Madison Whig advocate. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1839-1841, 1839-08-03
PROSPECTUS o. THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER

"HIS Is a monthly Magazine, dsvotsd
chiefly 10 Literature, bat occasionally
finding room also for articles that iau wighin
the scope OF Science and not PEetesssug an
entire disdain OF tasteful selections. EaaaEh ITS
matter has been as Il will continue % b. ln s1e
main original
Party politics and controversial Theolozv-
as far as possible. are Isalously exriadsc-
They are sometimes 50 blended with &issus-
siOns in literature N moral scieure, other
wise uRObleenOnable, as 20 gaia adElttarrs
for the sake of the more valuable ulaiter e.
which they adhere but whenever that hargasEs
they are incidental onlys not primary They
are dTOSS tolerated only because Be eamu1f
well be severed from the sterling ore wheEswIlh
It is incorporated
Reviews and critical notices 0ccuPy saslr
due space IN the wOrk. and it Is she sdiEal's
aim that they should have a shreetold tsndsn-
cy-to convey IN a condensed tarua, suca Vala-
able truths or interesting incidents IS are EN-
bodied in the works reviewed-yo dlrsct chs
readers attention 10 books that deserve o.
read,-and TO warn rim against wasting rluas
and money upon THAI large nuateer, yAich
merit only TO be burned. In tins age. uf rut-
LEGATIONS, that BY their variety and nruluf1ds
distract and Overwhelm every undiscriuliuat,ng
student, impartial criticism, governed hv che
views Just mentioned - one Of the mnsl in-
estimabie nd indispensable Of azxiiiaEss. 90
him who does wish % discriminate
Essays and tales, having view 20 utiT5rv cr
amusement, bOth-Historiezl Sketehe=-
and "reminiscences OF too uEaute tor His-erF,
yet elueidatiag it and beightsnIng rs tuteress-
may be regarded as tormiag the sgsPle - tae I
work And of indigenous PoerFy, eneuga 81 4
published-sometimes of no msan ssraiu-te
manifest and to cultivate the growing Paetry
taste and talents Of our e0anfFy-
The time appears, for several rsasaus- o.
demand such a work and not one alouF. ouE
MANY The public miad = fevsTish and lrrlEa-
ted still, from recent political ssrifes- TAs
soft assuasiEe influence q literature = neede1-
to allav that fever and sTnoOthe that irritaslol-
Vice and folly are rioring abroad they s1auil \
be driven BY indignant rebuSe. OF lashed ~ Il
into their fitting hands Ignorance
lords IL an immense prap0rti0R OF our pe0-
pie. Every spring should be set IN motion, 60
arouse the enlightened, and 10 increase their
number; so that the great enemy Ct popular
government NAV no longer brood, like par-
tentioUs cloud over the dsstinies OF ear eeun
try. And 70 accomplish all these ends, Vhar 4
more powerful agent can be employed, than . i
periodical, on the plan OF the Message Il shaf
plan can be carried out IN Praetiees
The South peculiarly requires such an agent.
In all the Union, south OF WashingtOu, there
are but two literary periodicals. Northwari i
of that city, there probably are al ieasS twenty
five thirty. Is this contrast Justified b. The
wealth, the leisure, the native salsat, OF tbs
actual literary taste, OF the Southern pcoqls.
compared with those OF the Northern Ne
for IN wealth, talents and taste, we nav luStIV
claim at least an equality with oar brsEherns
and a domestic institution exclusively eur on q
beyond all doubt, affords u, "a we ch0ess
twice the leisure for reading and writing "a hlch
enjoy.
IL was from deep sense Of this local wast
that the word Southern was enzraftsd on thts
periodical; and not with any design 20 uourssh
local preJudiees; OF TO advocate supposed loe1l
interests Far from any such thought. IL Is the
editors fervsnt wish TO see the North and the
South bound endsaringly together forsver. 81
The silken bands OF mutual kindness and ats &C.
iion- Far from meditating hostility ss the
North, he has already drawn. ana he hops
therefore 10 draw much of hrs choicest matter
thence: and happy indeed viii he deem him
sell, should ms pages. ~ making each resleu
know the other better, Contribute la anv e.
'entiai degree 10 dispel the Lowering slouGs
hat nov threaten the peace OF both, and ,o
brighten and strengthen the sacred ties Of fra
ernal love.
The Southern Literary Message has nos
reached the Ilth No of the third volume-f
How lar It has acted out the ideas here uttered
5 not tor the editor TO say. He BELIEVES. bow
sver, that 1t falls not further short OF them.
han human weakness usually makes Psaetice
all short OF theory.
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