The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-06-29
PROSPECTUS OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER,
THOMAS W. WHITE, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR

+ PROSPECTUS OF THE
| SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER,
| THOMAS W. WHITE, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
THIS is MONTHLY MAGAZINE, de,otcd
i chiefly TO literature, but occasionally finding room
for articles that fall within the scope Of Science and
protesting entire disdan OF tasteful selections, thong
Its matter has BEEN as will continue to be, in the
original ...- .'.,.
Party politics and controversial theology far as pos
| sble, are jealousv excluded. They sometimes
blended with discussions in literature moral
otherwise unobectonabe, to gain admitance or til
sake Of the valuable matter To which they adhere
but whenever that happens, they incidental only
primary They dross, tolerated only because it
well be severed from the sterling wherewith
incorporated.
Reviews and Critical Notices occupy their due spa
in the work and it is the editors aim that they shout
haye,a threefold tendency-to convey in condensed
form, such valuable truths interesting incidents
embodied in the works reyewed-to direct the readers
attention TO books that deserve to be read-and TO warn
him against wasting time and money upon that large mum
Der, which merit only to be burned In this of publ
cations that by er variety and multitude distract and
overwhelm every undiscrminating student impartial
criticism governed by the views just mentioned is Of
the most inestmable and indispensable Of auxiares 10
him who does wish to discriminate.
Essays and Tales, having in vewutity amusement
or both,-Hstorca Sketches,-and "reminiscences of
events too minute for history yet Calculating it, and height
ening its be regarded forming the staple
OF the work And Of Indigenous poetry, enough pub
lished-somemes Of no mean srainto manifest and TO
cultivate the growing poeca taste and talents OF our
country.
The times appear for several reasons to demand such
work-and not one alone bur many. The public mind
is feversh and irtated STILL from political sies
The soft, assuasive influence Of literature is needed
aay that fever and soohe that irritation Vice and folly
riong abroad: They should be driven by indignant
rebuke, dashed by rdlcule into their fitting hauns.
Ignorance lords il over immense proportion Of
people Every spring should he in TO arouse
the enlightened and to increase their number that the
great enemy of popular government may no longer brood,
like porentous cloud the desnies Of country.
And to accomplish all these ends what powerful
agent car he n on he
the Messenger il that plan be but carried out in practice
The South, peculiarly requ'es such an agent In all
periodicals. Nohwar OF that city, there probably at
least twenty-five thirty Is this contrast justified by
the wealth. the leisure the native talent or the actual
literary taste Of the Southern people, compared with those
OF the Norhei No. for in wealth. talents, and taste,
may Justly claim at least equality with our bre-
thren; and domestic institution exclusively our own,
beyond all doubt affords we choose twice the leisure
for reading and writing, which they enjoy.
II was from deep Of this local want, that the
word SOUTHERN engrafted on the name of this
periodical and not with any design TO noursh local pre-
udces or to advocate supposed local interests Far from
any such thought is the editors ervent wish to see the
North and South bound endearngy together forever IN
the sken hands Of mutual kindness and affection Ear
from medtatng hostility 10 the North, he has already
drawn and he hopes hereafter to draw much choicest
matter thence; ana happy indeed will he deem himself
should his pages by making each region know the other
better contribute in any essential degree to dispe the
lowering clouds that threaten the peace OF both and
brighten and strengthen the sacred ties OF raterna
love-
The Southern Literary Messenger has now reached the
fifth No of its third volume. How far it has actedo the
ideas here uttered it is for the editor say. He
believes however that falls further short Of them
than human weakness usually makes practice fall short OF
theory
work contains GA large superoyal pages, printed in the
very handsomest manner on new type, and on paper
equal least that which any other periodical is
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| The postage on the Messenger cents on any SIN
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