The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-06-09
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SOUTHERN HOME JOURNAL,
Oh f.DucAT,oS AND DOMESTIC INDUSTRY.
40 De published in Charleston. s.. @.

/ -. AND DOMESTIC INDUSTRY.
40 De published in Charleston, s. O.
EDWIN HEmoT, EpIroR
VIE subscriber proposes as soon ns nj. suh
=. ee,'Paon hst' now In progress will warrant
me undertaking, to publish, in this citv. a m,
MONTHLY JOURNAL, exclusively devoted To The
auveuoeuien' o. ile ABOVE objects. Its scope and
design are such ss will not interfere with those Of
any other publication now in existence M he
South. In every other department of Periodical
Literature, We are well supplied with abIy-edited
and wellcorducted Journals. The interests Of
Southern Education and Home Industry, which
are indissolubly connected, have, as YET, no spe-
cal organ, devoted mainly to the advocacy of
their claims, and the record oftheir joint progress
With the general diffusion of practical educate
among the people, their Industrial prosperity must
naturally be placed on a more permanent basis
and The condition ofthe working classes, in every
branch OF enterprise, proportionabIy elevated and
improved. 1t is in accordance, with these views,
that the undersigned submits, with confidence, 10
the consideration Of those who feel interested in
both or either Of these great causes, a pIan by
which their interests be made Identical and
mutually dependent. Trusting that the object
will'me their appreciation, he will now proceed
to state the principles upon which it will be con-
Quoted.
To advocate, strictly and exclusively, Southern
Educaiion--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.
icas, Colleges and Schools, al the South--to dis
courage Northern agents, and their School Books,
and expose, in all their deformity and duplcity,
the perncious doctrines OF Abolition and ostiy
to the South, which they have so long teen per-
mitted to instil into the minds of our children
will be the constant and unceasng 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
be the aim OF this Journal to promote, more es :
pecially, those which are most decidedly pracica.
and best adapted TO the active business Of life
Essays on all subjects connected with Educate
Reviews Of all School Books and literary work,
publish ed at the South-Reports Of Teacters
Conventions, or extracts from them--of Colleg
and School Exhibitions, and addresses before lit
e AIRY Societes-and of the progress Of law e Cd
cal, military and free schools at the South = wiE
constitute the main features of this division G. fs
work.
The INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT will embrace ex-
tended notices of the progress Of THE MECHANIC
ARTS AND MANUFACTURES, as well rs all CHER
branches Of industry--of Factories and Work
shops, for the production Of every article Of do
nestle 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 IL 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 con-
tain AZ pages, octave, bl-monthly, and furnished
to subscribers and others at 50 per annum, or 10
copies for S5-poynbs al the end Of the rol,tms, or
in proportion, on the delivery O. numbers, "a,
cents, and less by The quantity. The insertion o
full notices of new enterprises &C., in each mum
Der, will make ii the interest Of those concerned in
them to secure as many copies possible, for cir
culation among their friends and patrons.
Beyond this, TIE HOME JOURNAL" will mai e
no promises or pretensions. Not entering the
lists for competition with any, and standing in
the way of one it's legitimate sphere and aim i'll
be 10 promote the interests of alI--recognizing no
party, in education politics, but the party of
the South, it will seek to preserve the Union of
the South, by developing her resources and slim
ulating the industry of her people.
April -, 1S5l--tf