Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-07-03
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tor popular favor are announced, the public have
u right 10 demand the grounds npon which snch4
show OF title 10 their patronage made. In ac-
acknowledgement OF tbh we trace the customs u
parties in the avowal Of principles; OF religious
secs, In the promugaGon Of ereeds md OF per
sons in all pursuits Of lifrs dependent upon the
pubic for success, IN their preparatory xpositions
OF plans and purposes, The c,htoms thus origin
ating though sometimes abused nseful and
proper and should not be discarded, And hen !,
| in obedience 10 custom, new plans are proposed
! those approving ought not 10 withhold their el,
couragement, ~ too many do, until they see tbui
success is sure, for their aid may be needed 90
secure il. Such foolish policy s-,his leopar
dies The plan they approve, and hastens It's failure
il has defeated many important enterprises, and
has deprived the country OF good and useful works.
III new proposition OF any kind i approved rs
the public, the support Of those approving i oi
right expected, their approval being solicited only
in the view that their more substantial aid Will
not be withheld.
BRIEF OUTLINE OF THE PLAN Of THE
PROPOSED PERIODICAL
The SOUTHERN CONSERVATIVE MAGAZINE VIII
occupy grounds but little cultivated by American
magazinists. II is believed that field j. open tor
a periodical of new and, in some respects,
higher order than has been aimed at in our maya
zine literature. In this belief and with such AN
am we announce the Southern Conservative
Magazine. USE
The new magazine Will be national and MOI
sectional; claiming no merit by virtue Of us es-
Enlistment in the South, but aiming al higher
usefulness and more general ace p'abiiity ~ IA
II will be Protestant but not secarian; opposing
religious bigotry or intolerance on the one side,
and infidelity on the other laborng in its teach
inps 10 advance closer union between the several
branches of the great family the church .'s
II will be political, but liberal owing no slavish
allegiance parties or politicians. il will advocate
measures not men, aud VIII labor ONLY Tor The.
success of principles. itst
Ii viii he progressive, YET ssiernly opposed Ia
the reckless spirit oi innovation so rite ~ the
couniry---aiinng 10 elevate and advance, not de-
press ; 10 reform and improve, uot 10 destroy
sacredly adhering the true iDlent OF our great
republican theory, and laboIing To advance. u 10
its fullest Development
Ii will be truly American IN tone and sentiment
but will repudate nothing foreign, merely because
SO believing that the good, The nsetul and true
belong not, par exc, Hence, to any favored people
but are The common right OF all
II will be the organ Of pure conservatism
IL will encourage a hghonrd literature; ana
defend pure morris =" all The social rriaiicns ~
And il with number in its corps OF regular con
tribuiors some OF the abcst political and it-rsry
writer's of the country.
The magazine Will be printed on The finest
| quality OF paper, wth,uew type, and m PLAIN
1 but superior style
Each number viii contain not less than so large
4 octave pages, made up Of oyigina articles, con
tributed and editorial reviews, political and
scientific essays, romances, poetry, NC.
i We promise much for the magazine, and
we intend TO perform il alt, and more IL the read
| ing public viii give tue enterprise liberal EN-
i rourageineni. Est n
/ TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
The Southern Conservative Magazine viii be
issued the frst OF each mouth from The offce OF
! publication, Nashville or Knoxville, Tennessee,
4 and will be furnished 10 subscribers al four dollars
! year, or three dollars il paid pnnctualy in ad.
vance. Publication will he commenced the Isl
| day OF January, 1885. Address orders TO the
editor and proprietor.
w T. HELMS,
Knoxville Tennessee.