The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-24
PR o S ECTU S
SOUTHERN HOME JOURNAL
OF EDUCATION AND DOMESTIC INDUSTRY.
10 be published in Charleston, S. c.

10 De published IN Charleston, S. c.
EDwIE HERIor, EpITon
HNiiE subscriber proposes as soon as his sub
u scription list, now in progress, will warran
The undertaking, to publish, in this city, 1
MONTHLY JOURNAL, exclusively devoted to tn.
advancement of the above objects. Its scope anc
design are such ss will not interfere with those o.
any other publication now in existence at thu
South In every other department of Periodical
Literature, We are well supplied with ably-edite
and well-conducted Journals. The interests O
Southern Education and Home Industry, which
are indissolubly connected, have, as yet, no spe
cial organ, devoted mainly to the advocacy OF
their claims and the record ofiheir Joint progress
With the general diffusion of practical educatio
among the people, their industrial prosperity mus
naturally be placed on u more permanent basis
and the condition ofthe working classes, in every
branch or enterprise, proportionaby elevated an0
improved. IL 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 md
mutually dependent. Trusting that The object
will'meet their appreciation, he will now proceed
to state the principles upon which it will be con
Quoted.
To advocate, strictly and exclusively, Southern
Education--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.
tice 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 duplicity
the pernicious doctrines of Abolition and Hostility
to the South, which they have so long been per-
United to lnstil into the minds of our children
Will be the constant and unceasing aim of this de-
pnrtment 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
be the aim OF this Journal to promote, more es-
pecially, those which most decidedly practice.
and best adapted to the active business of life
Essays on all subjects connected with Educatie
Reviews of all School Books and literary work
publish ed at the South-Reporis of Teach er y
Conventions, or extracts from them--of CoIleg
and School Exhibitions, and addresses before it
erary Socletles-and OF the progress @ flaw IN ed
ical, military and free schools at the Soutk-wh
constitute the main features of this division c. ts
work.
The INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT will embrace ex-
tended notices OF the progress of THE MECHANIC
ARTS AND MANUFACTURES, as well as all other
branches OF lndustry-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 Arts-brnging
into notice the names qualifications and localities
of our own mechanics and amateurs IT, eli
achievements, and rewards of merit received Al
public exhibitions. 1t will also contain essays or
all topics connected with these matters; Report.
of Southern Industrial Institutes, and Statistical
facts relating to their progress.
Each number of the HOME JOURNAL will cor
tain AZ pages, octave, Dl-monthly, and furnished
to subscribers and others at 50 per annum or
copies for S5-payabis at the end Of the polume, on
in proportion, on the delivery OF numbers, Ie;
cents, and less by the quantity. The insertion c
full notices of new enterprises, &C., in each nun
Der, will make IL the interest of those concerned IL
them to secure many copies possible, for cir
cuIation among their friends and patrons.
Beyond this, "TEE HOME JOURNAL will maxi
no promises or pretensions. 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 no
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
ulating the industry of her people.
April ~, 1S5l-0