The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1847-01-12
PROSPECTUS H
SOUTHERN STANDARD
an TO BE PuBLIsHap At RICHMOND VIRGINIA.

Notwithstanding their signal defeat i'm IA the
vernment, are determined to make another and n
vigorou. effort for supremacy in the ationaI coun.
Gus he press Is the great engine OF party in The
present age, aud in Virginia opponents arc
making powerful of this formidable wenn,n
Aware that tho Metropolis is the great battle.
| ground upon which the heat of the fight is to be
su tanned il is to this impor tam point they are di
reHung their most strenuous exertions. They have
! called 10 the Wing MIR. Richard II. Toler, a gen.
tlenon % acknowledged abilities AM. great esnc
| rienco; Messrs. Gailahcr & Baldwin have been
placed at the head of the so called Republican aud
acquisition of Mr. w C. Carrinrtcn. who tS the the
i accomplishments Of ripe scholar. adds the force
or vigorous intellect wv
/ To this array OF forces we have only to oppose
single Metropolitan Journal, which. however,
handed with such host. TO come therefore to
the aid of the Enquirer and the Democratic party,
IL 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 ny and trequ mt solicitations of many Of the
wisest and most Influential members OF the Demo.
cratic party aud to its support invoke the aid of
our po lnea friends, not only in Virginia, but
| throughout the Union The press is n tower of
strength and to the maint nance Of our not;c,i
principles We should chccrfuliy con, ute our men
tai powers and our pccuniary means.
ln this Journal we will endeavor with what
ability we may, to sustain the principles and doc
trnes Of the Republican party in their pristine pu.
| rty. Utterly regulating all Agraria nism ind
Radicalism. as destructive of the most valuable so.
cial institutions and worse than Federalism itself
it, we 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 as
tvs either wise or polite TO bestow upon it,
When men arc secure In the enjoy inent of per
sona liberty and the product of their la bor the ac
tive promptings of individual interest ensure q
much better Investment of labor and capital, tina n
can be obtained by any system devised for the MIR
pose of divertng it from its natural into artificial
| channels We shall therefore. oppose a TARIrr
for protection, not only because it is unconstitu.
Il q lS tlak ;.l,o,,
| wise and impolitic.
Accountability is the great check upon human
depravity, and CopPoRATloN rs are corrtlpt becaus,
their members are intellectually irresponsible: thew
are, Therefore, to be opposed upon general princi-
pies, and only to be tolerated occasionally as nc.
cesSary evils. In the Coust tuition of the United
States, we find no warrant authority to establish
any OF these excrescenees upon the body polite
able.
| We shall always oppose the expenditure of vast
sums upon local objects, as being not less unwise
because the fund is always eadly administtred
wanting the vigilamt eye of indi, idu-l inter est;
and unjust because il lays violent hands upon the
acousitOns OF the minority, be expen deo not for
general and necessary purposes, but for local and
individual emolument.
| In short, we esteem the Government OF the Uni.
ted States eaturc OF the Sovereign States Of This
Union, instituted for particular purposes, which
cannot be transcribed without the nt st imminent
danger of overthrowing that Union, which il was
the boast of our ancestors to have erected and
which should he our pride, il is interest to
preserve .U
Although these are our own particular views VIC
are by no means 50 b.gotted, so illibcral as to
exclude all others from columns. Our politi-
cal opponents shall always he welcome provided
their arguments are presented in able and re
spectu form; all ask, is the opportunity o; re-
iutng them. With rtght side, we are pre-
pared to encounter any conner, matter what
weapons he yields; such is our faith in truth an
bodied as We believe it TO be, in the principles Of
the Republican Party. ef.- 80
Although the political will be the chief, it will
not be the only feature of the paper. To the coum.
try paper Agricultural department will nc add.
ed which it is hoped the experience Of one of the
Editors, in that particular line, will enable him TO
make particularly acceptable to the farming com
munity. This department will be handsomely il.
Illustrated with cutD of agricultural implements
when they can be procured. and it is believed il
will constitute very valuable and popular fraturc
IN the paper; at least no e@ertion part shal
he wanting to make il so. Mechanics and Manu-
focurers shall aso receive their full share of atten
ton; and we have engaged The services OF ono of
the frs! merchants in this city take charge of
the Commercial Department Able and trust
thy corrcspon will also be procured to keep us
constantly ADVISED of the most important news in
the principal cities of the Union.
Nor will the claim of polite LITERATURE pass
tastes which we shall have TO cater in this de-
partmcnt; hut we hope by due amixturc of DO
etry and romance, of anccdote. hurnor and fun. TO
provide for all, whilst will en@eavor to shock
the sensi iitics OF none AT least, will promise
10 our readers more intellectual banquet than is
afforded by the g boarding chool Miss" order of
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 nd serious
deliberaiion; relying for success upon our deter
mnat ton to labor diligently in the prosecution of
our design. The absolute dependence of one and
all of us upon the prosperity of the paper ia the
best guarantee for the performance of this rcsolu.
ton.
Ofour own ability for this arduous task, IL wouId
not b come Us 10 speek. Ono of us has had -ome
FIVE or six years experience in the editorial depart
ment, AMI another Ia, by profession and practice
thoroughly acgnaint'd with the mechanical duties
of an office We bavc been promised the aid of
some of The ablest pens in the Union and we start
with the hope of seeing the SOUTHERN STAND.
ARD Tor such 10 the naLno Of our paper, take it's
we shall Icgin with sheet, The size Of which will
be commensurate With our We know that
more paper can be bought for less money; but
nave DOT yet learned To measure mental produc.
Mons by the yard, nor to 20 inate the value of
thonghtby the extent ofthc medium through which
IL is conveyed.
TERMS:
Our motto ia. - Cbcnp for Cash. The DAILY
paper will be published and mailed for sac dollars
per aunum,--the SEMI WEEKLY for -four, and the
WEEKLY, for f,ro
The paper can only he procured by transmitting
the money in ADVANCE; and in case will this inn
portant rule be departed from. Bot any one who
wishes take the paper for period less or greater
than n year. can forward us any amount of Snoucv
not less than dollar, and we ill furnish him with
.he daily, the semi-wcekly or the weekly as he
may designate, to the value Of il, the rates aore
said
Orr friends who arc Sufficiently interested &, tho
success Of the paper to encounter the trouble will
please collect and forward to US inimcdatclv The
first number Of the paper will be issued a. soon ne
@e car get onr othco arranged, say on about the
first OF Scrtcmbcr next.
We VIII gratefully acknowledge the libcralitv Of
such wing EDITORS az may be pleased 10 give this
P!o'pee'1s an Insertion; our political cthrcn
circumstance, we would so checrfuly rcciprocaee
G. y. Bolts,
r. w HUGHES,
Aug4 J. RICH'D. LEwELLEN
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