The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1847-02-06
VOLUME 2.---NO. 30.
= ROSPECTUS
OF NEW POLITICAL PAPER. CALLED THE
SOU FHERN STANDARD

To the republican Party in Vrgiuia
Notwithstanding their signal defeat i'm IA the
advocates of concentrated power and a strong gn.
vernmcnt, are determine to make another aud 81
vigorous effort for supremat in the national coun-
ellis The press is the great cngiue of party in the
present age, and in Virginia opponents are
making powerful use of This formidable weapon
Aware that the Metropolis is the great battle
ground upon which the heat of the fight is to be
su tanned II is to this impo tan, point they are di
reGnng their most strenuous cxertons. They have
called to the Wing MIR Richard III. Tolor. a gen.
ienan o. acknowledged abb tiles an. great expo
rience; Mcssrs. Galiaher & Baldwin have been
placed at the head of the called Republican: and
the Compiler has been greatly STRENGTHENED Inv III.
acquisition of MIR. w. G.. Carringtcn who To- the
acoomnli'hncns of a ripe scholar. adds the force
To this array of forces we have only to oppose a
single metropolitan journal, which, bSwevrr,
great lis ability, ought to be left to cope single
handed with such n host. To come there ore to
the aid of the Enquirer and the Democratic party
u they will accept of services SO humble, we, the
undersigned, have resolved to establish another
Dernocratic paper in the city Of Richmond. To
this design we have been instgaed chiefly bv the
press NJ and frequent solicitations of MANI of ,h.
wlsest and most influential members Of the Den o..
cratic party, aud to its support invoke the aid Of
our pc i'io al friends, not only in Virginia, but
strength, and to tho maint nance of our uoliticnl
principles we should ch"crfuly contr butte our men
tai powers aud our pccuniary means.
In this Journal will cndeavor with what
ability we may, to sustain the principles and doc.
trinos of the Republican party in their pristine pu
rity Utterly rcpudiating all Agrarianism and
Radicalism As destructive of the most valuable so.
cial institutions, and than Federalism itself
with which indeed will not pretend To cnmp,re
it, we will advocate a limited cons,ruct;o, nt ths
Constitution OF the United States, believing that
the plain and obvious meaning of its context grant.
| flll as muCh power to the General Government ms
! it IL either wise or polite 10 bes;ow upon IT,
When men are secure in the endowment of pcr
-onal liberty and the product of their labor, the
tive pronptngs of individual interest ensure a
much better investment of labor and capit,l than
can be ol tanned by any system devised for the p,,r
pose of divertng it from its natural into artificial
therct
for protection, not only because it is uncorstitu.
tiona, but because ii is in the hi CHEST degree un.
wise and impolitic.
| Accountability is the great check upon human
depravity, and CoRPoRATloSs are corrupt because
Their members indiv ua.y irrespon-ible: they
are therefore,to be opposed upon general princi-
pies, and only to be tolerated occasionally as ne.
cesSary evils In the Const tuition of the United
States, we find no warrant or authority to- establish
any of thee cxcre@ccnces upon the body politic
nd in the shape of "A bank, we hold that the pnw,
er would be peculiarly dangerous and objection
| able.
We shall always, oppose the cxpcnditu'e of vast
sums upon local obicc's, as bcing not less rnwisc
because the fund is always hadfN adn,inisie red
wanting the vigiant eye of iudi, fcu | interest
md unjust, heca''se lays violent hands upon the
acquisitions OF tho minority, be expended not for
Fcn"ral ana necessary purposes, but foE local and
| individual cmluncut.
| In short, we esteem the Government OF che Uni.
ted States eaturc OF the Sovereign States of .iis
| Union, instituted for particular I1Itposcs which
cannot be transcribed without the most i,,rnincn,
| anger OF overthruwing that Uni ~ which il va.
