The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-05-25
PROSPECTUS OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER
THOMAS ". WHITE. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR

PROSPECTUS OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER,
THOMAS W. WHITE. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
T,HIs rs A MONTHLY MAGAZINE, devoted
i chiefly TO literature, but occasionally finding ron
for articles that fall within the scope OF Science and moi
protesting entire disdan Of tasteful selections ho,
It's matter has been as it will continue TO be, in the ma
original.
Party politics and controversial theology as far as Dos
sible, are jealousy excluded They sone,lae,
blended with discussions in literature in moral science
otherwise unobectonable, to gain admittance otn
sake OF the valuable matter to which they adhere
but whenever that happens, they incidental only 70
primary. They dross tolerated only because ii Can
not well be severed from the sterling wherewlhn
! incorporated.
Reviews and Critical Notices occupy their due spa
in the work; and it is the editors aim that they so
have threefold tendency-to convey in a condensed
FORM such valuable truths interesting incidents As IRE
embodied in the works reviewedto direct the readers
attention To books that deserve to be ead-and VAN
him against wasting time and money upon that large nun
Der, which merit only to be burned In this age Of publ
cations, that by their variety and multitude distract and
| over" helm every undiscrminating student, impartial
criticism governed by the views just mentioned,
the most inestimabe and indispensable Of auxares
| him who does wish to discriminate.
Essays and Tales, having in vewutility amusement
or both,-Historical Sketches,-and "reminiscences Of
events minute for history, yet Calculating and height
enng its interestmay be regarded forming the staple
OF the work And of indigenous poetry enough is pub
understandings of no mean stran-to manifest and to
cultivate the growing poetica taste and talents OF our
country
The times appear for several reasons to demand
work--and not one alone, but many. The public mind
feverish and tated STILL from political strs
The Soft assuasve influence of literature needed
aay that fever and sooihe that irritation. Vice and @
rotng abroad They should be driven by Indignant
rebuke, dashed by rdcue, into their fitting hsuu
Ignorance lords it over immense proportion OF or
people Every spring should be set in notion to arouse
the enlightened, and to increase their number; thai
great enemy OF popular government may no longer hrr
like portenous cloud, the destnies of
And to accomplish all these ends what more poaeiJl
agent be employed than periodical, the p4' Of
the Messenger il that plan be but carried out in lce
The South, peculiarly, reqnies sncb In all
the Tnon south OF Washington there bu, two literary
periodicals Nonhward Of that city, there are probably
leas, twenty-five thirty Is this contrast justified Nv
the wealth, the leisure. the native talent. the actual
literary taste Of the Southern people, compared ~nb'hoe
of the Northern? Mo- for in wealth talents and TASTE
may justly claim at least equality with our re
thren and domestic institution exclusively
beyond all doubt affords u.s. if choose twice the LEISURE
tor reading and writing, which they enjoy.
II from deep sense Of this local want. tina, the
word SOUTHERN was engrafted on the Of this
periodical and not with any design to noursh local pre-.
JUDGES to advocate supposed local interests Far from
any such Thoughts IL is the editors erveni wish to the
North and South bound endearingly together forever
the sken hands of mutual kindness and affection Far
from medating hostility to the North, he has ALREADY
drawn and he hopes hereafter draw much his choicest
matter thence; happy indeed will he deem himself,
should his pages, by making each region know the other
better, contribute in any essential degree to dse the
lowering clouds that threaten the peace both and
TO brighten and strengthen the sacred ties Of fraeA
love.
The Southern Literary Messenger has now reached the
fifth No Of its third volume How far has acted ou ne
ideas here uttered it not for the editor to say he
believes, however that il falls not further sho Of them
than human weakness usually makes practice fall short
theory. ....
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