The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-02
PROS ECTUST
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oouIHERN HOME JOURNAL
or EDUCATION ANN DOMESTIC INDUSTRY.
10 Dc published ia Charleston, s. C.
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zoe P"ostshed "a CharIeAion, s. C..
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VIE subscriber proposes, as soon as his sui
= "e''P'ion i'st' now IN progress, will warrant
sne undertaking. 10 publish, IN this city, fsi
MONTHLY Journal. exclusively devoted 10 The
advancement OF the above objects It's scope a he
design are such viii not interfere with those o.
any other publication now Ia existence at the
South. la every other department OF Periodical
Literature, We are well supplied with ably-edile
and well-conducted Journals. The interests o
| Southern Education and Home Industry, which
are indissoluhIy connected, have, as yet, no spe.
clai organ, devoted mainly tn the advocacy OF
Their claims. and the record oftheir joint progress
With the general diffusion of practical educalLg
among the people their industrial prosperity mus
naturally be placed on more permanent basis
ana the condition ofthe working classes, Ia every
branch OF enterprise, proportionaby elevated and
improved. II Is IN accordance with these views,
that the undersigned submits, with confidence, TO
The consideration of those who feel interested in
both or either Of these great causes, plan by
which their interests can be made Identical d
mutually dependent. Trusting that, the object
VIII meet their appreciation, he will now proceed
to state The principles upon which it will be con-
Quoted.
To advocate, strictly and exclusively, Southern
Educa'lon---the encouragement of our own Liter
airy Institutions, and the publication OF Southern
School Books, edited, printed and circulated in
the southern States--to bring into prominent no.
ice all literary undertakings. Books and Period
icals, Colleges and Schools, at The South--to dis
courage Northern agents, and their School Books,
and expose, IN all their deformity and dupIicity,
the pernlcious doctrines of Abolition and Hostility
to the South, which they have SO long been per-
mtted to Insti into the minds of our children
Will be the constant and unceasing aim of this de-
Partment of the work; and, for this purpose, the
Editor, with the assistance of ready contributors
has abundant facilities at hand. " lille awarding
all due merit to other systems OF education, it will
De the aim or this Journal TO promote, more es-
pec'ally, those which are most decidedly practica.
and best adapted to the active business of life
Essays on all subjects connected with Educator
REVIEWS Of all School Books and literary work
published at the South-Repor,s of Teach erss
Conventions, or extracts from them-of CoIIeg
ana school Exhibitions, and addresses before il
efary Socetes-and Of the progress flaw m cd
zeal, military and free schools at the South vii
constitute the main features of this division c. r.
work.
The INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT will embrace ex-
tended notices of the progress Of THE MECHANIC
ARTS AND MANUFACTURES, as well as all ether
branches of industry--of Factories and Work
shops, for the production Of every article of do
mestc consumption or use, among us--and of
new Inventions, improvements, models, and de-
signs IN mechanism and the fine Arrs-bringing
into notice the names, qualifications and localities
OF our own mechanics and amateurs tn cir
achievements, and rewards Of merit received at
public exhibitions. 1t will also contain ESSAYS on
all topics connected with these matters; Reports
OF Southern Industrial Institutes, and statistical
facts relating to their progress
Each number of the HOME JOURNAL will cor
tain 40 pages, octave, bi-monthly, and furnished
to subscribers and others at So per annum, or
copies for $l5-payabe at the end ofthe polt.n,e, on
in proportion, on the delivery Of numbers, Ie;
cents, and less by the quantity. The insertion
full notices of new enterprises, &c, in each nun
Der, will make II the interest of those concernedir
them to secure as many copies possible, for cir
cuaton among their friends and patrons.
Beyond this, CITE HOME JOURNAL" will make
no promises or pretenslons., Not entering the
lists for competition with any, and standing in
the way ofnone, its legitimate sphere and aim will
be to promote the interests of all-recognizing nc
party, IN education or politics, but the party OF
the South, 1t will seek to preserve the Union of
the South, by developing her resources and slim
uatng the industry of her people.
April IL, l85I--if