The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-10-05
PROSPECTUS OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER,

PROSPECTUS OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER,
THOMAS W. WHITE. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
THIS is MONTHLY MAGAZINE, devoted
Il chiefly to literature, but occasionally finding room
for articles that fall within the scope of Science and
protesting entire dsdain Of tasteful selections, thong
original.
Party politics and controversial theology far as pos
sible are jeaously excluded They sometimes
blended with discussions literature moral
otherwise unobjectionable to gain admttance til
sake Of the valuable matter to which they adhere
but whenever that happens, they incidental only
primary They dross tolerated only because it
not well be severed from the sterling ore wherewh
| incorporated.
Reviews and Critical Notices occupy their due spa
in the work and it is the editors aim that they shout
have threefold tendency--to convey in condensed
FORM such valuable truths interesting incidents
embodied IN the works reviewed-to direct the readers
attention TO books that deserve TO be land to
him against wasting time and money upon that large
ber which merit only to be burned In this age Of publ
cations that by their variety and multitude distract and
over~helm every Understanding student, impartial
criticism, governed by the views just mentioned is of
the most inestimabe and Indispensable Of auxanes TO
him who does wish to discriminate.
Essays and Tales, having in view utility amusement,
or both,-Hstorical Sketches,-and "reminiscences OF
events too minute for history yet calculating it, and height
ening its be regarded forming the staple
OF the work And Of Indigenous poetry, enough is pub
lshed-sometimes Of strain-to manifest and to
cultivate the growing poetcal taste and talents OF our
country.
The times appear for several reasons demand such
work-and not one alone, but many. The public mind
is feverish and rrtated STILL from political strifes
The soft, assuasve influence Of literature is needed
aay that fever, and soothe that irritation Vice and folly
roting abroad They should be- driven by indignant
rebuke, dashed by ridcue, into their fitting hauns.
Ignorance lords 1t over an immense proportion of
people. Every spring should be motion, arouse
the enlightened, and to increase their number that the
enemy Of popular may longer brood,
like portentous cloud the destlnies OF our country
And to accomplish all these ends, VIVA, more powerful
agent be employed than PERIODICAL the plan OF
the Messenger II that plan be but carried in practice
The South, peculiarly requ.ies such agent In all
the Union south Of Washington there but two Literary
periodicals. Northward of that city there probably at
least twenty thirty Is this contrast justified by
the wealth, the leisure the native talent or the actual
literary Of the Southern people, compared with those
Of the Northern No; for IN wealth, talents and TASTE
may Justly claim at least equality with our bre-
thren; and domestic institution exclusively our own,
beyond all doubt affords u.s. if choose twice the leisure
for reading and writing, which they enjoy.
Ii from a deep of this local want that the
word SOUTHERN engrafted on the name OF this
periodical and not with design to nourish local pre-
JUDGES or to advocate supposed local interests Far from
such thought is the editors feryen wish to see the
North and South bound endearngy together forever,
the sken bands of mutual kindness and affection Far
from medating hostility to tire North, he has already
drawn and he hopes to much his choicest
matter thence; ana happy indeed will 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 fraerna
love.
The Southern Literary Messenger has reached the
fifth No of its third volume How far has acted out the
ideas here uttered 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 4.
The Messenger is issued monthly. Each number OF the
work contains GA large superroya pages printed in the
very handsomest manner, on new type, and on paper
equal at least to that which any other periodical Is
printed in our country. ,
No subscription viii he received for less than volume,
landrn st vii
SIS per volume wch mus he paid IN all cases at the time
Of subscribing This particularly adrerted TO now TO
avoid misapprehnnsiun future Observation-Disclosures
no order will hereafter attended TO unless accompanied
with the price OF subscription. ..
The postage on the Messenger cents on any SIN
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An communications or letters relative to the Messen
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