Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1842-11-05
A PROSPECTUS

VIII De entitled TO an exchange for the year.
3s A PROSPECTUS
For the establishment of Repieac to be published 4
the city Of New Orleans, and simultancoIstv in n
Other principle cities of the SO uthern Stafes an
IN Terds, to be called tie
SOUTHERN QUARTERLY REVIEW.
The title alone of the proposed work is suficien
to enlist in its behalf the feeling of all renuin
Southerners. Distinguished as they are, and eve
have been for their pride of character their heart,
concurrence in the establishment of an exclusiyely
Southern periodical can scarcely be doubted 1t is
therefore, with perfect confidence in southern amb
ton and hberaity. that proposition is submitted fo
issuing, In the great commercial emporium O: tn,
South and West, Review. the main objects and de-
sign OF which shall be. to exhibit the enterprise
talent and intelligence of this favored portion of ou
country The Northern, Eastern and Middle States
are all represented by some work similar to the one
proposed, In which their principles are openly avowed
their literary taste and productions constantly exhib
tied, and their institutions and customs boldly and
ieariessiy defended And has not the South princi-
pies peculiar to itself which she is proud to ack.
nowledge! Does she not boast of endowments of Ia
lent, equal to those of any people or of any agel-
Are her writer's inferior to those of the North and
East, and has she not institutions which she is will
ling and able to defend! But one answer can be
gwen ehave then the material, rich and abundant,
and as citizens of this sunny clima we shall be false
- ourselves, to institutions and feelings If
we refuse to come forward in support of an object
which should be dear to every patriot and to every
man.
In order, therefore, to meet the wants. and wishes
OF this community and of the entire South the sub
scrbcrs propose to publish in the city of New Or
leans and simultaneously, in the other principle cit
les OF the Southern states, and in Texas, SOUTH
ERN QUARTERLY REVIEW, of the usual size
Of such periodicals, in which the interest of the
South, distinct branch of the American Confed-
No 1nfaf nodn all
political and commercial bearing upon those inter-
ests, shall be discussed and the great of learn
ing and letters in the South shall be promoted by orr
giDa articles on topics of literary interest to
whole country and the present age, and by articles
more particularly in the form of Reviews.
This enterprise is not undertaken by the subscribers
without full sense of the responsibilities which it
involves, and without due knowledge of what is
needed in order to meet the just expectations of the
South in regard to such a work Without pretend
ing to set themselves up arbterS of taste and
better qualified for such undertaking than many
others who might be named, the subscribers yet
satisfied that work of the kind proposed is needed,
and without waiting for others who may never move
in the matter, they disposed to employ all the
in their power in sustaining the reputation of
such work, should they be fortunate to estab
lish it. A correspondence will be opened with the
leading writers of the Southland their cooperation,
if practicable, will be secured, render the work
just and worthy exponent of the opinions of the
tire South on topics of great public and literary in
terest. a
In literary point of view the subscribers are sat
ised that such work should not be sectional and
elusive Literature is the offspring of particular
country cline 1t belongs solely to the domain of
mind. Southern Review, therefore, should be no
further sectional than that it should afford scope for
the Development of Southern genius and should aim
promote the interest of Southern literature in order
that we may keep up with the progress of other por-
tons OF the American Union and other parts of the
world in literary enterprise and attainment
No articles discussing religious subjects, of party
or sectarian character, will ever be made admissible.
The facilities which New Orleans affords for the
the prompt, easy and safe transmission of such
work, to all Southern and Southwestern States, by
means of railways and steamboats-preferable to the
more uncertain and expensive communication by mail
renders the location selected for its publication
more eligible, it is believed, than any other city in
the Southern portion of our Union.
TERMs.-The expenses of the publication of such
work at the South being double those of its publ
cation at the North, it cannot be afforded at less
llnonnt than TEN DOLLARS annually, which will
be always expected TO be paid In aduGnce--that is
upon the delivery Of the first number of each year.
Each number viii c0ptain at least two hundred and
fifty octave pages rnted on the finest paper and in
The very best style Oft the American Press, and will
range from that minis to four hundred pages quar-
ery Accepted articlew an all cases, be paid for
1t the rate of two dollarSfor the printed page.
. The work win be commenced as soon as two thou
'and responsible subscribe obtained; and as eff
;ient means viii be immei etey employed to secure
ms. amount Of patronage the publication of the
work may be expected at an Sarly day.s.as ~ 5.
d KIMBALL WHITAKER,
n.. JAMES BTCHIE-
New Orleans, January "a. 1S4l
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