The Pearl River banner. (Monticello, Miss.) 1837-18??, 1838-01-06
PROSPECTUS
OF TIE
SOUTHERN REVIEW.

ton, literary and political, but because II Is mat
when the Southel. States can be un.ed upon t
undertaking with thegreatest case, ana with I
creates, freedom from state or party JeaousIes.
OF tue matter, three fou.ths (say 10 pp.) sbt
consgi of regular Reviews, making about nne
% pp. e1cA. These AS to literary works at lea
sha retIn, as a general rWc, 0intwhi Il
wa. IL, oyier method, now almost lJrsotten, M
ci.s a aaul9r abstract of the book ,egiewed, ii
bs.oi 10y merit. Ia poiitict5, md upon occasion
al subjects, there viii be greater Ih'Iaity OF dc
yatpg into mere Disqualification.
In this nethod OF the Reysew, there will b
gi en-, III each No. paper historical of the polite
ana general event of the dny, TO serve as ilisto
neal Register. us executions will always be com
miitaai 70 the strongest hands only: and Its purpose
Il gave a unity and consistency 10 the pubic doc
tues OF the beyiew, such as scarcely be 50 well ef
tectei in any other manner.
O.: asional Retrospective Reviews will also be
emb9led in tIis part Of the plan, with view OF
favotng, IN certain degree, the more curions stu
dies. u to revive the knowledge ofimportant books
forgotten in the confusion Of modern learning.
VI iiers will be led, OF regular purpose, 70 give
their papes, whenever the subjectWlll permit, the
foIn a a seIics, in Order not only that they may
thus agtlgd more complete body Of information,
but serve, also reprint apart for popular circn-
JiuOh--i ineIlOu tDht VIII HuEu Doti wv
repGtoion an9 the usefulness 81 therevie@.
a Daiy of miscellanles-some 5O pages--will
forn the Subordinate and mere am sing part Of the
Journal. itscontents will be somewhat various,
bu, wIil, for the most part, consist of short Ltera.
~ Notice., Bibhosraphi, al articles, a critical list
OF new publications, fogeign and domestic, and
general iatef.!y intelligence.
Ia communications, the most compressed mode
of writing viii be every where required. Papers in
which tne woT.is do not beara just proportion to |
the Information conveyed, or the effect intended,
will be either elected without scrupe, or abridged
without mercy.
Tow irrant this execution, the usual rat OF
compensation to writer's viii be advanced 10 two
dollars per printed page, price that will offer fair
remuneration to talents and labor. FOR, in this
sort of undertaking, we know that'!ademtis stIdio-
rum pIents, eiIani studia peiitura."
ttais regl50. Of Review Of the South, the
pnrpaseas 10 i've one more to our region, now
eifih.nt4ynee ang it,an Interpreter and Deien-
de4-tBe common representative OF our lnsutu.
tioDs and ofthe Minis Itself amongstus. Such, in
tlld syeat congress OF opinion, where the fdtes OF
citlized nations now 80 ialgely settled, we do
not possess :. snJ We "A We already suffered much
foli. Il is hne to ~ Ike ourselves understood and
resp ctea there. The journal which shall do this
|
she South, love then country, and are capable of
dong sull actual service. 1t must then be, not
the calnpion Or the propagnndst local opinions,
but the fnenl Of ali that pursue the public good
Into the vulgar ,aethod Of politics, debased by par
tisan rancor corrupted by the interest, or over
come by the popular passion of the houl, it must
nottall. From it the pride Of the Nulllfer musti
receiv no dlminuton, the fidelity of the Unionst
no rsttuach. itmust be vantage ground to +
enaer party, aor serve but as common field. q
where they viii only contend which shall most ad-
vanca tae cause of the South.
10 vindcate then, Our peculiar institutions; to r
repe with argument, lest presently we be forced to n
repel Win arms, all external interference with ou
domestic condition, against the wild rule of mere.
chance and corruption; ITO uphold arepabican and f
feersiiVe distinguished from consolidate adj Il
IN nistration of the national ,Nirs. from the dsor-
ders of the central Government, where reform is a
hopeless, and useless, till you have gwen your I,
selves stronger and wiser local systems; to direct
e ouaNc view towards home policy of the ii
st Fable through itsell, 10 confer upon our ct
,eopl iose blessings of well ordered liberty which n
" ex sngain from the fe,eral power, from
he de oul ofparty politics abroad; to CO / home fa
I tteution Of our people to those and by which
he wi an brave nave often rtised petty States ri
nto n)oran3 prosperous Comnonweal,hs; to at et
ach n9n, possible, to their birth place, ahd con-
err IN from wandering tni selfish adventures ,e
lto q zens, the overs Of! civilization; to rc-ani- CO
late p42lic sprit and givet purpose as well as or
nofey oholi, OYER parties ami politicians, the
i5ani ola public opinion far different from that ee
Iie and corrupt one of Which the newspaper press
sae voice: for these purposes, TO give diffIsioni
olgh the land to sound aud well considered pub- NO
; doctrines, spreading with them knowledge and
ste, their natural alcs--such will be the con- ex
ant effort that literary league, among the best tai
Tents Of the country, which has been SIT on foot in ns
9 present undertaking. u,r
Inc foregoing prospectus was prepared before cor
y definite arrangement had been made connect of
: the undersigned with the Souther Review as e.,
itor. tits adopted as expressing, with sufficient of
tinrtness, the object, design, and plan Of the val
,rk. .
II is probable that the first number of the Re- ,s,
~ Will DO issued some time in the month ed
ctoDar next. If, however, the necessary ar Sta
'gsmsnt can be completed, it will appear at an An
rlier day. ~
L IS proper to state that tho Southern Review ~
lnotbe published asa mere experiment upon ~,
III Pa1onase' AS ihe WORK IS NOT undertaken so
u any view 20 pecuniary profit, is due to the the
prtors that they should not incur no risk of pc Of
harry loss. The importance Of snch work 10 C
'ps u ne '.oueo = seneray felt ana acknowl- Sta
~ ps'ae'pa, 'eliance 'or support Is on par
. WIZ '"p'n pay "nr.hefl ~ snail that
y be called into existence or not The expense anti
ending the publication oft will necessarily be ed
y heavy, requiring aleast three thousand sub tad
oefs to secure tho proprieos against serious nor,
!, ooosad '''A' a'a' Au'"poi A WIZ not DC part
!, o'''"eV'' 60
The unNersncd has no other connection with l1v;n
work than its Editor All communications M :,
ynef for him in that character, will be address, ,;on
for Ne present. to Easgille, Northampton coun- ann
Virginia. The duty obtaining subscribers, and s;rs .'
maturing all other arrangements preparatory to Ma,
~ :, - u.vo,Yun ~, DUETS. Conmn lead
!, w ~. ~ sry'cs WI " 'naue 70 VIII form
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