The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-06-16
PROSPECTUS OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER
rHon.s " wHrrE rp,roR AND PROPRIETOR.

49, THOMAS W. WHITE. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
THIS is MONTHLY MAGAZINE, devoted
i chiefly 10 literature, but occasionally finding room
for articles that fall whrn the scope Of Science and not
protesting an entire disan OF tasteful ssecton Though
its matter has been will continue 10 be, in the main
origgs n.s! .,,.,..
sible, Jcalousy excluded They are sometimes SO
blended with discussions literature or in moral science
otherwise unobJectionahe TO gain admance for the
sake OF The valuable matter To which they adhere
but whenever that happens they incidental only not
PRIMARY They dross tolerated only because il can
not well be severed from the sterling ~herewith
! incorporated.
Reviews and Critical Notices occupy their due space
in the work and il is the editors sam that they should
have threeiold lendency-to convey in a condensed
FORM such valuable truths or interesting incidents AS are
embodied the works reriewed-to direct III. readers
attention to books that deserve to be land
MN against wasting time and money upon that large
ber which mer only TO he burned In this age Of publ
cations, that by their variety and multitude distract and
oser@hem ever, undiscriminang student, Impartial
critIcism- governed ty the
the most lnesiimabe and Indispensable Of auxaries,
him who does wish TO discriminate.
Essays and Tales, having in view utility amusement
or both-Historical Sketches,--and "reminiscences OF
events too minute for history yet Calculating and height
enng ITS Interestingly he regarded forming The staple
OF the work And OF indigenous poetry, enough is pub
Understandings of stran-to manifest and to
cultivate the growing poetica taste and talents of
country.
a work-and alone, bur many. The public mind
is everish and rriiated SILL from political srfes
I
aay that fever and sooihe that irritation. Vice and folly
roting abroad They should be driven by ndignan,
rebuke. dashed by rdone into their fitting haunts.
ignorance lords il immense proportion OF
people. Every spring should be set in motion,
the enlightened and increase their number; that the
great enemy Of popular government may longer brood,
like porfentous cloud, the dcsiines OF country
And TO accomplish all these ends, what powerful
agen, be employed than periodical on the plan
the Messenger If that plan he but carried out in practice
The South peculiarly, requires such agent In all
are u %
periodicals Northward OF that city, there probably
least twenty-five thirty Is this contrast justified 10y
literary OF the Southern people compared fh those
of the Norhem No for wealth, talents, and taste,
We may justly claim at least equality with our bre.
ihren and domestic institution exclusively our own,
beyond all Doubt affords If choose twice the leisure
for reading and writing, which they enjoy.
1t was from deep Of this local want, that the
word SouTHERN was engrafted the Of this
periodical and not with any design to nonrsh local pre-
JUDGES advocate supposed local interests Far from
such thought it is the editors feen' wish to see the
North and South bound endeangy together forever, IN
the sken hands Of mutual kindness and affection taE
from medafiag hostility to the North, he has already
drawn and he hopes hereafter TO draw mnch Of has choicest
matter thence happy indeed will he deem himself
should his pages, y making each region know The other
better, contribute in any essential degree to disei tho
lowering clouds that now threaten the peace OF po an1
TO brighten and strengthen the sacred hes OF maternal
love &
The Southern Literary Messenger has reached the
fifth No OF It's third volume How far il has acted out he
ideas here uttered not for the editor He
believes however that il falls further short Of them
than human weakness usually makes practice fall short
theory .s.l ".
The Messenger is issued monthly. Each number Of the
work contains 81 large super-royal pages printed the
very handsomesi manner, type, and paper
equal least to that which any otbs- periodical
printed in our country. f ..'
No subscription viii he received for less than avnnme
and must commence with the one. The pncc IS
SIS per volume which be paid in all cases At the
OF subscribing This is particularly adverted 10
avoid misrepresentation, future misunders,andlng-as
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ten cents.
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ger mus, ne addressed TO THOMAS w. WHITE,
Southern Literary Messenger Office, Richmond Va