State rights and democratic union. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1839-18??, 1839-08-13
PROSPECTS OF TIL
SOFT HERN LITERARY AIESsEN O ER,

- n. willie, Editor an Proprietor.
|rrv4rs i ! non.hIy nugnsins, devoted chiefly g
literature, but occasionally finding fOomios
.rl;eIes 1hal ri within the Scope 81 science; and
nat nrofesslne an entire disdain Of tasteful
thcuv its MISTER hasbeen, - Il win continue 70 be,
P@rsv uolitics aud Controversial sheology, ~ far
~ uossibIe. are ieaIou5y excluded They are some
Ieea q blended with discussions Ii literature OF 10
moral scieuce otherwise unohjecicnable, as g gam
Iaamitfance for the sake Of the more valuable mat
Ter d which they adhere; but whenever hat hap
are dross tolerated only because Il cannot well Be
severed fsom tho sterling ore wherewith it, incor-
lpomtea.
Reviens and cri.ical notices occupy their de
space in the work. and L 4 the ediloEs aim that
lshey should have three fold tendency-to convey
lin condensed form such valuable truths or inter
esting incidents as are embodied il the works re.
viewed, and to warn him against wasting time and
money upon the large nnmber, which merit only 60
be burned. In this age ofpublicatiops, that By their
variety and multitude diatract and oyerwhelm every
Understanding student, impartial criticism govern.
led By the views just mentioned. 10 one Of the most
nestimable ard Indispensable auxiliaries him who
wishes 10 discriminate.
ESSAYS and tales, having IN view utility or muse.
ent, Of both, historical sketches, and reminiscen.
ces Of too minuse for history, yet calculating
IL and frightening ils interest," NAV be regarded as
poatry, enough IL published OF no mean
strai--to manifest and cnltiyafc the poeteal taste
and talents nf our equity.
The times appear, for several reasons, to demand
such wOrk-ana NOT one alone, bnt many The
public mind Is feverish and irFitated still from re.
cent political strife. The soft, assnasive influences
of literature needed TO alay that ever and so0ths
that irritation. Vice and folly rioting abroad
they should be driven b indignant rebule or dashed
by rdcule into rheir citing haus. Ignorance lords
itoyer an immense portion IL our people. Every,
spring should be set in notion the enliglt.
ened. and 10 increase their number; so that the
great enemy Of popular government NAV no longer
brood, like portentons cloud dver The testnies of
our country. And to accompisb all these ends,
what more powerful agent can b. employed than q
periodical the plan q the Messenger If thai plan
be but carried out iu practice.
| The South, peculiarly, requires such an AGENT.
IT. all the union south of " ashngton there are but
two literary periodicals. Norhward Of that citv.
there are probably AT least, twenty-five thirty! Is
this contrast justified by the wealth. the leisure. the
native ttlc. the actual literary taste of the South
ern people compared with those Of the Northern7
No: for in wealth, talents and TASTE may Justly
claim, at least, equalt, with bFethren and
domestic institution exclusively own. beyond all
doubt af1ds ne, ii choose twice The leisure for
reading and writing, which they enjoy.
II was deep of this local want, That the
word sOntherR ergrated on the name of this pc.
Fiodical, and not with any design to nourish local
pEejudices, to advocate supposed local interests.
Far tom any SUCH thought, II is the editors fervent
wish to seethe north and south bound enearirlv to.
gether forever, in the sisen bands of mutual kiaa-
ness and afFec,ion. Far from meditaiinR hostility 10
the North. he has already drawn. and he hopes here.
after to draw much Of his choicest matter thence and
happy indeed will he deem himself should his pages
by making each region know the other better con-
tribute in any especial degree to dispel the lowering
clouds that threaten the peace OF both, and TO
strengthen the sacred lies of fraterDal love-
The Southern Literary Messenger has now reach.
ed the eth number of its third volume. How far il
has acted out the ideas here uttered il not for the
editor to say. he believes however, that it falls no
further short of them than human weakness usually
ma es practice fall short of theory.
The u ESSENGER is issued monthly. Each nun.
Der Of the work contains sxty-ieur large super-roya
pages. printed in very handsome manner, on new
type, and on paper equal at least To that on which
any othsf periodical is printed IN county
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