Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-07-04
The So;,thern lDiOneer:

The 40 tstherm Pioneer:
Devoted to The LGeralurr, IlIstilu,lolls and
Amuse;nents 0l the oulh.
BRowSE, CUsHNEY& ,ICCAFFERTl. Publishers,
CHARLES WYArT RICE, Editor.
HE South Is the nauralnuinc Of Literature.
She has ever been so. Homer stroile,'
and sung under the rays of the tervid sun; Ir;l-
" and Greece, have, from their first wakrnIng
into being as civilized naiiolIs Afforded heir
Poets and Orators. The Literary pill .rIm
ever bends his step to he South Of .uropr, as
his most favored srinc; while there. fond me-
nores tlrong to his mind, "i the epic strains OF
Homer, the soothing IN assures OF til" Manlllan
Swan, the cxuting odes oi Horace and the
bitlu. sarcasns Of Juvenal. While in later
lll,lrs recIln to the memory OF thr fearful
strains oil Dante, The pic measures of the mad
man l'asso. the soft strains. of Prtrarch and
the easlng in ses OF Ijoccacio. And while
.h.s loudIy rccalli g TO memory all lhesr. ,.e
remembers hat they drew their inspiration from
the fervid sun OF ltal, and Greece He feels
~ the balmv air he breatheS. in the brilliant
leavells that form tie canopy above him. in
ne DrilIiancy OF the Slil-se that gOws in the horl
zoll, aud IN tie Ilnts lla he air and im spre.";
ver the eart,. the ,nspIrafIIi that formed and
ievcIopedtlle genius OF those whom he nov so
.ond.y re@rets.
Such food for Inspiration does the Literary
,iIgrIm find on thr rktssI shores OF Italy AID
GREECE, and under the ervid sun of The South
Aud is ii possible that nihlfed cline IN tir.
Western Hemisphere presets no sara lei to
his! do the saline sun, the same brillia cy of
rne canopy Of the clouds. the same glorious
Suli-<et- lie -illn, ;ch tlnts up0, he lan-ca, Z
| .lilrrd nn inspiration here A wilder. a nUc
abrupt scenery than laiy or ireece IAN bnnst
Spra i, in living tones to heir beho tlers. W lille
with these dn Iialii' >otnes> of amdscape upnn
tur Asnl v. lne .avan Iali. and O!nrr IarOrtc
;rralns. glorious waterfalls AMI streaming r:ss
| cldes. are ever, wner CaImt tleil wors:ir
| pers IN t.Io>e VIII" dwell amIoig them. And 10
! Lll these afford no inSpiratloni They do III
Splre; they nave spoken III the eloquent ne>o
! the RutlerIgrs.and PinckneyS oI the RevolrtOn
nev have spok II III the "'Iislled PAGES at
iri,nke; they are now speaking in the strains
of Il Charlton aGil man, Wilde. Simms. MeeH.
,ult, Prndlcion, Tlckror. Wiliirk. III The larh-
tn. srrnes Of Il Loligstreet. and III the vivid
ske,.he, oil 5 r0ng. Ware, Morrow, and Mo.
aane. Aye, more. they are speaking il the
| .Ous;lnds of the young. who cast back to the
mountains. the waterfalls u d Ihr streams, their
ms, .irator in living zones, and whose wild
SONGS through rare publications sometimes star
IT, the ub:ic ear. Thy do speak in tllest,
thousand VIII" with Il p.orrr medium for
communicating their thoughts to The public.
would elecirifv the world by their eloquent
notes. Nor ,loes the South lack fur inspra-
ton in her historic incidents. A briefreferenc''
IL the mind of each individual 10 the striking
incidents in the early history Of each OF the
southern Stlres. will cnnvlrce him thai they
lfnrh rich materials from which the ready II
llay draw for amusement and instruction. But
more ,an all these d" the leisure and "ppor-
i,lnlles Tor mental cultivation !nai her domestic
i,-ri ritufiuns afford her citizens, present strong
grounds OF belief that he South is deS.
ined to become the centre of H. rary interest
: lui+ leisure and this .p0rtu iiy for mental
cultivation find no parallel III any other country
il is natural 10 be eve hatt the South Is destined
to becnme to the world in Il new era wia
irerce was 10 the world in The old.
This is oui profession of faith. We believ"
in word. that no part of The world has Create.
lit rary resources within herself or Is better
calculated from her natural scenery, the peru
larliieS Of her clima'e the leisure of her citi-
zells. anI her general advantages. to become an
emnently literary community, than the Outf-
rrn States of this conlcderacy. This is the
platform o, whic! we intend TO raise Hcckiy
Journal. to which Sonthrr writer's shall deigl
to Contribute and which the whole South shall
be proud to claim u its own. Believing most
firmly hat success will attend our eycrt,Ors no
effort will be spared 10 dlaw from every portion
of the South, contributions upon every subject
which, while they shall be ofa high character,
shn'l ever range
From grave to gay. from lively 10 severe
We believe that the INSTITUTIONS of th
south are founded IN the inmutablp laws Of the
God of Nature We believe that on them "
b. built fabric of glory and greatness To the
South, We believe especially thar The, al
lord to the Southern States the means of out
stripping the rest OF the world in their litrrar
career. And we know that these are times of
,ecuiar danger 10 these institutions; we know
that they are now attacked by the lnsidious in
as well as bv the open enemy. We shall there
fore place our Journal aS Il sentinel on the
.vncl-,oyer of Southern institutions, ever
wachfnI for attacks, and ever ready to repel
Them.
We delight in the amusements and holidays
Of me South. We gloly in them as fit aml,se-
nents lni Il people generous and brave, quick
in their impulses. and stunning sIuggishneSs.
We delight in the gun and chase. We hail
merry old Christmas and its cheerful sports lis
old friends and true, srrng the brow free from
care making the bosolnS of men TO glow with
cheerful ndiriendly emotions calling iiends 10
the festive bnard and to the exchange of kind
thoughts and sentiments, and sending all away
to run in iovfllness their course Of duty until
tho ;uvi,o,ions 10 oy and mirth are again re-
newed The pages of the PIONEER WILL there
fore be enivenpd with lively chronicles of"x
plnits in the sports ofth" field and wi'hspirited
sketches Of the fun and frolic that merry old
Christmas les loose upon us. We will also. in
order to please all, rive weekly abstract oithe
most important news of the day. And for the
fair practtsers upon the Piano OF Guitar. shall
occasionally emb"llish our pages with original
and selected Music.
II is fortunate circumstance for The interest
of work of this nature. that the field of Litera-
ture at the South is. as yet, comparatively uni
troddcn. The Literary r sources of the South
ol, lod, IN ha ora 30