The native American., 1837-09-09
PROSPECTUS OF TIE
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER

THOMAS ". WHITE, EDIToa AND PRorHIErom.
lvTvIiiS Is A MONTHLY MAGAZINE, devoted eliea,
to literature, but occasionally finding for articles
that i within the scope of science; and processing
tire dsan Of tasteful selections, though
and viii continue to be, ia the main, ORIGINAL
are jealousy excluded. They blended will
discussions in literature in moral SCIENCE Otherwise
Jectionabe, as TO gam admance for the sake Of the more
valuable matter TO which they adhere but that hap
pens, they incidental only ray They are ross
tolerated only because severed from the
ling wherewith il is Incorporated.
Reviews and Critical Notices occupy their due spaee in thu
work; and is the edit RS that they should have three
fold tenencyo convey in condensed FORM such valuable
truths interesting incidents embodied in the works
reviewed. direct the readers to book that de-
be d-and him against wasting time AND
money upon the large number which merit only to b. buried
this age OF publications, that by their variety and multitude
distract and overwhem every undscrmnatng student,
of the nesmabe and Indispensable oil auxares u him
who does wish 10 discriminate.
Essays and Tales, having view utility amusement OF
boh,-Hsorcal Skeches,-and "reminiscences of event.
for history yet elucidatng it, and heightnng iii
Interest," be regarded forming the staple work
Aud OF Indigenous poetry, enough published
no mean strain manifest and to cultivate the growing po
etcal taste and talents of our country.
The times appear, for several reasons to demand such
work--and not one alone, but many The public mind il
ieyerah and riated STILL from political strtes The
SOFT persuasive influence OF literature needed aluy ta
fevei and soote that irritation Vice and folly rotng
broad They should be driven by indignant rebuke or aset
by rdicne, into their fitting launs Ignorance lords it oye
an immense proportion OF our people Every spring shoul,
be set in mouon to the en ghened to
their numbers that the great enemy popular
may longer BROOD like porten,ous cloud over the es
nes OF our country And to accomplish all ends wha
more powerful agent can be employed than perodcal OF
the plan OF The Messenger; ta, plan be but carried out
practice.
The South peculiarly, requires such an agent Tn all m
Union south Of Washington there but two literary pe
rodicas Norhward of that city, there are probably At eas
twenty-five thirty! Is this contrast justified by he wealth
the LEISURE the native talent the actual literary taste Of the
Southern people, compared with those OF the Noren No
Tor IN wealth. talents, and taste, may Justly clam at eas
an eauay with our breteren and domestic institution ex.
clusyey beyond all doubt affords u.s. il we choose
twice the leisure for reading writing which they enIoy
was from deep sense Of this loca that the word
SOUTHERN was enged the of this periodcal; and
and not with any design 10 nourish local prejudces
yocate supposed local interests Far from any such thought
is the editors fervent wish TO see the North and Sout
bound enearngy together forever the sken bands of m
ua kindness and affection Far from medatne hostility to
the Norh he has already drawn he hopes hereafter
draw much OF his choicest matter thence and happy indeed
will he deem himself should his pages by making each re.
gon know the other BETTER contribute any essential degree
TO dpei the lowering clouds that threaten the peace
nal love.
! The Southern Literary Messenger has now reached The
fifth No. OF its third volume. How far has acted ~, h
IDEAS here uttered is for the editor to saw He believes
however, that falls not further short of them than human
weakness usually makes practice fall short of theory
ne Messenger is issued monthly. Each number of the
work contains "a large super pages rned in the very
naaasomes manner on new type, and paper equal
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