The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-12-15
PROSPECTUS OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER,

PROSPECTUS OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER,
THOMAS W. WHITE, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
THIS is A MONTHLY MAGAZINE, devoted
i chiefly TO literature, but occasionally finding
for articles that fall within the scope Of Science and
protesting entire disdan Of tasteful selections though
its matter has been, it will continue to be- the
original
Party politics and controversial theology as far as pos
sibe, jealousy excluded. They are sometimes SO
blended with discussions in literature in moral science
otherwise unobectonabe, to gam admttance the
sake Of the more valuable matter to which they adhere
but whenever that happens, they incidental only not
primary. They dross, tolerated only because
not well be severed from the sterling wherewith il
Reviews and Critical Notices occupy their due space
in the work and is the editors aim that they should
have threeold tendency-to convey in a condensed
form, such valuable truths interesting incidents
embodied in the works revewed-to direct the readers
attention TO books that deserve to be read and TO
him against wasting time and money upon that large mum
Der, which merit only to be burned in this age OF put
cations that by fher variety and multitude distract and
overwhelm every undiscrminatng student lmpara!
criticism, governed by the views Just mentioned is one Of
the most nestimabe and indispensable OF auxaries 10
him who does wish to discriminate.
Essays and Tales, having in view utility or amusemen'.
or both-Historical Sketches,-and "reminiscences Of
minute for history, yet Calculating it, and height.
enng its Interestingly be regarded as forming the staple
of the work. And Of Indigenous poetry enough Is pub
lished-sometimes Of mean strainto manifest and 10
country
The times appear for several reasons demand such
work-and not one alone, but many The public mind
is eversh and intaed STILL from recent political stries
The soft assuasive influence of literature IS needed 70
aay that fever and soothe that irritation Vice and folly
oting abroad They should be driven by indignant
rebuke, dashed by rdicule into their hitting hauhis
Ignorance lords it over immense proportion OF our
people Every spring should be set in notion 10 arouse
the enlightened, and TO increase their number SO a ne
great enemy Of popular government may no longer ofo
like portentous cloud, the desnies OF our county
And to accomplish all these ends, what more powena
agent be employed than periodical, aho plan
the Messenger II that plan be but carried out in practice
The South peculiarly, requires such an agent In all
the Union south Of Washington there are but two literary
periodicals. Northward Of that city, there probably
least twenty five thirty Is this contrast justified y
the wealth, the leisure the native talent, the actual
literary taste Of the Southern people, compared with those
Of the Northern! No: for wealth, talents, and taste
may Justly claim at least equality with our hre
thren and domestic institution exclusively our own,
beyond all doubt affords u.s. choose, twice the leisure
for reading and writing, which they enjoy.
1t from deep of this local want that the
word SOUTHERN was engrafted on the OF tins
PERIODICAL and not with any design 10 noursh local pre-
udces to advocate supposed local interests Far from
any such thought il is the editors een wish TO see the
North and South bound endearngly together forever IN
the silken bands of mutual kindness and affection far
from med,ating hostility to the North, he has already
drawn and he hopes to draw much OF his choicest
matter thence; ana happy indeed will he deem himself
should his pages, by making each region kno" the o'he
better, contribute in any essential degree to dlspel 'he
brighten and strengthen the sacred ties OF raternal
love.
The Southern Literary Messenger has reached the
fifth No of its third volume How far has acted out TIE
ideas here uttered is for the editor to say lie
believes however that falls not further short Of them
than human weakness usually makes practice fail sho o.
theory. r,L
The Messenger is issued monthly. Each number OF me
work contains GA large super-roya pages, prn'ea we
very handsomest manner on new type, and on PaI'
equal at least to that which any other periodical IS
printed in country
No subscription will be received for less than volume,
and must commence with the current The price
SIS per volume which must be paid in all cases at the tine
of subscribing. This is particularly advered TO no" 10
avoid misapprehension or future misunderstanding
order will hereafter he attended to unless accompanied
with the price of subscription
The postage on the Messenger is six cents any
gle No for all distances under 100 whatsoever 100 miles
ten cents.
All communications letters relative to the Messen
GER must be addressed to THOMAS w. WHITE,
Southern Literary Messenger Office, Richmond Va
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S,TEWART'S TRIAL in pamphlet form, reported y
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