The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1847-01-02
VOLUME e.---No.
PROSPECTUS -
VI a new pOLlTICAL PAPER, CALLED THE
-. . SOUTHERN STANDARD

advocates of concentrated power and p, strong go
vernment, are determined to make another and
vigorous effort Tor supremacy in the national coun-
ellis The press is the great CINE of party in the
present age, and in Virginia our opponents are
making powerful of this formidable weapon
Aware that the Metropolis is the great battle
ground upon which the heat of the fight is to be
sustained, is to this mportan, point they are di
recting their most strenu ous exertons. They have
called to the Wing Mr.. Richard FL. Toler. gen.
| teman o. acknowledged abilities anu great expe-
rience; Messrs. Gailaher & Baldwin have been
placed at the head of the called Republican; and
the Compiler has been greatly streng thencd by the
acquisition of MIR. w. c. Darlington, who to the
accomplishments of ripe scholar adds the force
OIL vigorous intellect. t
To this array Of forces we have only to oppose
great its ability, ought not be left to cope single
| handed with such a host. To come therefore to
II they will accept of services so humble We the
| undersigned, have resolved to establish another
! Democratic paper in the city Of Richmond. To
| this design we have been instigated chiefly by the
press ng and frequent solicitations of many of the
wisest and most Influential members Of the Demo-
cratic party, aud to its supper! invoke tho aid #
our political friends, not only in Virginia, but
| throughout the Union The press is a tower of
strength. and to the maintenance of our political
principles should chcerfully contribute our men
| tai powers and our pecuniary means.
ln this journal we will endeavor, with what
ability we may to sustain the principles and doc
trines of the Republican party in their pristine pu
rity. Utterly repudating all Agrarianism and
Radicalism, destructive of the valua BILE So
cia institutions and worse than Federalism itself
with which indeed we will not pretend to compare
it, will advocate limited construction of the
Constitution of the United States believing that
the plain and obvious meaning of its context, grants
| full as much power to the General Government az
it is either wisc or polite to bestow upon it,
When men are secure in the enjoyment of per.
sona liberty and the product OF their labor the ac.
tive promptings of individual interest ensure
much better investment Of labor and capital. than
can be obtained by any system devised for the pur-
pose of diverting it from its natural into artificial
channels We shall, therefore, oppose a TARIFr
for protection, not only beca use il is unconsttu.
| tOnaI, but because ii ls in the hiUhest
wise and impolitc.
Accountability is the great check upon human
| depravity, and CoRPoRATloNs are corrupt because
their members are individually irresponsible; they
are, therefore to be opposed upon general princi-
pies, and only to be tolerated occasionally as ne
| cessary evils. In the Constitution of the United
States, we find no warrant or authority TO establish
any OF these exorescences upon the body polite
and in the shape of BANK, we hold that the pow
able.
| We shall always oppose the expenditure of vast
sums upon local objects, as being not less unwjse
because the fund is always badly administered
wanting the vigilant eye of individual interest !;
and unjust, because it lays violent ha nds upon the
acquisitions OF tho minority, to be expended not for
general and necessary purposes, but for local and
individual emolumcnt.
| In short, esteem the Government of the Uni
ted States creature of the Sovereign States of this
Union, instituted for particular purposes, which
cannot be transcribed without the most imminent
danger of overthrowing that Union, which ii was
the boast Of our ancestors to have erected and
which II should be our PRIDE it is interest to
preserve
Although these are our own particular views, we
are by no means so bigotted illiberal, as to
exclude all others from our columns. Our poiti-
cal opponents shall always be welcome, provided
their arguments are presented in able and re-
spectful form all we ask, is the opportunity of
| fuung them. With right on our side we are pre-
pared to encounter any conner, matter what
weapons he yields; such is our faith in truth en-.
bodied as we believe it to be, in the principles of
| tn. Republican Party.
Although the political will be the chief, it will
not be the only feature of the paper. To the coun
tTV ar. tVro lIepa
ed, which it is hoped the experience of one of the
Editors in that particular line, will enable him
make particularly acceptable to the farming com.
munity. This department will be handsomely il
Illustrated with cuto of agricultural implements
when they can be procured. and it is believed it
will constitute very valuable and popular feature
in the paper; at least eXertion our part shall
be wanting to make it so. Mechanics and Manu-
facurers shall also receive their full share of atten
ton and we have engaged the services of ono of
the first merchants in this city to take charge of
the Commercial Department: Able and trust.wor-
constantly advised of the most important news in
the principal cities of the Union.
NOT WIZ tne Claims oil ponte Literal URg pass
UNDECIDED We not unmindful OF the va riety
of tastes for which shall have in this de-
psrtmcnt; but we hope by due admixture of po-
ctry and romance, of anecdote, humor and fun to
provide for ALL whilst will endeavor TO shoe k
the sensil iities OF none. AT least, viii promise
to our readers a more Intellectual banquet than ia
afforded by the @ boarding school Miss order of
literature, which graccs, or disgraces rather so
many of the public journals of America.
r.,
responsibility of euch an undertaking, and we
have encountered them all, after calm and serious
delibera'ion; relying for success upon deter
mInaNon TO labor diligently in the prosecution oil
our design. The absolute dependence of one and
all of upon the prosperity of the paper, is the
best guarantee for the performance OF this resolu-
ton.
ofour own ability for this arduous task, it would
not become 10 speak. One of us has had come
five six years experience in the editorial depart
ment, and another il, by profession and practice
thoroughly acquainted with the mechanical duucs
of office. We bavc been promised the aid OF
some of the abcst 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
stand by the side OF the first jour nails Of the day
We shall brgin with sheet, the size of which viii
be commensurate with our means. We know tina
more paper be bought for less money; but va
have not yet learned to measure mental produc
tons by the yard, nor to es iurate the value o.
thought by the extent ofthc medium through which
it is conveyed.
TERMS
Our motto is, % Cheap for Cash" The DAILY
paper will be published and mailed for dollar
per annum 1.-The SEMI w EERtY for four, and tn
WEEKLY, for ttCo
The paper can only be procured by transmittinr
the money in advance; and in no case will this i'm
poriant rule be departed from. But any one WHIT
wishes take the paper for period less or greater
than year, can forward US any amount Of money
not less than dollar, and we sill furnish him will
The daily, the seni-wcekly or the weekly, as HI
may designate 10 the value of it, the rates afore
Our friends who are sufficiently interested in tn
success Of the paper to encounter the trouble, will
please collect and forward to Us Immediately. Tn
first number Of the paper will be issued "a soon a
We can get our Office arranged, say on or about tn
first Of September next
we will gratefully acknowledge the liberalitv G
such Wing Editors as may be pleased to give thi
Prospectus an insertion our political b cthre
will. we know, do MS favcr which under sirnila
circumstance VIC would checrfully reciprocal
&. Y. Bolts,
X. w. HUGHES,
Aug4 j. RICH'D. LEWELLEN
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