Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-06-20
TIse Southern Pioneer:

Saturday u October, lc5J, inc trsf huM0cF
Of a iieekiy Journal, to be called
EEpe SOut7aEria Pioneer:
Devoted 10 lie Literature, institutions and
Amaze ..euts Of the south.
BEowSE, CysnyEYty McCArrERrY, Publishers,
CHARLES WYATT RICE, Editor.
liz So,I!:l Is the ia uraluune 0: Literature
Sne lids ever been 20. Homer strOiled
..ri sung nniar the rays Of the ervld sun; lta-
~ and Greece, have, rom tli'lr first waK' nng
| n,lo hem" ;ls civilized na0ES, afforded iheIr
l.octs and OIalors. The Literary pilgrim
ever bends his strp to The South OF Europe, as
ills must vored shrine; while there. fond me-
murcs tlrung to his mnd, OF the epic strains OF
Houucr, the suOthlna measures OF the Manttlan
Swan, the cyultnS odcS oil Horace and the
pltIun Sarcasnls OF Juvenal. While in later
times recrIug to the memory OF the fearful
trains o: Dante, The epic measures OF the mad
man rasso, the sol sIraIns, of Petrarch, and
the ,easing in ges Of BoccaciO. And while
thus londly recalling to memory all these, he
r. members hat they dl ew their inspiration from
Inc ierviu sun OF Italy and Greece He feels
IN the baIinv mir he breathes, in the brillian,
heavens that form the canopy above him, in
he brlIiancy of the slll-Sei that sl0ws in the horl
zon.aId in tie inls thai the air and crimr spread
over the eart,, the rnsp'ratl"n that formed and
eveloped the genius OF those whom he now so
iUlId,y re- rets.
Such food for Inspiration does the Literary
| riigr,m find OH the classic shores ot Italy aud
Greece, and under the tervid sun OF the South.
Aud is il pusSiblc hat kindred Cline i'll the
Western Hemisphere presents no para lei to
hIs DO the same sun, the S;mr briliiaI cy OF
the canopy OF the Glands. the same glorious
sun-.et<, lne -alnr rich tlnts upon The landscape
afford no INSPIRATION here. A wilder, more
abrupt scenery than llaly or Greece can bnast.
spcaN in living tuucs to iheir behoders. While
with these an lialian soilnrs> OF landscape upon
tin .lshl. Y. the Savannah and oIhcr iavoIite
lrcanls glorious wat :rlalls AMI streaming cass
cades, are every where claiming their worship
| pers in those who dwell among them. And do
all hesc afford ITO inspiratlon' They do m
spire; they nave spoken in the eloquent t. ne> OF
| the ltutledgcS and Piuckleys ol the Revolution,
| ihey have spoken i'll The p"iishcd pa. es ut u
Gritnkc; they are now speaking IN tllc sr'llrs
of n Charlton aGil ilman, Wilde. SiInms, ,MceS.
Butt Pcndlrton, Tic>nor. Wltiick. in the faith.
ini scenes oI Longstreat. and in the vivid
skrt.ie- OF a Srong. Ware, ..'orI ow, and VI"
ragne. Aye. more. they are speaking Il. the
thousands Of the young. who Gust back to the
mountains. the waterfalls and iii'' streams, their
ins; ;.irato in living tones, and whose wild
songs through rare pnDlicatonS sometimes s'ar-
tic the ublic ear. They do speak in these
thousand who with n proper medium for
communicating their thoughts to the public,
would electrify the world by their eloquent
notes. Nor does the South lack for inspira-
tiom in her historic inridentS. A brleiretcrencr
4 A. l,,l ytr,
incidents in the early history OF each oil the
Southern Sta!es. will convince him that they
afford ric:l materials from which the ready pen
NAV draw for amusement and instruction. but
more lan all these do the leisure nn,l nppor-
tunitcs Tor mental cultivation that her domestic
institutions afford her citizens, present strong
grounds OF belief that The South is des
tined to become the centre OF lirmry interest
A. this leisure and this Orportunty foi mental
cultivation find no parallel IN any other country
it is natural 10 be evc thatth Soul, Is destined
to become to the world in Il new era wlIal
Greece WIS 10 the world in llic old.
This is our prof -sion of faith. We believe
in word, that no part OF the world has greater
literary resources within herself or Is better
calculated from her natural scenery, the pecli-
IIarlteS of her climate the leisure of iIer ciIi-
eminentIy literary community, than the south
ern States of this conederacy. This is The
platform OH which W. intend to raise a jicekiy
Journal. TO yhci, Suuthcr writers sha deligh
TO contribute, and which the whole South shall
he prund TO claim a. lis own. Believing most
firmly that success will attend our eyertOns, no
effort will he spared to dlaw from every portion
of the South contributions upon ever, subject
which, while ,hey shall be of a high character,
shall ever range
"From grave to gay. from lively 10 severe"
We believe that the iIstilututions OF the
South are founded in the ilnmntable laws Of the
God of Nature. We believe that on them will
be built fabric of glory and greatness to the
South. We believe especially that they aE-
ford to the Southern States The means OF out
Stripping the rest of the world in their literary
career. And we know hat these are times OF
recnsiar danger to these Institutions; we know
that they are now attacked by the insidions 70"
rs well as by the open enemy. We shall there.
fore place our Journal rs sentinel OIL the
watcli-tower of Southern institutions. ever
| watchfnl for attacks. and ever ready to repe
'hsmq. ,r,. :: -. x,u.o,,o,,,, ,,a h,,;,,
of the South. We gI'ty in them as fit amuse-
| rnents for people generous aud brave, quick
~ their impulses, and stunning sluggishness.
! we deligh in the gun and chas,'. We hail
merry old Christmas and its cheerful sports rs
old friends anu true. setting The brow lrer from
cnre. making the hosorns Of men to glow with
cheerful andlrendly emotions, calling friends 10
the festive board aud 10 the exchange Of kind
thoughts and sentiments, and sending all away
to run in joyfillness their course OF duty until
The invitations TO Joy and mirtl are again rr-
newed. The pages of the PIONEER will, there
fore he enlivenrd with lively chronicles frx