The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-03-27

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PROSPECTUS OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER,
THOMAS W. WHITE. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
THIS is MONTHLY MAGAZINE, devoted
i chiefly to literature, but occasionally finding room
for articles that fall within the scope OF Science and not
protesting entire disdan Of tasteful seiecons thong
its matter has been as will continue TO be- in the mai
original
sible, are jeaously excluded They are sometimes
blended with discussions in literature in moral science
otherwise unobjeconable, as 70 gain sdmttsnce Or u
sake Of the valuable matter to which they adhere
but whenever that happens, they incidental only no
primary. They dross tolerated only because i can
not well be severed from the sterling ore wherewlth
Reviews and Critical Notices occupy their due spa
in the work and il is the editors aim that they Shout
have a threefod tendency-to convey in condensed
FORM such valuable truths interesting incidents as are
embodied in the works reviewedto direct the readers
attention to books that deserve to be read-and TO warn
him against wasting time and money upon that large mum
ber which merit only he burned In this age OF publ.
cations that by their variety and multitude distract and
overmhelm every understanding student impartial
criticism governed by the views just mentioned is one OF
the most ncstimabe and indispensable OF auxianes 10
him who does wish TO discriminate.
or both@Historicai Sketehes,-and Reminiscences Of
events 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
shedsometimes Of mean strain-to manifest and to
cultivate the growing poeticai taste and talents OF our
country
The times appear for several reasons to demand such
a work-and not alone, but many. The public mind
feversh and iitated STILL from recent political ses
The soft assuasive influence of literature is needed TO
alay that fever and soohe that irritation Vice and folly
rioting abroad They should be driven by indignant
rebuke, or dashed by dicule into their fitting hauns
Ignorance lords il immense proportion OF
people Every spring should be in notion to
the enlightened and increase their number; that the
great enemy Of popular government may no longer BROOD
Tho nf
And to accomplish all these ends what more powerful
agent can be employed than periodical on the plan OF
the Messenger if that plan be but carried out in practice
The South, peculiarly requ,ies such an agent In all
the Union, south Of Washington there but two literary
periodicals Norhward Of that city, there probably
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 Northern? No: for in wealth. talents and TASTE
we may justly claim at least an equality with our ore
thren; and a domestic institution exclusively our own
beyond all doubt affords If choose twice the leisure
for reading and writing, which they enjoy
1t from deep Of this local want, that the
word SOUTHERN engrafed the name Of this
periodical and not with any design TO noush local
JUDGES to advocate supposed local interests Far from
any such thought is the editor eyent wish to see the
North and South bound endearngy together forever IN
the slken bands OF mutual kindness and affection Far
from meditang hostility to the North, he has already
drawn and he hopes draw much Of his ehocrs'
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 10 dispe the
clouds
brighten and strengthen the sacred ties OF raterna
love.
The Southern Literary Messenger has reached the
fifth No Of its third volume How far il has acted on, the
ideas here uttered it is for the editor TO He
believes however, that it falls not further short OF them
than human weakness usually makes practice fall short OF
theory.
The Messenger is issued monthly. Each number Of The
work contains "a large superroyal pages, printed IN the
very handsomest manner, on new type, and on paper
equal least to that which any other periodical IS
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