The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-07-22
PR 0 sP.ECTUs
oF THE
SOUTHERN HOME JOURNAL.
OF EDUCATION AND DOMESTIC IsDusTRy.
TO be pvbIished IL Charleston. 8. q
or THE

OF EDUCATION AND DOMESTIC INDUSTRY.
TO be Published IN Charleston, S. C.
EDWIN HERIor, EDIroR.
YUvHE subscriber proposes. as soon a. his sub
- scriptlon list, now in progress, will Warrant
the undertaking, to publish, in this city, a b,
MONTHLY JOURNAL, exclusively devoted to the
advancement OF the above objects. Its scope and
design are such will not interfere with those Of
any other publication now in existence at the
South In every other department OF Periodical
Literature, We are well supplied with ably edited
and wel-conducted Journals. The interests of
Southern Education and Home Industry, which
are indissolubly connected. have, 40 yet, no spe-
cial organ, devoted mainly 70 the advocacy OF
their claims. and the record oftheir joint progress
With the general diffusion Of practical sducatio
among the people. their industrial prosperity mus,
naturally be placed on a more permanent basis
and the condition ofths working classes, in every
branch OF enterprise, proportionabIy 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, a plan by
which their interests can be made Identical and
mutually dependent. Trusting that tho object
WilLmeet their Appreciation, he will now proceed
to state the principles upon which it will be con-
Quoted. VII
TO advocate, strictly and exclusively. Southern
Education---the encouragement Of our own Littf-
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 aouth-to dis
courage Northern agents, and their School Books,
and expose, in all their deformity and duplicity,
the pernicous doctrines Of Abolition and hostility
TO ti.e South, which they have 80 long been per-
mitted to insGi 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
.A~vn IL
has abundant facilities at hand While awarding
all due merit to other systems Of education, it viii
be the aim Of this Journal to promote, moEe ~
pecinlly, those which are most decidedly practices
and best adapted to the active business Of life
Essays on all subjects connected with EducatkS
Reviews Of all School Books and literary wo-n
published at the South-Reports of TeacEers
Conventions, or extracts from them-of Colleg
and SCHOOL Exhibitions, and addresses before lit
ernry~ Sooisiies-and OF the progress oflaw n ed
ical, military and free schools at the South vii
constitute the main features Of this division ts
work.
The INDUSTRIAL DEPAkTnENT will embrace ex-
tended notices of the Progress of THE MECHANIC
Asrs AND MANUFACTURES, as well as all other
branches of industry--Of Factories and Work
shops, for the production Of every article Of do
mestic consumption or use, among us--and OF
| new inventions, improvements, models, and de-
| signs in mechanism and the fine Arts-bringng
Of our own mechanics and amateurs: III cir
achievements, and rewa, 'ds Of merit received at
public exhibitions. 1t will a go contain essays ON
all topics connected with these matters; hepons
of Southern Industrial Institutes apd Statistical
facts relating to their progress.
Each number ofthe HOME JOURNAL will cor
tain AZ pages, octave, bi-monthly, and Furnished
to subscribers and others at 81 per annum, or
copies for $l5-payabie at the end ofthe volns, Or
IN proportion, on the delivery Of numbers, Ie;
cents, and less by the quantity. The insertion o
full notices Of new enterprises, &C., in each nun
Der, will make it the interest of those concernediu
them TO secure as many copies possible, for cir
culatlon among their friends and patrons.
Beyond this, "TgE HomE JouRNAL" will make
no promises or pretensions. Not entering the
lists for composition with any, and standing in
the way ofnone, its legitimate sphere and aim will
be to promote the interests Of al--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
unting the industry Of her people
April IL, lS5l-tf