Canton herald. (Canton, Miss.) 1837-1839, 1837-11-24
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T "a .or and Prori,Ti.-r'. " |
chiefly to LIrrp, ~. aaga1s' !
a q room also an ! " Ca
.ae scope Of sclzscr' ' s.s lha
n entire alt. disdain Of las s,.G l.'
Is =, matter y has been, as i !, ~
DC p n lne n main, originai. ~
og ra y = Politics and eoa,ro..I
ded' They are someti 81 ~
discussions in literature I, \ =
ence' Otherwise unescs1 \
canaan saln admittaace for the s sIl''a'
a. V'oie HaftertO whieh i
whenever that happens" , V!
tai onlyi not primary. MI Tlll =
tolerated only because !, !. aey
severed ; from the sterIiD r' q
i IS incorporated. W
III keS Sl' and CriticslNo,.
l Fs,.f,I, space in the work ill., 4
fold tendency-to convey arSl I =
form, such valuable tru 4 \ \ !
Incidents as are embodiejns.t.
yleTed-to direct the reade,.,
Books thai deserve d Be Ed.
MN against wasting time aSs \
mat large number, which u.
~ lhls ga ofnr
that by their variety I'd IL,
tract and oyerwhelm eye, N
ing student, IMPARTIAL ssin,']
ed by the views just mep5~ ,,.I
the most ines.imable and isSs,
auSiliarie5, TO him WHO ~ .,', 4
crim,aatc.
Essays and Tales, having !,
Y Or amusement, Or boih-
Sletches-and Renliniscence,
too minute for History, yeleIpl
and Frightening the Interest,"
garded as forming the STAPLE i
And Of the indigenous Poefr,
publlshed-somotimes ofno h
to manifest and cultivate lherl
etlcal taste and talents Of ous
The times appear, for sever.
to demand such awork-anap
but many. The public mind
and irritated still, from rscell
strifes.-Th soft, assuasvsa
Literature is needed 10 allayt.
sooth that irritation. Vice ID
rioting abroad: They should
by indignantleb ukc, FLASHED
into their fitting haunts. IgnoI
IT over an immense propota
pie: Every spring shouIdk
lion to arouse the enlighterq
crease their number; 50 that n
popular government maynoln
like a portentoas cloud, oyera
Of our countro. And u arI
these 6;iGt:s , 'ttt'al more pcwerd
be employed, than a Renodira,
of the Messengers; ifthat plas
ried out in practice?
The South peculiarly reqi
agent. In all the Union, soul
ington, there are but two lltet
icals! Northward ofthat city
probably at least twenty-five
Is this contrast justified by thet
leisure, the native talent, ofhd
erary taste Of the southern f
pared with those of the nofih
for in wealth, talents and ias
justly claim at least an equa.
brethren; and a domestic IaH
sively our own, beyond all
us, five choo = twice theAS
ding and writing, which they
1t was from q deep sense
want, that the word Southern
ted on the name Of this pci
not with any design TO no1r'l
JUDGES, or to advocate suP2o
terests. Far from any @
it is the Editors fcryent WISH
north and south bound eals
gether forever, in the slIkea
tuai kindness and affection
meditating Hostility to the no
already drawn and he hops
draw much Of his cholce'I ~
and happy indeed will he de-
should his / pages, by making
know the other better, coG'n'
essential degree to dispel =
clouds that now threaten u
both, and to brighten and a
sacred ties of fratcrnal lo's,
The Southern Lltera'pr
has now reached the hltn
volume. How far i has !
IDEAS here latered, is not 10
TO say. He believes, noss
falls not further short oil ~
man weakness usually n''
fall short of theory
On this point, hoVeyV, ~
The Messenger is ISSUED
Each number of the worn !,
large super-royal pages y