Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-06-13

The publisher Of the Southern Quarterly Review n
thst gith the July number, his vocation pub
Usher of that work Geese unless he succeed bet.
than he has done hitherto in his endcavors collect
from his delinquent subscribers. His appeals hitherto
those Indebted TO him, have been received with "char
scteristic indifference, and his applications banks
for rclioi have shared like fate His list Of subscribers
exceeds 900 the debts OF the $4,000 aud
ala 900 il but fourth OF what is due from
subscribers be realized now, IL will be sufficient
sustain work. yet destined and character
the Literature, only of the South the whole
North America" The Review is intensely sectional be-
ing issued indeed FOR the purpose OF giving tera
" dignity and character Southern views social and
political economy large share OF its pages usually
devoted to elaborate vndicaors OF Slavery and the
iduc audations OF Southern writer's. IL has ability
aud at periods of its existence has contained Of the
abest and most scholarlke of American productions
The which it processes vndcste and represent
ought 10 give IL generous and elective support
Certainly il is not credable to them, that it should
perish by their default in not paying the debts they have
incurred.
We extract the foregoing paragraph from the New
York Times. The Times, as our readers aware,
is the most insidious and sneaking Abolition paper
in the Uninn. We may imagine therefore, the fend-
ish delight it felt when its eye fell upon the announce
ment made by the editor of the Southern Quarterly
Review. To see Southern literary journal decaying
and dying out for want of requisite patronage, is
sight which sends thrill of JOY to the heart OF every
hnatical Abotionist in the land. The Times, true
t, its instincts, while it affects 20 feel degree Of &C.
greet at the sad pecuniary condition of literary or.
gan Of the South, evidently chuckeS with intense sat
isacion over its mSfortunes and the fate that ap-
pears to await it. Nor is it surprising that Northern
AbolitionSts should laugh at ridcule, and repronch
the South for the feeble and inefficient support rem
to its own literature We are all the time talk
in; and pratng about the absurdity and danger Of
pltromizIng the namby PANTY publications Of the
North, while we put forth no effort to encourage and
build up literature OF own. 1t Is high time we
talking less and acting more, if we ever mean
to escape the reproaches which c,ernally pursu-
ing us from Northern enemies We have talent ca,
pa;ity, education enough to qualify us for any effort
or any destiny, but energy and Just appreciation
our own resources, and the solemn obligations thai
are upon us, Seem far, to be sadly wanting if We
to judge by the inadequate support which is ac-
corded to the conductors OF the literary publications
of our section. We concur with the Charleston Cou.
rer in the opinion, that when rabid freeso AboIi.
ton paper reminds us Of what we owe to our own lit
erature, and OF the support which it becomes us t.
give to the defenders OF institutions is indeed
tmc to pause and reflect. people who, in this age
when opinions is the lever used to destroy them cold
y regard all efforts to it to their vindicntion
and protection, exhibits recklessness and blindness
which will be regretted too late TO avert the rctribu
ton.