The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-07-06
PROSPECTUS OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER
THOMAS W. WHITE, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

H. THOMAS ". WHITE, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR,
( THIS IS A MONTHLY MAGAZINE, dcyo,rd
chiefly 10 literature but occasionally finding ROOM
for articles thai fall Within the scope OF Science and
protesting entire dsdain Of tasteful sescoRs thong
It's matter has een, it will continue TO be, in the maj
original.
Party politics and controversial theology MS far as nos
slble ealously excluded They sometimes
blended with discussions in literature in moral scsrr
otherw Use unobIectionale TO gain aFnltance ora
sake OF the more valuable matter 10 which they ahGr
b1t whenever that happens they incidental only
primary They dress, tolerated only because
not "c be severed from The sterling ore ~here"ith III
Incorporated.
/ Reviews and Critical Notices occupy their due Sa
in the work and il the editors aim that they shout
lave three'old tendency-to convey IN condensed
form, such valuable truths interesting incidents
embodied in the works reviewed-to direct hr readers
attention 10 books tha deserve TO be ead,and to
him against wasting time and money npon that large
Der, which merit only To I've burned In this age Of pI'
cations that y Their variety and multitude distract AMI
orerN helm every undiscrlmnating student impartial
criticism, governed ly the views just mentioned is one of
the most nesmalhe and indispensable Of auxiares, TO
him who does wish to discriminate. .,.
Essays and Tales having in vcwntlity amusement,
or both,-Eistorical sheches,-and "reminiscences Of
events too minute for history yet Calculating H. and height
enng its interestingly lie regarded forming the staple
OF the work. And Of Indigenous poetry, enough is pub
lished-scmetimes of mean sran--to manifest and to
cultivate the growing poetcal taste and talents OF our
country '.-.
The times appear, for several reasons, demand
wor&-and not one alone ba' many The rn,tr mind
is feyerish and irriated still from political stntes
The son. assuasive influence Of literature IS neededto
aay that fever and sooihe thai irritation Vice aud FOLLY
roting abroad They should IL driven ny Indirran
renke, dashed Ivy rdicule, into their fitting h07i'
ignorance lords il over immense proportion Of o"
people Every spring should he sci IN MOTION 'oan'nse
The cnlishtcned and Increase their number thai the
great enemy OF popular government may Longer No"
like porentous cloud, over the rcs,nies Of country.
And TO accomplish all these ends, wha, pnMcrSl
agent he employed than periodical the plan OF
the Messenger; il that plan e but carried in practice
The Souih peculiarly. reqa.res such agent Ia al
the Union. south Of Washington there are hut two literary
periodicals Northwar Of that city, there probably
least twenty-five thirty Is this contrast testified by
the wealth. the leisure. the native talent. the actual
literary Of the Southern people, compared will hose
Of the Northern No for in wealth. talents, and ls'c,
We may justly claim a, leas, equality with our rc.
hrcn; and domestic institution exclusively our own,
beyond all doubt affords us, if we choose twice the leisure
for reading and writing, which they enjoy. >...
1t was from deep Of this local want, that tie
word SOUTHERN engrafted the Of this
periodical and not with any design TO noursh oca pre-
udices TO advocate supposed local interests Far IRON
any such houxht il is the editors ervent wish 10 see the
North and South hound endearingly together forever
The silken bands Of mutual kindness and affection Far
from medilatng hostility to the North he has already
drawn lie hopes hereafter 10 draw much ofhs choicest
matter thence; ann happy indeed will he deem hpSe
should his pages by making each region know the other
better contribute in any essential degree to dsc the
lowering clouds that threaten the peace of both and
TO brighten and strengthen the sacred ties of fraerl
love.
The Southern Literary Messenger has reached the
fifth No Of it's third volume. How far il has acted out ne
IDEAS here uttered. il is not for the editor TO saw tie
believes how ever that il falls further short Of then
than human weakness usually makes practice fall short OF
theory. ....
The Messenger is issued monthly. Each number OF TIE
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printed in country.
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