The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-12-25
PROSPECTUS OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER
THOMAS W. wHlTE, EDIToE AND psopElx

SUI lHEhN Lii EhaRf MESSENGER
THOMAS ". wHiIE EDIToE AND pRopRlxroG
THIS Is A MONTHLY MAGAZINE. d,yu,o
i chiefly To literature, bat occasional, fnd,gs r,
for articles that fail within the scope OF Science and ma
processing entire dlsdan OF tasteful stEsti4ops nl
its matter has been, as il Win eontlnue to be N as MAJ
original .....
Party politics and controversial theology as faya,p,
sible, jealousy excluded They me sotnrt me-
blended with discussions in literature murs y enr
otherwise unobectionabie, to gam anl'tasc, b,
sake Of the valuable matter whIrh the, adhere
but whenever shat happeas, they p,cd,sfai only no
primary. They dross, tolerated eny i+caasr II can
web be severed from the sterling ~herewtA it,
Incorporated.
Reviews and Critical Notices occupy ,hel, d,s-rs
in the work and il is the esog's the, thsy sho
have threefoh teHdency-to convey ia q condensed
FORM s,eh vans@e truths interesting iBciden,s rs are
embodied in the works reviewed. direct the readers
attention To books raaf deserve TO BE- ess,aAd
him against wasting time and money upon that arss
Der, which merit only to be burned In THIS Of PN
Gallons, that by fheir variety and multitude dsiFac and
overwheim every Understanding S'Ur!eE impartial
criticism governed BY the views Just mentioned d
the most inestimable and Indispensable OF aaarIes
him " no does " ys& TO discriminate.
Essays and Tales, having in view HtNy or amusemeD,,
or both,-HistoYlsh Sketches,-and ReminscrBcts Of
events too minnie for history yet Calculating IT, and htsM
ening IT'S Interestingly be reeadedas feSnins the STAPLE
Of the work. And Of indigenous poetry, enough pull
hshed-sometimes OF mean sTain-to manifest and 70
cultivate the growing posca taste and tacms Of oof
country.
a work-and not alone but many. The public mind
is feVerish ard rrstd STILL from pecs slnic,
The soft, assuasiVe influence on literature IS needed
aiay that fever, and soothe that irritation 'Ees and N
noting abroad They should b. driven by indignant
rebuke dashed by ridsuse, into their Sitting haunt
Ignorance Lords II over an immense proportioI OF oo
people. Every spring should be set in notion to arouse
the enIgh1eaed and their nner that the
great enemy ef popular may longer broa
like poTentous cloud, the desnies Of cpna
And accomplish an these entS, "hat more powerful !
can hv
the Messenger; II that plan be bT earned S IN practice
The South peculiarly, requhes sneh IN agent IN all
the Union, south Of ashlngon there are bnS"e literary
periodicals Nof,hward q thai CITY thefe are probably AZ
least twenty-five thirty Is this contrast istFlcd ny
the weaRh the fesnye, the native talent, the arN'
literary ofth Southern people compared "hihoSe
Of ths Northernf Ne for in wealth, talents, and taste
may Justly claim at least equality with or mts
thren; and domestic INSTITUTION exclusively oOT OWN
beyond all doub, affords five choose rwfee the leisure
for reading and writing, which they ENJOY
II was from deep Of this io<af want, that ne
word SOUTHERN was engrafted on the name Of ms
periodical and not with any design 10 nonrsh local pre-
JUDGES, advocate supposed local interests Far IRON
any sach thoNgh is the editors ferveRi wish to see me
North and South hSnd en&saringiy together forever 10
the siken bands Of mutual Indness and affection tH
from medating hostility sele North, he has aeadF
draw and he hopes after to draw, much Of his coca
matter thence ann happy indeed will he deem dmset
should hrs pages BY making each region know the other
better, contribute any essential degree 10 dispe NE
lowering clouds that threaten the OF both an
to brighten and streaeheA the sacred ties a tfrDA
love.
The Southern Literary Messenger has now reached tie
fifth No. Of its third volume Hew far ii has acted out re
ideas here uttered, ii IS not for the editor to say ne
believes however that it fails not further short Of them
than human weakness usually makes practice fall shor o.
theory. .... -". ..
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