'hc boast OF our ancestors to have erected and
which should be our pride. it is interest to
| pr, serve
Although these are our own particular vicv,s VOC
are by no means so b.gottcd, so illibcral as to
xcludc all others from our columns Our noGt.
al opponents shall always he welcome, provided
their arguments are presented in n ablc and re
'pectu form; all we ask is the opportunity oil re-
u,lng them. With rtgM our side, we are ere.
pared to encounter anv conner, latter what
Weapons he wiclds; such is faith in truth en-,
bodied as we believe it to be, in the principles of
the Republican Party.
OH he ba ,bo
not be the only feature of tie paper To the couu
Try paper All Agricultural department will tc add.
I'd which it is hoped the expcri nee of one of the
Editors, in that particular line, viii enable him TO
| make particularly acceptable to the farming com
munity. This department. will be handsomI,ly H.
Iusratcd with cnta Of agricultural implements
when they can be- procured, and it il believed il
viii constitute very valuable aud popular feature
in the paper least no exe+tion on our mart hail
he wanting to make it so. Mechanics AMI Manu-.
actnrcrs sall ALTO receive their full share of attcn
ton; and we have engaged the services of one of
the hrs. merchants in this city TO Ike charge of
the Commercial Department Able and tr ust. wor
thy corresponding will also be procured to keep us
constantly ADVISED OF the most important news in
| tho principal cities of the Union.
| Nor will the claims of polite LITERArU f pass
unhccded' we are not unmindful OF the variety
of tastes for which shall have to cater i'm this de.
| partmcnt; but we hope by duo admixture of DO
ctry and romance, of anccdotc, humor and fun To
provide Tor all, whilst VIC will endeavor to shock
the sens iite9 OF none. At least, we will p.orisc
to our readers more intellectual banquet than is
afforded 10y the g boarding school Miss'' order of
many of the public Journals of America
| We arc well aware of the risk, the abor and the
responsibility OF such an undertaking, and we
have encountered them all, after calm and seIio
deiberaiion; relying for success upon our deter.
inina'ion to labor diligently in the prosecution of
our design. The absolute dependence of one and
all of us upon the prosperity of the PAL per- is the
best guarantee for the performance OF this r,solr.
| ton.
ofour ability for this arduous task. il would
not b come us 10 speak. On" of us has had ono
vc or SIX years experience in the editorial depart
neni' and another is, by profession and practice
thoroughly acqnaint d with the mechanical du,ics
of an Office. We have been promised the aid Of
some of the ablest pens in the Union and we start
with the hope of seeing the SOUTHERN S'CAND
ARD, for such is the name Of our PAPER take its
stand by the side of the first journals Of the day
we shall begin with sheet, the size Of whicl, v i'll
be commensurate with our means We know that
more aper can be bought for less money: but "
nave not yet learned To measure mental pruduc.
| ions by the yard, nor to 80 natc the value of
thought by the extent of the medium thtou III Which
it is conveyed.
TERMS:
| Our motto is, Cheap for Cash" The DAILY
paper will be published and na.cd for sac dollars
per annum 1.-The SEMI WEEKLY for -four, aud the
WEEKLY, for f,co
the money in advance; and in case wiI this i'm.
pOrtaut rule bc departed from. But any one " no
wishes to take the paper "r period les Create
than year, can forward us any amount of money
not css than dollar, and i'll fuini- h hin, i'm
he daily, the semi weekly or the weekly as te
may designate To the value Of &C. al the rates fore
said.
Our friend Who arc sufficiently interested in tire
SUCCESS Of the paper TO encounter the trouble will
please collect and forward TO us Immediately The
first number of the paper will be- issued a. coon
we can get or office arranged saw ON Or abo,, The
first Of Sci mbcr next
! we VIII gratefully acknowledge the Iibcralitv Of
.nch WING biiiors as NAY be- pleased TO give this
/ Pro p"cids an insertion our rolitica h ,ihrcn
| will W" know, d" q favor which, und"r similar
circumstance we would 60 chccrfully rcciprocatc
G. r. BOITS.
r.. w HUGHES,
Aug4 J. RICH'D. LEWELLEN