The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-19

X,
Among the other things which we enumerated Of
which the South should be independent of the North
is literature including necessarily, all school and
college text books. Now we know that literature is
styled the Republic of Letters" and that il would
argue q very narrow and unenlig htened condition
either TO ain or to hope TO exclude entirely all new
works, coming from whatever portion OF the domain
OF mind they may. II would be i'll policy to refuse
country provided they purely literary or scien
tiic land have no ain tendency covcrtly to under
mine our social fabric to annoy and vex US in our
domestic relations One Of the Eobest attributes Of
cultivated mind Is the childke unprecedented
spirit with which it bows TO learning, from whatever
source II may cone.
But there are two cardinal reasons why the South
should not lie prone and inert upon the North for
books, maps, biographies books of statistics his
tory. romance, ard all the various periodicals. with
the floating ard often immaral and unsound trash of
the day. The first IS that it ia due to ourselves ~
people-it l. due 10 our pride-it is due TO own
abundant intellectual ard literary sources that We
should have a literature OF our own, and not be
tarntcd 10y the North with our literary barrcuncss-
We have intellett-cultivated intcllcct-enough to
build up splendid literature lii the FORUM In the
balls of legislation our superiority pas tand pre- cent.
IL conceded. But our literature. with our abundant
material Is like our mines and our water power
almost entirely nncvltiyated
We receive nearly lour books from Northern or
foreign aufhoTs-gotten up, printed by Northern or
foreign rrblishcrs-sshile We have among rs num-
boiloss men Of ri,e scholarship, profound acquire
ment, elegant and fosciblc wIiteTs-men will
ing to devote tbcmfclses to such labor, only
So, thern book ia not patronised The North
usually scowls at IT, ridcules it, danns il with
faint praise. ana the South takes on like hue aud
complexion, and neglects it. We have printers and
publishers able willing ard competent to publish.
Int such Is the apathy on the part OF Southern peo-
pie that ii involves hazard to Southern publisher Ia
put them out Indeed. Until recently almost all the
publications. even Of Southern books, issued (and
that was their only hope Of suceess) from Northern
houses. The last chance now OF getting Southern
book sold, il to manage to secure the favorable no.
ticc of the Northern pcss, and then the South buys
it. Our magazines end periodicals languish for
support The Southern Literary Messenger, pub
ishtd here q original matter, and ably conducted
AID printed Ia not adequately sustaned-wc mean
os II ought TO oc-Jhe Soutiern Quarterly Rsrir,c,
OF Cheilestol which compares tavoraby with any
other review, Northern or Foreign. has coatended
and il cortending nobly with this violent and in
sane preference for Northern periodicals.
Al this Ia stigma upon us--and one that the
south ought indignantly 70 remove, II y true that
there - brighter day coming; Our city bee fur
eald for Southern book publishers. "AIone' . By
rniden Of Ricbmcrd, Published by Morris. which
has received worldwide reaown- the "VGCina
Comedians" by John I%;en Cooke, and "Ellie,b BY
the same author. rulshe also in style equaIling.
IL not cxcclling. ary Northern style Of publication.
md from cor paratsciy youthful minds OF great
power and force ard beauty and of singular uurity.
sud We ilay say riety give evidence that the south
writer's and publishers. Ia law, Robin .on Sand,
Joynee. Holcombc. Minor, Mathews, and others.
lave written books q great labor and value 20 the
lahcrio' END harsssi. prc.tsoa OF which they arc
eblt sId ust IL. memb,.s
In history. towiscn aud others have done noblv.
ard yet none oftf,se &c eve half the notice or fir
pish half the rewards that oa.rh.pennv work N
like kind WRITER "a the North obtlins. even from
Southern papers We have no. spoken In detail Of
sny OF those hooks ~ they deserve. We are not now
reviewing acn. but pre- arg them i,iso our service
while TN ,elrsd TOPIC.
u II " objected that uur Southern rcvicws ner;o,
tsie ard books. t1c inf nor 70 Norht a..-yc onawer
that this ~ Q Rro,s L.istlse They 10 not n "a trne
90 much ABOUND Ia c.ts aud cngrayirr-. IA thn
t'cLny q the ant, but IN solid MISTER tL,yare ,upe.
Iior. Pe'
Ard secondly, whose tNglt = 4 that i,,rv M, mn,
tttStf We AN WEI. t,N Serth,sli public s,cno,t
them M literally nc you do tho Northern wo.k, All
20, ffd item Mt snly IL this is;itr RI -sri .on's
but - ttiiT u lie Eofticrn u i, tue uatns = :,
tie So W. poi the ri iat prime, lea Of trad. n Il
erai ltt them 10 hitid thee ex.riu lie .drl,t,cr
nd PICKET niorty tesidcs o.
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