Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-06-27
The Southern Pioneer:

Of a Ueekiy Journal. TO be c"ftcd
The Southern PiOmeer:
Devoted to lhe Literature, Institutions and
AmnSemenls OF the .'oulh.
BRowS Z, CusHNEY& MCCAFFERTi Publishers,
CHARLES WYATT RICE, Editor.
HE South is tile na;uralnone Ol Literature
She has ever brcn 20. Hunler slroled
and sung under the rays of the icrvId sIIu la-
" and Greece, have, from their first wan. nIng
Into beiI. It's civilized nalors, anorde, heir
Poets and Orators. The Literary pIar
ever bends hIs step to The South OF Luropr, as
his most favored Sllrlne; while there. fond me-
nurles throng To IN. miid, ol the epic strains of
Homer, the snntlIn. III assures OF tn Mantlian
Swan, the cXulling odeS o Horace and the
biting SarcaslIls OF Juvenal. " lille in later
times recr. to the memory OF the fearful
strains oi Dante, rhe PIC measures OF the mad.
man lassO. the suil siraIlS. of Pctr;u ch, and
the pleasing i'm gcs ol Doccacio. And while
Illus ioudly recall. . 10 memory all these. ne
remembers that they dl ew their nspiralio, from
the lcryi sun Of Ita, and Greece. He feels
10 the balmy air he brealIles, in the brilliant
heavens that form the canopy above him. in
the briIiancy of the sll-ser that glows in the ori
Il,ard in the Ints thai The air and Line spread
over the eart,. the Insplraii"n that formed and
developed the genius OF those whom he NOW so
iOnd.y re:rels.
Such food for inspiration does the Literary
pilgrim lind on the classic shores oi Italy and
Greece, and under the iervid sun Of The South.
And is il possible hat Il kindred cline in the
Western Hemisphere presents no para lei to
this! DO the s;lllle sun. the samr brilliarcy of
the canopy of the clouds, the same glorious
Sllil-Sets. lue Sani rich tlnts upon he landscape
aii;rd III inspiration here. A wilder, IL more
abrupt scenery than Italy or Greece can boast.
speak in living tones to their beho ders. While
with these an ltalian soitness 0t landscape upon
the Ashley the Savannah and other iavOrte
lreanls. glorious waterfalls AMI streaming cass-
cades, are every where claiming tlle worship
pcrs in those who dwell among them. And DO
all these afford 10 inspiration! They do m
spire; they nave spoken in the eloquent tnncs o
the RmtedgrS and Pinckneys Of the Revolution;
they have spoken in the polished pages of q
Grimke; they are now speaking in the strains
of Charlton aGilnan, Wilde. Simns, VI cek
Butt, Pcndctou, Ticknor. WilIick i'll the faith
fnI scenes of Longstreet, and in the vivid
sketches OF Il Strong. Ware, Morrow, and Mo
rasne. Aye, more. they are speaking III the
thousands of the young, who cast back to the
inspiration in living tones, and whose wild
somgs thrOug 1t rare publications sometimes star
tie the llbiic ear. They do speak in these
thousand who with Il proper medium for
their thoughts to the public,
would elecirify the world by their eloquent
notes. Nor does the South lack for inspira-
ton in her historic incidents. A brielreferenct
in the mind of each individual TO the striking
incidents in the early history of each OF the
Southern Stares. will convince him that they
afford rich materials from which the ready pen
may draw Tor amusement and instruction. But
more than all these do the leisure and oppor-
tnniles for mental cultivation that her domestic
institutions afford her citizens, prescnt strong
grounds OF belief that the South is des.
fined to became the centre of literary interest,
~ this leisure and this opportunity inl mental
cultivation find no parallel in any other country
it is natural to believe thatthe South is destined
to become TO the world in Il new era villa
Greece was 10 tlIr world in lhc old.
This is our profession OF faith. We belIev'
in word, that no part of the world has create
literary resources within herself or Is better
from her natural scenery, the perll-
liarites of her climate the leisure Of her citi-
zens. and her general advantages. to become an
emnently literary community, than the SOUTH
ern States of this confaderacy. This is the
platform on which we intend TO raise Il Ueckiy
Journal. to which Southrr writer's sha dengll.
10 contribute. and which the Whole South shall
he proud to claim IL lis own. Believing most
frlnly that success will attend our exert 0IiS no
4,
Of the South contributions upon ever, subject
which. while they shall be ofa hig character,
shall ever range
From grave to gay. from lively TO severe"
We believe that the institutions of thu
South are founded in the iinmntabIe laws Of the
God Of Nature We believe that on them will
be bui fabric of glory and greatness 10 the
South. We believe especially thai the, at.
ford to the Southern Srtes the means Of out
stripping the rest Of the Orld in their literary
career. And we know that these are times of
necuiar danger to these Institutions; We know
that they are now attacked by the lnsidions in'.
rs well us by the open enemy. We shall there
fore place our Journal as a srntinel or thu
of Southern institutions. ever
vatchinl for attacks, and ever ready to repcl
them.
We delight in the amusemcnts and holidays
of the South. We glory in them as fit amuse-
ments for people generous and brave. quick
in their impulses. and stunning snggishness
We delight in the gun and chas". We hail
merry old Christmas and its cheerful sports rs
old friends and true, setting the brow free from
care. making the bosoms of men to glow with
cheerful and friendly emotions. calling friends 10
the f,stive board and to the exchange Of kind
thoughts aud sentiments, and sending all away
to run in joyfulness their course OF dnty until
the invitations TO joy and mirth are again rc-
newed. The pages of the PIONEER will, there
fore be enlivened with lively chronicles off
plnits in the sports ofth field, and withspirited
sketcI,rs Of the fun and frolic that merry old
Christmas LET'S loose upon us. We will also, in
order to please ALL give weekly abstract ofthe
most important news OF the day. And for the
fair nractiscrs upon the Piano o, Guitar shall
occasionally embrllish our pages with original
and selected Music.
1t is fortunate circumstance for the interest
of work Of this nature. that the field of .itcra-
ture at the South is. rs yet. comparatively nm