The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1837-09-30
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SOUTHERN LlTERRY MESSENGER,

vayff.s IS A MONTHLY MAGAZINE, devoted chieay
~ literature, but occasionally finding for article.
tire dsan Of tasteful selecos though matter has been
and will continue to be, in the main, original
Party politics and controversial theology, FAR possible
ieaously excluded They sometimes blended with
discussions in literature in moral SCIENCE otherwise unob
Jectonabe gain admiance for the sake Of the
valuable which they adhere: but hap
pens they are incidental only; primary They are ross
tolerated only because well be severed from the
ling ore wherewith it is incorporated.
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works the editors aim that they should have three
fold tenencyo convey condensed form, such valuable
reviewed. direct the readers to books that de-
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In this of publications. that by variety and multitude
distract and overwhem every understanding student I'M
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Of the most nestimable and indispensable Of auxars him
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Interest," may be regarded forming the staple the work
And of Indigenous poetry enough OF
no mean manifest and to cultivate the growing po-
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The times appear for several reasons demand such
work-and alone, but many. The public mind is
feverish and rriiated STILL from political stres The
SOFT persuasive influence Of literature is needed 10 alluy that
fever and soohe that irritation Vice and folly rong
broad They should be driven by indignant ebuke dashed
by ridcule, their fitting hauns Ignorance lords over
immense proportion OF people, Every spring should
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Southern people, compared with those Of the Northern No:
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equality with our breeren; and domestic institution ex
casivey our own, beyond all doubt affords choose,
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