The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1854-11-23
Edmkhs II'aichmau & Observer.
Putnam's Magaz!ne.

Putnams Magazine.
Tie favorable notices whirl, were take,
~ " Putnam'> NJ, sazinc," ON it's first az
p"aranc", hHh the ctfc, Of prot uring for i
large cir1ali"n III the South. 1t SCENE.
tn meet better than most works of the kim
. the popular drlunl for something r:,,v am.
rich-:'nr Something tn interest. instruct an.
amn>c the general rea'lcr~-f for something
Which treats "i til" minor matters nf lai!v
experience. and serves IL 81 runui,,r com
ncntary of the countless phenomenal of the
times rs the ri>r-nnt =ls in a n.w-p,n,.,
ill the form "f direct criticism. l.ui in tE,
n'"'" r"r'nllrnliv Interesting sI,ll,r nf Stn-
rv, Essay. Poem and Sketch" Bu, of late
there have been c"npl,intS against it, on
account Of tn" bitterness of some of its ar
tirh> l." ,hr r'i>t"- "f s:"u,hrrn renders
On" Of them pr.t,- i,g I" hr'nny t" .i,.-
s!I Wiy Sho ii 81: I,Ii,ici,,iS," SAWS, he
| w.> lrl ln 'li>.rust the literary wis lom nf
the Publishers som" months ago. when
| they admitted the article entitled "Our
New PRESIDENT" ;,"l adds "tlat ar,ic:..
| grated har>hlv on NV sense of what WIS
due even to Franklin Pierce in an Amrri
can Literary Magazine. 1t WAS in bad ,ast.
/" deal in personal .ictrnrtion. Hall it ap-
l":'rr'Lin rank p"rtz.n newspaper. I
miyh, have cmi"ycl IL; there would have
been fitness i'll the thing. did not. a>
it wis, enjoy the literary ,'r:lug!,t. did
not choose that my goblet should contain Il
!':i,"r pnI'nn for an":hcr, however s,,,rk
linz: and "xl,irating, AMI li.knyIv pun
y'n; t" my prl;i,c." lsu, this is not the
':nly objectionable article.
Your munhcr for September, 1854"
- 2--A.inr writcr,'" is again favored with
a polite Il essay from the pen of the author
# Our View President: : :.rl we ar,. to he
':sv"'eh :,ttHr ;~li with the portrait, too
Of this accspfnbt. writer For NV part.
gentlemen. do not care to pay for the
head of the author of that Article. do
''"t like the pr"'lnct nr that head. aud shall
doubtless he willing that Won take it off
your promised list Of Wasiruiicns nr ;Uas-
trims. do not Ike the man who Is guilty
OF tlr>iiny ut me s,l. II stuff rs 7 nave
l'cch obliged to rc:rl there in ru,li!mcut. I
suppose, of your promise to lac always { in
Str'u'tive and annsi g. Vastly amusing.
indeed are tn" following: The .Pr,-
Slavery party is that which, educated at the
! North, Ter all the genial inspirations of
/ % f"a; "'n'..':,, ". .'i>p,',".., ..nl wi.hnu,
: ,l:" r"">,rn" "f .. .::.' .,.4....;.., ,...;...
: ':1'.,' III v""',,,,";:, t.rS i,,ef .., H.. ...t
- -!s.r., &; ~ the ,!;r. - It. r,vy: q!
; ~! IL. H.. s.,r.a ~ IS I,r.i~.' 'Cnul!
''":, ''r'h>E ltt"' i," =. ,ii6 exp
ri"n"e Of til" poor crca,".,. a..,"r-
they help To I'ind the most generous mind
could hardly regard the change ,s less than
just and happy r"trilntion.' Tie South
or" party is sail t" have demanded tI,u
til" Free >:ta!cs slIrnlh hr made Il huntin.,r
@rt1lml for slaves The fugitive slave law
is called this odi"uS anil disgrarefnl law
Til" Noril, is said To- have ben, 10 The iusulf
''y Il crn"en accept"ncr which covered many
an h"nett fac" with slame.' The Nebraska
l'i!l is sail to le 'bri>tling with daneers.'
And this article concludes after mucl, more
of the same sort as above quoted, will, the
following appeal t" the North:
"'T" discard all past alliance, to put.
asil" a'I present fears, tn drraI nn future
c"a|ilin's. in tie single hope of carrying tn
speedy victory Il lmnncr inscribed with these
devices: Tie repeal Of the fugitive slave
law: the restorati"ns of the Missouri Com.
lprohpise, 10 more snve States: no more
/ slave Territories;r the homestead for free
nenon the public iam.ls'ts. .zsssf,.s
All tl,is ,nay seen, very Anserioan. very
i1struetise. very literary very amusing 10
q portion Of its Ns1tfR Rfn readers But s,
is not relisl,e,l attn bntt. Sill the sout
is very forgiving livery iniaIgent. It COIN
plains, to lie sure Of tlie fare; but the com
rIainants themselves, if in some rare in
sta,,ces they cease 70 patronize Putnam,
will patronize some other Northern Maoa-
zine of Kindred spirit--tilI they are. again
disgusted with like fare when they will
make another exclringe not whit letter
forgetting aIl the while that there are
literary magazines ut the. South which need
in addition To their present patronage only
that Which IL contributsi ut the ,Sauth for
the support Of Northern publications, to
make them fully az cheap and great deni
ti'eiter For ourselves, we are not very