Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-07-11
TEhe s0.stEleraa E1ioneer:

BEowSm CusuSEY& Nc { CAFFERTY. Publishers,
CHARLEs " YATT RICE. Ldi;0r.
He Su,.ili Is tie na,uraihn Ui LITERATURE
She has ever been 20. Humel slrO led
and sung under the rays of the itrvl,l sun; lla-
ly aud Erepcc, have. from tiIrir first wak' ming
! Into heing rs cvZe,i MniOns, anortrt. their
| Poets and Orators. The Literary pilgrim
ever bends his step to the South OF Europe, as
his most favor ed shrine; while there. fond me.
mon les trong Ia his mn d, ni the epic strains of
Homer, the suUtilng m usllres o! til Mantan
Swan, the rXuIiimg odes oil Horace and the
biting Sarcasllls OF Juvenal. While in later
tlmrs rec.ns to the memory oi thu fearful
strains oI Dante, the pic measures of the mad
man lasso. the s0it srains of Petra ch. and
the pleasing i'm ges OF Doccacio. And while
thus iohdly rcral Q to memory all these. lie
remembers that they die their inspiration from
the erviI sun OF Ital. and Greece liz feels
in the bamy uir he breatIles, i'll the brilliant
heavens that form tie canopy above him, in
the brancy oi the srll-se that CLOVIS in the hori
zom aud m the int- thu ihe air and r:lnI, spread
over the eartn. the InSplrati,n That 'Orned and
devclo, led the genius OF tose whom he now so
fond y regrets.
Such food for inspiration does the Literary
| pilgrim lid on the classic shores of Italy ard
Greece. and under the ervid -ur Of The South.
! And IS i. possible hat Il intied cline IN the
WrSter tlcm:.ph re- prcsc L. no ;ara lei TO
| iilis! 10 IT,: same sun. the s:im bra cv of
the ca..Opy OF the clulluS. the same Q orOus
I SnIl--et-. G ans 'clI tInts up0m he landscape
.rd no Inspiration h"re A wilder. Il srore
abrupt scenery than lazy or Greece nn bnaSt.
spra III lIvms tues To heir be" ders " Lille
with these dm ;a olnes> ut as, scape upon
N..,I ,..,i,
lrramS. Glorious wat r'afiS an.i streaming cass-
| cades. IRE ever, wIIer Claimi then urs"ip-
pers in t ,u>e viii" dwell amni g them. And do
all .ese afford 10 inspiration! 'rLey do n
spne; they nave S;:olien in Tie eoGnpn | me- OF
t.,e Rleugrs and ri cklrys o. the tcvolr ton,
he, AVE spok II III tie I''lisllcd pa es oi ii
| ,iriinke; thev are Ow spcain in the sirail
ufi Charlton aiiiI man, Wilde. Smms. Noes,
i3uit, Prrdl ton. TicE or Witlirk in iire ilh-
II srrnes OF Il l.nigStreet and II tile vivid
,k.lrles Oi Il ) inng. Nare, or ow. and No
:ane. Ay, more. they a.r .p akng 1t the
! OuSands Of lLe innii.. wn cast back to the
,lniIntaIn- the WA. rlalls III >t'anI-, ,rIrrir
l. ratio in living iOn :. aud whose wild
rl.s through are pun i"allD,- sometimes star
tie ub ic ear. Til do speak in these
,.nu+and whn with Il p'"prr me'iinn for
.rilr,uuc ing their thoughts lO The public
0aii eecirlIy the " rid hy their eloquent
| .,.rs. or docs the ouiii jac, lrr ins!rIra-
IN her hist, ric cinrdcnt>. !, hrie' reference
ti,r rn.d of each itl, 'dual 20 the striking
dcnls i lie callv history Of "arh of the
ulurm tires will cnrvi &c Him that they
| i'rd rci. materials i;um which the ready p n
v draw or amusement AID instruction. But
..ufG l,llll all tiesr ilI the leisure amt mprOr-
.Iics 10: mcll,a cultivation that her domestic
| tulinrlS afford her citizens. pres nj strong
| 81 ;uds o. belief that lie South is dies
| ed 10 bcrurrc tie centre Of lii' rarv iner:St
l,Gis Ieisll,r aud this opportunity for mrpal
.,vnliun f,;d no parallel ANY other country
/, natural % be ieve that the So,i'b l. des'rd
,ec"rne to the world ina rH'w era what
T., re was o the world IN the ald.
! l'his Is ON prot; sSion of faith We believe
word that NJ part of the world has greater
a., resources within herself or Is better
ala ed from her natural scenery, the pecIi-
".i,es of her climate The leisure of her citi-
- ani her gene"ll advantages. to l:rrnnlc an
li''rntv literary community, than the outiI-
,atHs OF this comlrderacy. This s ,he
| 1rln o which W. intend TO rails" a Ifcckiy
| raai to w!iicr Snnth"r writer's shal! de ighI
-:,!iribu;c, and wt;;c! t!!::2 wFoc Snuth shall
| ...,r d to claim IL ilS own. Believing most
.,ly hat success will attend or exrrtons no
.,r will BE- SHARED Ia dlaw lr"m every portion
lie S,n,h. contributions upon ever, subject
| ,,.h. while they slmll he off hi i.h character,
EVER range
ON crave tu gay. fromIive to severe"
We believe that the iri~ti;utnlions OF thr
.. are founedin :he innuiable laws OF the
- of at re- We believe that % them Will
,uill fabric of .lory a:d greatness TO lie
u. We believe especially that they al:
the Southern States iIe means OF out
ctr q the rest Of the ord i'll their litrrar
cufea Nnd we knuw that these are times o
| ecul ~ er to these Institutions; wc Hnuw
,,e now attacked hv the insidionS lin
Is by The open enemy. We shall there
ilce our Journal as Il sentinel Oh the
C slower Of Southern institutions. ever
.hiut for attacks. and ever ready to repel
We delight in the anusom"mts and holidays
! q South We gl"iy in hem as fit amli-e.
cats for n people generous and brave, quick
'',rir impulses and stunning sugglshneSs.
- deighr in the gun and chas.. We hail
| .urfrv old Christmas and its cheerful sports as
friends and true. scling the brow irer from
| 70 making the bOsoms Of men to glow with
| .erlu andirendly emotions calling friends To
! rf stive bnar'i n d to the exchange Of kinl
ungiils ana Sril'lfhe'itS anu Sehu'm@ hii AWAY
run in ioyiulress tHeir co"lse OF duty until
q Invitations TO ioY and mirth are again re-
awed. The pages of the PIuSEER will there
~. be enIivened with lively chronicles ofcx
its in the sports oftll' field aud wirhspiiited
| ,etcI,os o the fun aud lrolic that merry old
Christmas lie = luose npom us. We will also. in
rider to please aI, "ivea weekly abs'ract ofthe
most important news of the day. And for the
fair nractisers upon the Piano OF Guitar. shall
occasionally embrli<h onr pages with original
,nd selected Music.
1t is fortunate circumstance for the interest
of work of this nature. that the field of Liera-
tire Mt the South is. rs yet. comparatively nn-
trndden Tie Literary r sources OF the South
rrcut ~ they are acknowledged to he. are as yet