The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1847-01-21
VOLUME 2.---NO. SO.
,+'~ %tNi PROSPECTUS f-s.1.
OF NEW POLITICAL PAPER. CALLED THE
1sle.rs SOUTHERN STANDARD

10 The Republican Party in Virg,,ja. n.
Notwithstanding their signal defeat i'm IA tho
advocates OF concentrated power and /. stronp ro.
Ivernment, determined to make another and +,
vlgorou. effort for supremacy in the national conn
ellis The press is the great engine OF party in the
present age, and in Virginia our opr oneuis arc
making powerful of ibis formidable weapon.
Aware that the Metropolis is the great battle
ground upon which the heat of the fight is to be
sustained, il is to this impoi point they are ,i-
recting their most strenuous exertions. They have
called to the Wing Mr., Richatd III. Toler, gen
ticman o. acknowledged abilities anL great c xpc-
rience; Messrs Goilaher & Baldwin have been
placed at the head of the called Republicans nd
the Co!mpier hss'been greatly strengthened By the
accompli 'hinents of ripe scholar, adds the force
ri a vigorous intellect. t.'
To this array of forces We have ONLY to opnose f,
single Metropolitan Journal, which, however
great its ability, ought be left to cope sinplc
hande, with such "a host. To come there.orc' to
the aid of the Enquirer and the Democratic party
it 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 instigatcd chiefly bv th.
press ng and frequent soci tations of many Of the
~scst and most ;nhucutial members of the Demo.
cratic party aud to its support iuvokc the aid
throughout tho Union The press is n tower of
strength, aud to the naint nance of our political
principles we should chccrfuily contribute u,r men
| tai powers and our pccuniary :ucans.
| In this Journal we will cndeavor with what
ability we may to sustain the principles and doc.
trnes of the Republican party in their pristine nm.
rty. Utterly repudiaiing all Agrarianism and
Radicalsm, as destructive of the most valuable so
cal institutions, and worse than Federalism itself
with which indeed we will not pretend To compare
! it, VIC will advocate limited construction of the
| Constitution OF the United States bcl,cyno Tia I
hS PLAIN and obvious meaning oil its context grants
full as much power to the General Government as
| rs either wise o. polite TO hestow upon it,
/ When men secure in the endowment of pcr
sona' bcrty and The product of their abor, the &C
tive promptngs of individual interest ensure a
much better investment of labor and canit,I than
can be obtained by any system devised for the pur
pose of diveTting it from its natural into artificial
channels. We shall, therefore. oppose a TARtrr
for protec ton, not only because il is unconstitu-
tonal, but because 1t is in the highest degree IN
wise and impohtc.
! Accountability is the great check upon human
depravity, and CoRPoRATloNs arc corrupt because
their members arc individually irresponsible; they
are, therefore, to be opposed upon general princi-
pies, and only to be tocra ted occasionally as nc.
| ccssary evils. In the Const tuition of the Unit,d
States. we find no warrant or authority establish
nnT OF these eXcrcScences upon Ihc body politic ::
| and in the shape of a BANK, we hold that the pow
CIR would be peculiarly dangerous and objection
able.
We shall always oppose the cxperditurc or vas,
| sums upon local Objects as being not less unwisc
because the fund is always 1adly adminisre rec, ,
wanting the vigilant eye of indii idu,l interest :
and unjust because II lays violent hands upon The
ACQUISITIONS OF the minority, to be expended not for
genera and necessary purposes, but for local and
| In short, esteem the Government of the J7ni.
ted States eature OF the Sovereign States of ihis
Union, instituted Tor particular purposes, which
cannot be transcribed without the most imminent
danger of overthrowing that Union which il was
the boast of our ancestors to have erected and
which j should be our pride ii is our interest to
preserve
| Although these nre our own particular views. We
arc by no means So b.gotcd, so illbernl a. TO
| exclude all others from our columns Our noliti.
| cal opponents shall always he wccome, provided
their arguments are presented in a able and re
spcctfui form all we ask, is the opportunity OF re-
G'lng them. With right side VIC arc pre-
pared 10 cncount'r any conner, matter what
weapons he wiclds !; such is faith in truth ON.
bodied, as VIC believe it to be, in the principles of
the Republican Party.
Although the political will be the chief il will
not be the only feature of the paper. Toihc coun-
try paper AT Agriculture department will &c add.
ed, which 1t 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.
| ustrated with cute of agricultural implements,
whcD they can be procured, and il is believed il
will constitute very valuable and popular feature
in the paper at least no cxe~tion ON our mart ina II
be wanting to make il So Mechanics and Manu-
lecturers shall a;o receive their full share Of attcn
ton; and VIC have engaged the services of one of
| the first merchants in this city to takeCharec of
the Commercial Department. Able and trust 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
| unhcedcd. We arc not unmiudful OF the variety
of tastes for which shall have ter in this de-
partmcnt; but we hope by due a,mixturc of po-
etry and romance, OF anccdotc. humor and fun TO
provide Tor all, whilst will cndeavor to shock
inc sfnsl lllcs OF none AZ least, will pr omisc
to our readers more intellectual banquet tina is
afforded by the q boarding SC bool Miss order of
literature, which graces, or disgraccs rather, so
many of the public journals of America
We well aware of the risk, the labor a nd the
responsibility of such an undertaking, and NC
have encountered item all, after calm and serious
ldelibcraIion; relying for success upon Our deter.
mna'ion TO labor diligently in the prosecution OF
our design. The absolute dependence of one 4 nd
all of upon the prosperity of the papcr i, the
best guarantee for the performance Of this rcsolu
ton.
ofour own ability for this atduo us task il would
not come us 20 speak. One of us has had .omc
five six years experience in tue editorial dcpart
meut, AMI anotheri', by profession and practice
thoroughly ac9naintsd with the mechanical duties
of an office We have been promised tie aid of
some of the abes pens in the Union and we start
with tho hope of seeing the SOUTHERN STAND.
ARD, for such IS the name of our paper take lis
sand by the side of the first journals of the day
we shaIi brgn with sheet, tho size Of which i'll
be commensurate with our means. We know that
more paper can be bought for less money but " c
have not yet learned IN measure mental produc.
IONS ny the yard, nor TO- IS iratc the value %
thought by The cxtont ofthc medium through which
il is conveyed.
TERMS:
Our motto is. " ChcIp for Cash" The DAILY
paper will be Published and mailed for sac dolldr,
per aunum 1.-The SEMI WEEKLY for four, and the
WEEFtY. for ftrO.
The paper can only be procured by transmit,inn
the money in advance; and in no case will this i'm
portant rule be departed from. Bot any one wht
wishes To take the paper for period less or create
II than year. can forward us any amount of inonev
not loss than dollar, and VIC i'll furnish him viii
he daily, the scm-weekly or the weekly as n
may designate, tothe value Of the rates afore
said.
Our friends who are sufficiently interested in IN
s'ccess OF tic paper to encounter the trouble vii
please collect and forward 10 rs iunncdiatelv Tn
first number of the paper will be issued a. soon q
We can get our Office arranged. say on or about In
Grst OF September next
We will gratefully ackuow edge the libcrality o
such wing Editors as may be p'coscd to give thi
Pto'pect1s an Insertion; orr POLITICAL cthrci
VIII, we know, DO us favor which, under simila
circumstances, we would go cbccrf1lly reciprocatt
G. r.. BOTTS,
n. w. HUGHES.
Aug4 J. RICH'D. LEWELLEN.