The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-10-26
PROSPECTUS OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER,
THOMAS W. WHITE. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER
THOMAS w. WHITE. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
THIS is MONTHLY MAGAZINE, devoted
i chiefly 10 literature, but occasionally finding room
for articles that fall within the scope Of Science and
protesting entire disCan of tasteful selsoois hut
It's matter has been, it will continue 10 be, the
original
Party politics and controversial theology as far as pos
| sble, lealousy excluded. They sometimes
blended With discussions in literature moral
otherwise unohectionale, 10 gain admance orth
sake of the valuable matter to which they adhere
but whenever that happens, they are incidental only
primary They dross, tolerated only because
not well be severed from the sterling wherewnh
Reviews and Critical Notices occupy their due spa
in the work and it is the editors aim that they shou
have threeold tondency-to convey in condensed
form, such valuable truths interesting incidents
embodied IN the works revewedto direct the readers
attention books that deserve be read,-and 10
ber which merit only to be burned In this age OF publ
cations that by their variety and multitude distract and
over~helm every undiscriminating student, impartial
criticism governed by the views Just mentioned Of
the most nestimable and indispensable OF auxiarles
| him who does wish to discriminate
Essays and Tales having in utility or amusement
\ or both,-Historca Skeches,-and "reminiscences OF
events too minute for history calculating it. and height
enng It's interestingly be regarded as forming the staple
OF the work And Of indigenous poetry enough Is pub
Understandings Of no mean straino manifest and 10
cultivate the growing poetca taste and talents oil our
country
The times appear, for several reasons demand such
a work-and not alone, bu, many The public mind
is fevcrsh and irritated STILL from recent political sucs
The soft assuasive influence Of literature is needed TO
aay that fever and soothe that irritation Vice and folly
roting abroad They should be driven by indignant
rebuke, dashed by ndicule into their fitting hauns.
Ignorance lords 1t over an immense proportion OF our
people. Every spring should be set in motion, to
the enlightened and to increase their number so that the
great enemy Of popular government may no longer BROOD
like portentous cloud the destnes OF country.
And accomplish all these ends, what powerful
be employed than periodical, the plan OF
the Messenger if that plan be but carried out in practice
The South, peculiarly requ',es, such an agent IN o
the Union, south Of Washington there but two Literary
periodicals. Norhward Of that city there probably AZ
east twenty-five or thirty is this confirms, justified ly
the wealth, the leisure. the native talent or the actual
literary OF the Southern people, compared with those
Of the Nor,hen No. for in wealth, talents, and taste,
may Justly claim at least equality with our bre-
thren; and a domestic institution exclusively our own,
beyond all doubt affords If choose twice the leisure
for reading and writing, which they enjoy.
1t from deep of this local want, that the
word SOUTHERN was engrafted the OF this
periodical and not with any design TO nourish local pre-
JUDGES, advocate supposed local interests Far from
any such thought it is the editors erveni wish to see the
North and South bound endearngy together forever,
the siken bands Of mutual kindness and affection Far
from medtating hostility to tie North he has already
drawn and he hopes hereafter draw much Of his choicest
matter thence happy indeed win he deem himself
should his pages by making each region know the other
lowering clouds that threaten the peace Of both and
brighten and strengthen the sacred ties OF fratenai
love.
The Southern Literary Messenger has now reached the
fifth No Of its third vofame How far it has acted out the
ideas here uttered it is not for the editor to say He
believes however that falls not further short OF them
than human weakness usually makes practice fall short OF
theory.
The Messenger is issued monthly. Each number OF the
work contains 81 large superroya pages printed IN the
very handsomest manner, ON new type, and on paper
equal a. least to that on which other periodical Is
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