Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-05-30
PROSPECTUS.

PROSPECTUS. -----,
VIII be published in augusta, Ga. on the frs
Saturday of October, 1888, the first number
of Weckiy Journal, to be caLed
The Southern Pioneer:
Devoted to the Literature, Institutions and
Amusements of the South.
BROWNE, CusHNEY& Nj CAFFERTY, Publisher,
CHARLES WYATT RICE, Editor.
a~HE South is the natural home OF Literature
She hasever been so. Homer stroIed
and sung under the rays of the fervid sun; lla-
ly and Greece, have, from their first Weakening
into being rs civilized nations afforded their
Poets and Orators. The Literary pilgrim
ever bends his step TO the South of Europe, as
his most favored shrine; while there, fond me.
mories throng to his mind, of the epic strains of
Homer, the soothing measures of the Mantuan
Swan, the exuting odes Of Horace, and the
biting sarcasms Of Juvenal. While in later
times recling to the memory of the fearful
strains OF Dante, the epic measures of the mad.
man Tasso, the soft strains Of Petrarch. and
the pleasing i'm ges Of Boccacio. And while
thus fondly recalling 10 memory all these, lie
remembers that they drewlheir inspiration from
the fervid sun Of Italy and Greece. He feels
| in the balmy air he breatlles, in the brilliant
heavens that form the canopy above him, in
the brilliancy of the sun-se thatglows in the hor
zon, and in the tints that the air and cline spread
over the earti the inspiration that formed and
developed the genius Of those whom he now so
fondly regrets.
Such food for inspiration does the Literary
pilgrim find on the classic shores of Italy and
Greece, and under the fervd sun of the South.
And is it possible that a kindred cline in he
! Western Hemisphere presents no parallel 10
thisl Do the same sun, the same brinncy of
the canopy of the clouds, the same glorious
sunsets, Tie same rich tints upon the landscape
afford ITO inspiration herel A wilder, more
abrupt scenery than Italy or Greece can boast,
speak in living tones to their beloders While
with these an Italian soltness of landscape upon
the Ashley, the Savannah and other favorite
streams, glorious waterfalls and streaming cas-
cades, are every where claiming their worship
pers in those who dwell among them And do
all these afford no inspiratlon2 They do in
spire; they have spoken in the eloquent tones of
the Rutledges and Pinckneys of the Revolution;
they have spoken in the polished pages Of
Grimke; they are now speaking in the strains
of Charlton, aGillman, Wilde, Smlns, Meek,
Butt, Pendleton, Ticknor. Witick, in The faith.
full scenes of a Longstreet, and in the vivid
sketches ola Strong. Ware, Morrow, and Mo.
ragne. Aye, more, they are speaking in the
thousands of the young. who cast back to the
mountains, the waterfalls and the streams, ,lheir
inspiration in living tones, and whose wild
songs through rare publications sometimes star.
tie the public ear. They do speak in these
thousand who with proper medium for
communicating their thoughts to the public,
would elecrify the world by their eloquent
notes. Nor does the South lack for inspira-
ton in her historic incidents. briefreference
in the mind of each individual to the striking
incidents in the early history OF each of the
Southern States, will convince him that they
afford rich materials from which the ready pen
may draw for amusement and instruction. But
more than all these do the leisure and oppor.
tunities for mental cultivation that her domestic
institutions afford her cilizcns, present strong
grounds Of belief that the South is des-
tined to become the centre of literary interest
As this leisure and this opportunity for mental
cultivation find no parallel in any other country
it is natural 10 believe that the South is destined
to become 10 the world "a new era what
Greece was 10 the world " the old.
This is our profession of faith. We believe
in word, TINT no part of the world has greater
literary resources within, herself, or Is better
calculated from her natural scenery, the pecu,
Iiarities of her climate. the leisure of her cit-
zens, and her general advantages, to become an
eminently literary community, than the South
ern States Of this confederacy. This is The
platform on which we intend to raise Ueekiu
Journal, to which Southern writers shall delight
10 contribute, and which the whole South shall
be proud to claim as its own. Believing most
firmly that success will attend our exertons no
effort will be spared to diaw from every portion
of the South, contributions upon every subject
which, while they shall be Of high character,
shall ever range
From grave to gay, from lively 10 severe"
We believe that the Institutions of the
South are founded in the immutable laws of the
God of Nature We believe that on them will
be built fabric of glory and greatness to The
South. We believe especially that they af
tord to the Southern States the means of out.
stripping the rest Of the world in their literary
career. And we know that these are times of
peculiar danger to these institutions; we know
that they are now attacked by tho insdous foe
| As well as by the open enemy. We shall there
| fore place our Journal as n sentinel on the
watcli.tower of Southern institutions, ever
watchfnl for attacks, and ever ready to repel
| them.
We delight in the amusements and holidays
of the South. We glory in them as fit amuse-
ments for n people generous and brave, qnick
in their impulses, and stunning sluggishness.
We delight in 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 emotions, calling friends 10
the festive board and to the exchange Of kind
| Thoughts and sentiments, and sending all away
to run in ioyfulness their course of duty until
the invitations to Joy and mirth are again re-
newed. The pages Of the PIONEER will, there
fore be enlivened with lively chronicles ofe1-
ploits in the sports the field, and witbspirited
sketches of the fun and frolic that merry old
Christmas lets loose upon us. We will also, in
order TO please oil. give weekly abstract ofthe