Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-10-19
From the Petersburg ENpre.'
SUSTAIN SOUTHERN LITERATURE.

There are times when we really begin to iaiu-a
the hope that the Southern people opening irr:
eyes 70 ;ue Importance OF sustaining their own li'v
rary and educational institutions in preference +, u"-
slowing all their favor 0nd patronage apnn thea" ~
the North. Ii be denied that 10 cSi.T'.
the newspaper press oi the South, by is uil-cr.IaI
nate laudatins of Northern periodicals aud Nu.:G.
school. books is responsible for the iudirrn" ana
neglect with which literary journals aud works "t
elementary instruction, published "u ;hls side .! 40
Potomac have been treated. But. every ard
then, observe in some Southern paper, eloquent
and indignant remon-trancc against The h"s!!!s sod
insoent tone of Northern Magazin.;s, which cncHur.
ages us 10 believe that Il more just and REASONABLE
of favor Is .oJut 10 be SHOWN Ia or South.
ern intellectual efforts aud TIM. are ready 70
shake Off the mental vassaagr in which "'c hH,, -
| long continued 10 New England aud New i"rH. !"p
| Columbia Banner "t South Chr"'Ina. pu'ii-rir' q!
the capital of TINT State, has recently -r"k"" o&I
| against the insulting tenor ot Putnam Mohr'v, rs
shown in late article on the Nehraskn question,
and after quoting most obnoxious pas-"Sc crmc.-@.
ing the repeal of the Compromise, holds the follow
| ing proper and sensible language
"We need give no farther evidence Of the lnccris:y
character of this once estcrcd journal, which should
be excluded from the South while il pages 20 iree
| " soilcd with such intermoddnS commentaries on I.
practical fact il does not understand, and tho theory OF
| which it nisrcprescnts.
1.-The same mail which brought The number cou;an
ing this specimen OF Northern vIruicnc", b,g:s 10 Il.
circular asking aid to ncTcnse is Crcuihiic3 and
protesting that I'VE do not refuse 20 discuss any sEJ
iect of Importance 10 the country and while nc Rs9T
assume parkisan athtudF ann 20 treat every .ab-
iect il deserves ltproesHIs courcsy aud pTlee's
| us with ndign;y.
| "Verily, We are people accustomed 10 subma'ion'
Will We never hurl back upon our as:alnnt- IErE
| shells of conbusbc an'! explosive ma'eriais
month ago, too, the Evtar ObSstrcr, pUhI'sh't' g.
Eutaw Greene Co., Ala contained n l"n- le;rcr ad.
dressed TO the Editors oi the SItWr11y ErsEmF P,.,
BY Mr.. John W. Womhck. III whi:n that g~mi, .rri.
administers severe rcbuke Ia the Fhi!adc gh'r E..
tor for tho abolition tendencies o bis ebdr:'a"h!-
| Mr.. Womack thus eOnc.udcs-
IL trust that the people of the South will wa" ~
TO true of their prescu; condition. iru"' i'.
they will no longer forget their rcrc-pect !! tr..'
thnt they will cease to take, or 10 read, newspaper
| and periodicals published in the North uu,, that
thev will cese to travel To Northern watcrin- r'"s,
and trust that they will cease 10 purchase goods
from the North, but import their own suppheo direct
| from European ports, and TINT during the pr:
state of things they will have M further ini"coGrie
with the people Of the North -.
II ia when We see the t.us policy Of the SoHth ;o,
plainly aud honestly set forth, TINT our hopes revive
for Southern literature but on tho Other hand D."
Encouraging it s 10 witness the utter want ~ c"''
ration with which the abcst of literary rHlhcs'
| tions are regnrded
We confess it was with pain, amounting aIrno:, -
indignation, that read IN the Richmond p"i":- i;
other day, the appeal uf the proprctors OF III" >-''
sru LITERARY Messenger declaring that, u,-s They re-
ceived n large accession 10 their subscription let
within two months, that work must be d-c"n;lnU"d
Now we say without hesitation that it would be
burning disgrace To tIr Southern States and rsp"ci
ly to Virginia, to permit such work to eApr" For
nearly quarter of century, il has been associated
with whatever OF intellectual activity the S'n'c d.
played in its pages the best minds {" the passing 2'H'
Grafton have given out their LESSONS Oi practical VIZ,
DOM or embamed the sweet uttermnnc's .: their pa
ctic inspiration. And lis high character has boon
maintained fully TO the present moment. We -" NOT
hesitate to say that some OF the latest E"mh'r' wi
compare with any that have appeared s!cr IIH 'rsn'
meucerneut in 1881, aud have every confidence