The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-03-13
PROSPECTUS OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER,
THOMAS W. WHITE. EDITOR AND PROPHETIC

PROSPECTUS OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER,
THOMAS w. WHITE. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
THIS is A MONTHLY MAGAZINE, devoted
chiefly literature, but occasionally finding room
for articles that fall within the scope Of Science and not
protesting entire disdan OF tasteful selections though
It's matter has been, will continue TO be, in the main
original.
Party politics and controversial theology far pos
sble, jealously excluded. They sometimes SO
blended with discussions literature moral science,
otherwise unobectonable, gain admttance or the
sake of the valuable matter to which they adhere
but whenever that happens they incidental only not
primary. They dross tolerated only because i can
well be severed from the sterling wherewth 1t
Reviews and Critical Notices occupy their due spa
in the work and it is the editors that they shout
have threeold tendency-to convey in a condensed
FORM such valuable truths interesting incidents as are
embodied the works revewed-to direct the readers
attention books that deserve to be to warn
him against wasting time and money upon that large mum
ber which merit only be burned In this age Of publ,
cations, that by er variety and multitude distract and
overwhem every undiscriminatlng student, Impartial
the nestmabe and indispensable OF auxlianes, to
him who does wish to discriminate.
Essays and Tales, having in view utility or amusement,
or boih,-Hisorical Sketches,-and "reminiscences OF
events minute for history yet Calculating IT, and height
enng its be regarded as forming Tie staple
Of the work And Of Indigenous poetry, enough Is pub
lishedsometimes of mean stranto manifest and TO
cultivate the growing poetica taste and talents OF our
country.
The appear, for several reasons TO demand such
work-and not one alone, but many. The public mind
is feversh and irrtated STILL from recent political sres
The soft assuasiye influence of literature IS needed TO
aay that fever, and soohe that irritation. Vice and FOLLY
riotng abroad They should be driven by indignant
rebuke, dashed by dicule, into their fitting hauns
Ignorance lords it immense proportion OF our
people Every spring should be set in notion to arouse
the enlightened and increase their numbers that the
great enemy of popular government longer brood,
like portentous cloud the destnes Of country
And to accomplish all these ends, what powerful
agent be employed than periodical the plan of
bu tcarr
The South peculiarly, requIes such agent In all
the Union south Of Washington, there but two literary
periodicals Nohward of that city, there probably ut
least twenty-five thirty is this contrast justified by
the wealth. the leisure the native TALENT the actual
literary taste Of the Southern people, compared with those
of the Northern? No: for in wealth, talents and taste,
may justly claim at least an equality with our be-
thren; and domestic institution exclusively our own,
beyond all doubt affords II we choose, twice the leisure
for reading and writing which they enjoy.
1t was from deep Of this local want, that the
word SOUTHERN was engrafted on the name of this
PERIODICAL and not with any design to noursh local pre-
juces advocate supposed local interests Far from
any such thought is the editors ferven wish to see the
North and South bound endearngly together forever
| the sken bands Of mutual kindness and affection Far
from medtatng hostility to the North he has already
drawn and he hopes hereafter to draw much OF his choicest
matter thence and happy indeed will ne deem himself
should his pages by making each region know the other
better contribute in any essential degree to dspe the
lowering clouds that threaten the peace OF both and
brighten and strengthen the sacred ties OF fralerna
love.
| The Southern Literary Messenger has reached the
fifth No of its third volume How far has acted out the
ideas here uttered it is not for the editor to lie
believes however that it falls further short of them
than human weakness usually makes practice fall short OF
| theory.
work contains "a large superroya pages printed IN the
| very handsomest manner, new type and on paper
equal at least to that on which any other periodical IS
| printed in our country
No subscription will be received for less than volume,
and must commence with the current one. The price IS
SIS per volume which must be paid in all cases at the time
i of particularly adverted
avoid misrepresentation or future misunderstandng-a
order will hereafter be attended to unless accompanied
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The postage the Messenger is six cents on any sin
gle No for all distances under loomes-over 100 miles,
| ten cents
All communications letters, relative to the Messen
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