Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-08-01

Hill be published in augusta. Ga on the first
Saturday Of October. 1888. tie first number
of a Ecckiy Journal. to be called
The SoastlacTia Rl0mecT:
Devoted to the Literature, institutions and
Amusements OF the south.
DnowsE. CusaSrY& McCAFrERrY, Paj'ishcrs,
CHARLES WAR RICE. Editor.
FEHIIE South is the naturalhuulc OF Literature.
She ha~cver been so. Iiunc stro led
and sung Ulldcr the rays OF tue ieryld sun; lta-
" and Greece. haze, from their first wa:;rIimg
into bein" us civilized nations, afforded their
Poets and Orators. The Literary pilgrim
eyer bends his step to !he South of europe, as
Ills most favored shrine; while ,here. fond me-
mories throng to his mind, Of the epic strains OF
Homer the soothing measures OF tli' Manttan
Swan, the cxutinS odes Of Horace and tile
biting slrcasins of Juvenal. While III later
times raclin, to the memory o the tca:i"l
strains of Dante, the epic measures Of the mad.
man rasso. the soft strains. of Pctra ch and
the ,leasing im"g ges Of BOccaco. And while
thus !o!idIy recalling 10 memory all hes,. ie
remembers hat they drew their inspiration from
the fervid sim OF Italy and Greece lie feels
in the haimy mir lr brcateS, in the brilliant
heavens that form tic canopy ahavc him, in
the briiliancy of the sl,sci that CLOVIS in the hOr
yo;and in the tlns iilal he mir ant! lin" Spraad
over the earth, the inspiration that formed and
Developed the genius Of those whom he uuw so
iondly re2rets.
Snch food Tor inspiration docs the Literary
pilgrim liId OIL the classic shores OF Italy aud
Greece, and under Inc lervid sun of the South.
And is i. possible That kindred C inc in the
Western Hemisphere presents no para lei to
this! DO the same sun. the same brllancy of
The canopy Of the clouds, the same siorlous
sl,n-$ctS, tie rich tlnS npon the landSca e
afford no inspiration here A wil.lcr, more
abrupt scenery than I'aly or ureecc IAN boast.
speak in living tones to heir beho dcrs While
with these an Italian so!tnesS of landscape upon
the Ashley the savannah. and oI"r iavorrte
treams. glorious waterfalls inl streaming clSs-
cades are every where cia!min" their worship
pers in those who dwell among them And do
all these afford no inspiration! Fney do IN
spirc; they have spoken in the clnInen .G"" ot
rhe RuileigcS and Piuckneys Of the Revolution;
they have spoken in the nn!isied Pr es nI
Grlmke; they are now sDrak'n! in u strains
of Charlton aGil man. Wilde :;iinnS, N"e<.
Butt, Pendlcton. T.c>mor. Wiltirk. i'll lile iailI-
iul scenes Of Longstrect. and i'll tie viv!d
sketches OF Il Srong. Ware, Morrow. and Mo
rasne. Aye, more. they are speaking III tie
thousands of the young, WHO cast back to the
mountains. the waterfalls and III -trram,. their
inspiration in Ewing ours. and whose vid
songs through rare publications sometimes star
tic the public car. They do speak in these
thousand who with prnurr medium for
commune ,ting their thoughts to the public.
would elcctriy the world by their eloquent
notes. Nor does the SOUTH lack f'r inS.,:,a..
a.. u. l,,t
in the mind of each individual to the siri';i
incidents in the carly history of each OF t;m
Southern Sta,cs. will convince him tha. the,
afford rich materials from which the rerdv :,
may draw Tor amusement and instruction. But
more than all these do the leisure and oppor-
tunties lor mental cultivation that her domestic
institutions afford her citizens, present strous
grounds of belief that the South is deS-
tined to become the centre Of literary interest.
As this leisure and this opportunity for menla.
cultivation find no parallel IN any other country
il is natural 10 believethatthc South is destined
70 become to the world ina new era villa
Greece was to the world in the old.
This is our profession of faith. We believ.
in a word. that no part Of the world has create
lit..r .rary resources within herself or Is better
calculated from her natural scenery, the pecu-
liarities Of her climate the leisure of her ci,i-
Zeus, aud her general advantages. 10 become an
emiiently literary community, than the South
ern States Of this confederacy. This is The
pia, ,iorul OH which we intend to raise HcekIy
Journal. to whic! Suutii"rn writers shall dc!ishl
TO contribute, and which the whole Sonth shall
be proud to claim as its own. Believing most
firmly hat success will attend orr excrt:Ous no
effort will spared to diaw from every portion
of the South, contributions upon every subject
which, while hev shall be off, l,igh character,
shall ever range
"From grave 10 gay. omlive;y 10 severe
We believe that the ins,itutn,ions of the
So"tH arc founded in the i,nmu,abIe laws of the
God Of satnrc. We believe that on them will
be balit fabric of glory and areatness to The
South. We believe especially thar ri.ey al:
ford to the Southern SrlteS the means of out
stripping the rest Of the worll in their literary
clieer. Aud we know that these are times OF
peculiar danger 10 these institutions; we know
that they are now attackcd by the insidious lnr
rs well as by the open enemy. We shall there
fore pllce our Journal as a sentinel OIL the
waic!l-towcr of Southern institutions. ever
watchnl for attacks. and ever ready to repel
them.
We delight in the amusemcnts and HOLIDAYS
OF the South. We glory in them us fit aml,Se-
ments for Il people generous and brave, quick
in their impulses, and stunning sluggis!ine<S.
We delight i'll the gun and chase. We hail
merry old Christmas and its cheerful sports as
old friends and true, setting the brow free from
care. making the bosoms Of men to glow with
cheerful and friendly motions, calling friends 10
the festive board and to the exchange o. kind
thoughts and sentiments, and sending NIL away
to run in ioy(ulness tleir course of duty until
the invitations to JOY and m;rth are again r.-
newed. Thcpages of the PIONEER will. there
fore be enlivened with lively chronicles of OK
ploils in the sports ofthr field, and withspritcd
sketches Of the fun and foc that merry old
Christmas lets loose upon us. We will also, in
order 10 please all. rive weekly abstract of the
most important news Of the day. And for the
fair practsers upon the Piano OF Guitar. shall
occasionally embellish our pages with original
and selected Music.
II is fortunate circumstance for the interest