The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-09-25
PROSPECTUS OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER
THOMAS W. WHITE. EDITOR AND Proprietor

SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER
THOMAS W. WHITE EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
/ THIS is A MONTHLY MAGAZINE devoted
chiefly TO literature, bur occasionally finding room
for articles that fall within the scope OF Science and not
protesting entire disdan of tasteful selections thong
It's matter has BEEN it will continue 10 be- the MAJ
original
Party politics and controversial theology as far as pos
| sibe, jealousy excluded. They ase sometime,
blended with discussions in literature moral science
otherwise unobjectonabe, TO gain admittance oru
sake Of the valuable matter which they adhere
but whenever that happens they incidental only no
primary. They dross, tolerated only because il can
not well be severed from the sterling wherewiih
Incorporated
Reviews and Critical Notices occupy their due spa
in the work; and 1t is the editors aim that they sou
have threeiold tendency--tq convey in condensed
FORM such valuable truths Interesting incidents
embodied in the works revewed-to direct the readers
attention TO books that deserve be read and TO
HIM against wasting time and money upon that large
ber which merit only be burned In this age Of pub
cations that by CHER variety and multitude distract and
oyerwhelm every undscrminating student, impartial
CRITICISM governed by the views just mentioned Of
the most inestmable and indispensable of auxlaries
him who does wish to discriminate.
Essays and Tales having in viewutly or amusement,
or both,-Historcal Sketches,-and "reminiscences of
events too minute for history yet Calculating and height
ening its interestingly he regarded forming the staple
OF the work And OF indigenous poetry, enough Is pub
llshed-sometimes of stranto manifest and TO
cultivate the growing poetica taste and talents of
country.
The times appear for several reasons to demand such
work-and not alone, but many The public mind
is feversh and iritaed STILL from political strifes
The soft assuasive influence Of literature is needed
alay that fever and soo,he that irritation Vice and folly
rotng abroad They should be ariven by indignant
rebuke, dashed by rd,cue, into their fitting haunts
Ignorance lords IL immense proportion of our
people Every spring should be set in MOTION, arouse
the enlightened and increase their number that the
great enemy of popular government may no longer BROOD
like portentous cloud the destnes OF our country.
And 10 accomplish all these ends, what more powerful
agent be employed than periodical on the plan OF
the Messenger if that plan be but earned out IN practice
The South, peculiarly, requires snch an agent In all
the Union south Of Washington there but literary
periodicals. Woodward Of that city, there probably at
least twenty five thirty Is this contrast justified by
the wealth. the leisure. the native talent, the actual
literary Of the Southern people, compared with those
Of the Northern? Mo- for in wealth, talents and taste
may Justly claim at least equality with our bre-
thren and domestic institution exclusively our own
beyond all doubt affords u.s. if we choose, twice the leisure
for reading and writing, which they enjoy.
IL was from deep sense OF this local want, that the
word SOUTHERN was engrafted on the name OF tins
periodical and with any design TO noush local pre-
udces advocate supposed local interests Far from
any such thought is the editors ervent wish TO see the
North and South bound endearingy together forever In
the siken bands of mutual kindness and affection Far
from meditatng hostility 10 the North, he has already
drawn he hopes draw much Of his choicest
matter thence; ano happy indeed will he deem himself
should his pages by making each region know the other
better, contribute any essential degree TO dispe the
lowering clouds that threaten the peace Of both and
brighten and strengthen the sacred ties OF fraerna
love.
The Southern Literary Messenger has now reached the
fifth No Of it's third volume How far has acted the
ideas here uttered it is not for the editor to say He
believes however, that it falls further short Of them
than human weakness usually makes practice fall short o.
theory.
The Messenger is issued monthly Each number Of the
work contains 81 large superroya pages, printed IN the
very handsomest manner, type, and paper
equal least that which any Other periodical is
printed in our country
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and must commence with the The price ~
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