The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-09-04
PROSPECTUS OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER

PROSPECTUS OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER,
THOMAS W. WHITE, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
THIS is A MONTHLY MAGAZINE, dsvorsr
i chiefly TO literature, but occasionally finding
for articles that fall within the scope Of Science and
processing entire disdan Of tasteful selections ihes
its matter has BEEN as it viii continue to be, in the
original
Party politics and controversial theology as far as pos
sibe, jealousy excluded. They sometimes
blended with discussions in literature moral
otherwise unobjectionale, to gain admttance
sake of the valuable matter to which they adhere
but whenever that happens they incidental only
primary They dross, tolerated only because
not we'll be severed from the sterling ore wherewitht
Incorporated @s.
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 a condensed
FORM such valuable truths interesting incidents
embodied in the works reviewed. Ito direct the readers
attention To books that deserve to be readand 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 fher variety and multitude distract and
over~hem every undiscriminating student, impartial
criticism, governed by the views Just mentioned Of
the most lnesmable and indispensable of auxllares 10
him who does wish to discriminate
Essays and Tales having in view utility amusement
or bo'h,--Hlstoncal Sheches-and "reminiscences of
events for history yet Calculating it, height
en'ng its interest may be regarded forming the staple
Of the work And Of indigenous poetry enough is pub
shed-sometmes of no mean stran-to manifest and TO
cultivate the growing poetlcal taste and talents OF our
country t...". ~ F#.
The times appear for several reasons to demand such
Work-and not one alone, but many. The public mind
IS everish and rrated STILL from recent political srfes
The soft, assuasve influence Of literature is needed to
aay that fever and soothe that irritation Vice and folly
roting abroad They should b. driven by indignant
rebuke or dashed by rdicule, into their fitting haunts
Ignorance lords it over an immense proportion OF our
people Every spring should be set in motion 10 arouse
the enlightened and increase their number that the
great enemy Of popular government may no longer hop
like portentous cloud, the destnes OF our county
nd IN ISh nj fbpga rnhS vkhn nnT
agent be employed than periodical the plan OF
the Messenger If that plan be but carried in pracce
The South, peculiarly, requne~ such an agent In ally
the Union, south Of Washington there are but two literary
periodicals Nohward of that city, there probably at
least twenty five thirty Is this contrast justified by
the wealth. the leisure the native talent or the actual
literary Of the Southern people, compared wilhthose
of the Norhern Mo- for in wealth, talents and taste,
may Justly claim at least equality with our bre-
then; and domestic institution exclusively our own,
beyond all doubt affords if choose, twice the leisure
for reading and writing, which they ENJOY
1t was from deep Of this local want, that the
word SOUTHERN engraffed on the name OF this
periodical and not with design TO noursh local pre-
udices advocate supposed local interests Far from
any such thought il is the editors ervent wish to the
North and South bound endearngy together forever IN
the silken bands of mutual kindness and affection Far
from meditang hostility to the North, he has already
drawn and he hopes hereafter draw much Of his choicest
matter thence happy indeed will he deem himself,
better contribute any essential degree TO dispe the
lowering clouds that threaten the peace of BOTH and
to brighten and strengthen the sacred ties OF raternA
love. .
The Southern Literary Messenger has now reached the
fifth No. of its third volume. How far has acted out the
ideas here uttered il is not for the editor to He
believes however, that falls not further short Of them
than human weakness usually makes practice fall short of
theory.
work contains GA large super pages, printed in the
very handsomest manner on new type, and on paper
equal Mt least to that on winch any other periodical is
No subscription viii he received for less than volume
and must commence with the current The price
IS per volume, which must be paid in al cases al the time
of subscribing This is particularly adyercd to now 10
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no order will hereafter be attended to unless accompanied
with the price OF subscription.
The postage on the Messenger cents on any sin
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All communications or letters relative the Messea
oer INNS, he addressed 10 THOMAS w. WHITE
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