Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1838-05-08
PROSPECTUS
ourlI1ERNIITE 3 81 I MESSENGER


soUTHERNLIFERAR Z MEssEaN1EA
THOMAS J. WHITE, Editor enc Pr0pi'toF'
lHIs : rnOnthly Magazins, devoted
chielV 70 Literature but occ9sioas,l.y
6-i;no ruofa also Cor articles that An Nitnln
Ire score Of Science; and not Hols -
entire disdain Of tasteful seise..g. ~ -
matter has been, as VII continue % Oe' IN 'ns
''' ps,tv boI;tics and controversial Theology,
a. far aa posgibIe. are jealOusly excluded.
STbev ere aanefirnes so blended with DISCUS
IN literature OF "a moral science, otneE
unobiectionable, as 70 gain admttance 20 lne
saT-e "a tbe NOR valuafl e matter 70 which they
sdhere mi whenever that happens they are
:o;5o-,f.i ,rI,,. nj urinary. They are dFoss
1891 ooIv heeausa 4 cannot well be severed
from the sterling ore whsFeWithh u u1coFpofa-
Reviews and Critical Notices occupy their
due sDace IN the work; and L % the Editors
aim that they should have athEeeiold tendency
&c convey. IN acondensed form, such valuable
truthsor interesting incidents as are emOoolea
| IN the works reviewed, Ito direct tae reader
attention to books that deserve to De read
and to warn him against wasting tune ana mon
| eY upon that large number, which merit ohiy 70
be burned. In this age, OF pubhcanons Glat oy
| their variety and multitude distract and over
whelm every undiscnmlnatng studenL impair
tial criticism. governed by the views just men
f;onod one ofthe most fnestmahle and indis-
pensable Of auxiliaEies, to him who does wish 70
| discriminate, s-.r4,trs...,..
ESSAYS, and Tales, having in view utility q
amusement, or both Historical Sketches
"Reminiscences ofevents too minute for History,
vet calculating it and frightening It's interests,
may be regarded as forming the staple OF the
work. And of Indigenous Poetry, enough u
published sometimes of no mean stran-to
/ manifest and to cultivate the growing political
taste and talents ofOuf country.
The times appear, for several reasons, to de-
mand such work and not one alone, but ma
Inv. The public mind is feveTish and irHtated
stiT, fromrecent political strifes The soft as
suasive influence of Literature is needed, to al
lay that fever and soOthe that irritation, Vice
and folly are rioting abroad: they should be
driven BY indignant rebuke, or lasbed by rdIcule
into their fitting haunts. Ignorance lords IT.
over an immense proportion Of oWPeople. Ey-
cry spring should be set In motion, to arouse
the enlightened, and to increase their number /;
so that the great enemy Of popular govern
ment may no longer brood, like a pOrtentOus
cloud, over the destinies of our country. And
!, to accomplish all these ends, what more pow
J erful agent can be employed, than periodical
} on the plan Of the Messenger; if that plan be
but carried out in practice!
The South peculiarly requires such an
. agent. In all the Union south of w ashington,
there are but two Literary periodicals.! North
{ ward of that city, there are probably at least
twenty-five or thirty! Is this contrast justi-
fed by the wealth, the leisure. the native tai
ent, or the actual literary taste, ofthe Southern
! people, compared with those ofthe Northern
No: for IN wealth, talents and taste, we may
justly claim at least an equality with our Breth-
] rem; and domestic institution exclusively our
: own, beyond all doubt, affords us, five choose,
twice the leisure for reading and writing,
: which they enjoy.
: 1t was from deep sense of TINS local want,
' that the word Southern was engrafted on the
e name Ofthis periodical; and not with any de-
sign to neurish local prejudices, or to advocate
supposed local interests. Far from any such
thought, it Is the Editer's 6erVent wish to see
: the North and South bound endearingly to-
gether forever, In the silken bands of mutual
Il kindness and affection. Far from meditating
7 hostility TO the North, he has already drawn,
8 and he hopes therefore to draw much of his
d choicest matter thence aud happy indeed viii
s he deem himself should his pages, by making
Y each region know itself better, contribute IN
e any essential degree to dispel the lowering
: clouds that now threaten the peace of both, and
g TO brighten and strengthen the sacred ties Of
frateFnal love.
?, The Southern Literary Messenger has now
s reached the 18th No. of the third volume.
How farit has acted out theideas here uttered,
0 is not for the Editor to say He believes, how
ever, that il falls not further short of them, than
z human weakness usually makes Practice fan
t short Of Theory.
/. The Southern Literary Messenger Is pub
# hshed IN monthly numbers, of ga large SUPER
royal octave pages each, on the best paper,
= and neatly covered, at dollars year, paya-
Il bic in advance.
2. Drive new subscribers by sending their
: names and 20 dollars at one time to the editor,
WI receive Their copies for one year, for that
e sum, or at dollars each.
3. The risk Of loss efPayments for subscrip-
tons, which have been properly counmtted to
the mail, or to the hands of postmaster, is as
stunned by the editor.
! 4. fla subscription is not directed to be dis
continued before the first number of the next
volume has been published It VIII be taken as
! a continuance for another year. Subscriptions
! must commence with the beginning Of the vol
ume, and win not be taken for less than a
years publication.
o The mutual Obligations of the publisher
o and subscriber, for the year, are fully incurred
! as soon as the first number Of the volume Is Is
sued; and after that time, no discontinuance of
subscription win be permitted Nor win
subscription be discontinued for any earlier
notice, while any thing thereon remains due.
unless at the option Of the editor.
The STATE Of Mississippi WINSTON CoUnfg,
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