The southern press., 1851-11-05
PRO ECTU S
OF THE
SOUTHERN HOME JOURNAL.

OF EDUCATION AND DOMESTIC IKDusTRY
10 DC published ia Charleston, S. C.
EDWIN HERoT, EpIroR.
NHE subscriber proposes, as soon as his sub
scfipuon list, now in progress, will warrant
the undertaking, TO publish in this city, .
MONTHLY JOURNAL, exclusively devoted to the
advancement Of the above Objects Its scope and
design are such as 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 -edts
and well-condncted Journals. The interests O
Southern Education and Home Industry, whci:
are indissouby connected, have, as yet, no spe-
clai organ, devoted mainly to the advocacy OF
their claims, and the record ofther Joint progrt IS
With the general diffusion of practical educatic
among the people, their Industrial prosperity mus
naturally be placed on more permanent basis
and the conditlon ofthe working classes, in every
branch OF enterprise, proportionably elevated ana
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
will'meet their appreciation, he will now proceed
to state the principles upon which it will be con-
Quoted.
10 advocate, strictly and exclusively, Southern
Educatlon-the encouragement Of our own Liter
ary Institutions, and the publication OF Southern
School Books, edited, printed and circulated in
the Southern States--to bring into prominent no.
tlce 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-
mitted to instil into the minds of our children
VIII 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 " hile awarding
all due merit to other systems Of education, it will
be the aim OF this Journal to promote, more es-
peclally, those which are most cdedly 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--Reports of Teach ere,
Conventions, or extracts from them-of Colleg
and School Exhibitions, and addresses before L It
erary Societies-and Of the progress oflaw n ed
ical, military and free schools at the Soutk- " il
constitute the main features of this division C. ks
work.
The INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT will embrace ex-
tended notices of the progress OF THE MECHANIC
AIRS AND MANUFACTURES, as well as all other
branches of ndustry-of Factories and Work
shops, for the production Of every article of do
mestlc consumption or use, among us--and of
new Inventions, improvements, models, and de-
signs in mechanism and the fine Arts-brngng
INTO notice the Names qualifications and localities
OF our own mechanics and amateurs IT, 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 statistics
facts relating to their progress,
Each number of the HOME JOURNAL will cor
tain 4S pages, octave, hi-monthly, and Furnished
to subscribers and others at 81 per annum, or
copies for S5-payabie at the end Of the poine, ,oi
in proportion, on the delivery Of numbers Is;
cents, and less by the quantity. The insertion
full notices Of new enterprises, &c., in each nun
ber, will make IL the interest of those concsrn-;a,ir
them to secure as many copi'. as possible for cir
cu'aiion among ,,aneir friends and patrons.
Beyond this, "TgE HOME JOURNAL" " will make
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 politics, but the party OF
the South, 1T will seek to preserve the Union of
the South, by developing her resources and stim
ulating the industry of her people.
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