the Compiler has been greatly strengthened by th,.
acquisition OF MIR w. C Darlington, who 70 the
oil a vigorous intellect.
To this array Of forces vo have only To OPPOSE a
single Mstfopolitan journal, which. hwevcr,
great its ability ought to be left to cope singh,
handed with such host. TO come Thereon, to
the aid of the Enquirer and the Democratic pnrtv,
~ tncy viii accept OF services so humble We tho
undersigned, have resolved to establish another
Democratic paper in the city Of Richmond To
ibis design we have been instigaed chichv bv tho
press NJ and ircqu mt solicitations OF many Of the
wiScst and most Influential members OF the Demo
cratic party aud to its supper, invoke aid of
throughout the Union The press is a tower of
strenglh and TO the 'nai9t.nance Of our political
principles VIC should chccrfuy ront ribute our mon
tai powers and our pccunary mcans
In this journal We will cndeavor with what
trines of the republican party in their pristine ru
rity Utterly rcpndating all Agrarianism and
Radicalisin as destructive of the most valuabI So
cial institutions and worse than FcderaEsr, itscif
with which indeed we will not pretend tn cu,npatc
1T, We will advocate limitcd construction n, The
Constitution OF the United States, believing that
the plain md obvious mcaur of its contcxt T,ant
foil as much power tn the General Government az
it Is either wise or polite to besrow upon it,
When men are secure in the cnio. ,ncnt of NOR
sona' liberty and the product OF their Dor the ac
tive promptings of individual intcre-t ensnr. .
much better investment of labor and capitai than
can be o. tanned by any system devised for the pur
pose of diverting it from its natural into artifca
channeis We shall therefore oppose TARrrr
for. protection, only because il is ,uconst;tu
tlOnaI Dut because II the kitrhest
wise and impolitic.
Accountability is the great check unor buu.,,
denraVlty, and CoRPoRA Alto Ms corrupt brcaus,
their members are individually irresponsible: thew
are, therefore, to be opposed upon general princi.
pies and only 10 be tolerated occasionally as mr..
cessary evils In the Const tuition Of The United
States we find no warrant authority 10 establish
Hny oil theic excresccnces upon the body polite
er would be peculiarly dangerous and objection
We shall always oppose the expenditure of vas,
sums upon local Objects as bcn o rot less ,n,,isc
because the fund is always Ladly admiuisie rod
wanting the vg'Iamt eye Of indi' idu"l inter est
and unjust, because it lays violent hands upon tb
acquisitions OF tho minority, to be expended not for
general and necessary purposes but for local ,rJ
individual cmpumcut
In SHIRT, we esteem the Government of The Uni
ted States caturc OF the Sovereign States Of tis
unlon' instituted ior Particular purposes, which
danger of ovcrthr"wing that Uni m which il wa.
The boast of our ancestors to have erected and
whlrh u should be our pride as it is interest to
PR
Although these own particular views. VIC
are by no means so bgotted. illiberal a. t.,
exclude all others from columns Our poiti.
cal opponents shall always be VIC come provided
Their arSumentI are presented in all able and re
spectiul form all VIC ask is the opportunity of re-
uang them With right on our side we arc nrc
pared to encounter any conner, 70 matter What
weapons he wields; such is our faith in truth en-.
hodicd, we believe il be, in the princjDl,s Of
iii, Republican Party.
Although the political will be the chief il will
not be the only feature Of the paper To The Comm
-. mi mo will
ed, which it is hoped the experience of ono of the
EDITORS in thai particular line, will enable him to
make particularly acceptable To the farming com
munity. THIS department will be ba ndsotIcly H.
lustrntcd with cuto of agricultural implements
wnGn they can be procured, and it is believed il
VIII constitute very valuable aud popular feature
in the paper at least c<cetion on our part shall
kc wanting to make it Mechanics and Manu-
lecturers shalt also rcc i've their full share OF attcn.
ton; and we have engaged the services of ono of
the frs: merchants in this oity TO take CHARGE of
the Commercial Department. Able and trust. TyoI
thy CORRESPONDENTS will also be procured to keen ms
constantly advised Of the most important news in
tho principal cities of the Union.
Nor viii the claims OF polite LITERATURE pass
unhccdcd. We are not unmiudful OF the variety
of tastes for which shall have TO cater in this de-
pertinent; bat we hope by due admixturc of po-
ctry and romance, OF anccdotc, hunor ard fun. to
provide Tor all, whilst VIC will cudeavor TO shock
the sens itics OF none At least, we will promise
to our readers moro intellectual banquet than is
afforded by the boarding school Miss'' order of
literature, which graces, dsgraCes rather so
many OF the public journals of America.
We arc well aware OF the risk, the labor a nd the
responsibility of such undertaking, and VIC
have encountered them all, after calm and serious
dcIiberaiion; relying for upon our deter
nina lion to labor diligently in the prosecution OF
our design. The absolute dcprndencc of onr and
al OF us upon the prosperity of the paper, is the
ton.
ofour own ability for this ardu us task, il would
not b come to speak. On" of US has had %oo,o
five six years experience in the editorial depart
ment, and another il. by profession and prartticc
thoroughly acquainted with the mechanical dutics
II of hnv hoo
some of the oblcst pens in the Union and we atari
With the hope of seeing the SOUTHERN STAND
ARD, for such is thosn of our paper take It's
,and by tue SIDE OF the first journals jf the day
We shall brgin with sheet, the size OF which, " i'll
DC commensurate with our means. We know that
more paper can be bought for less money but VIC
have not yet learned t. measure mental produc
ions by the yard, to cs in,atc The value of
thou2ht ny the extent ofthe medium through which
TERMS
Our motto Is, Cheap for Cash" The DAILY
paper VIII be published and mtiled for sac dollars
pc annum,--the SEMI WEEKLY for four, and the
WEEKLY, for t,cO
/ The paper can only he procured by Transmitting
the money in 1dyancc; and an case will this i'm.
pprtan rulc be departed from. But any one who
wishes to take The paper for period less greater
than year, c6u forward us any amount Of money
not less than dollar, and i'll furnish him with
| he daily, the semi-wceky or the weekly as bc
may designate to the value Of it,ut the rates afore
Oar friends u no sufficiently interested in Tho
srcc"s Of the paper to encounter the trouble will
/ plCNSt 90 lfCN fll IOTNaTO 70 us lUimcdatcv The
fret nurnhcr of Inc paper will be issued ne soon "a
VIC can get our office arranged. say on or about the
! first Of Scptcmbrr next. ' "
We will gratefully acknov. orc Tho 1itor,tif,, If
such wing Editors as may be pleased to give This
! Pto9PsciIs an insertion; our POLITICAL 3 cfhrcr
will we know, do US a faver which. under similar
circumstances I'VE would go cbrcrGIllv reciprocatc
( g. r.. 3OTTS.
II. w HUGHES.
} Aug4 J. RICn'D. LEWEILEN
SUPERIOR SWEET OIL.-Jusf received