Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1856-01-16
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Southern Conservative Magazine.
w HEN new aspirants for popular favor
w are announced, the public have a
right to demand the grounds upon which
show Of title to their patronage is made.
Acknowledgment Of this we trace the
customs Of parties in the avowal Of prin.
ciples; OF religious sects in the promul.
cation Of creeds: and Of persons in all
pursuits Of life, dependantupon the pub
lie for success, in their preparatory. ex
positions Of plans and purposes. The
customs thus originating, though some.
times abused, are useful and proper and
should not be discarded And when ii
obedisnce to custom new plans are pro-
posed, those approving ought not to with
hold their encouragement as too many
do. until they see that success is sure,
for their aid may be needed to secure it.
Such foolish policy as this jeopardizes
the plan they approve and hastens- its
failure; it has defeated many important
enterprises, and has deprived the country
Of good and useful works. If q new
proposition Of any kind is approved by
the public, the support Of those approx
ing is Of right expected. their approval
being solicited only in the view that their
more substantial aid viii not be withheld.
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The Southern Conservative Magasine
will occupy grounds but little cultivated
by American Magazinists. TITS believed
that q field is open for periodical Of n
new and in some respects, higher order
than has been aimed at in our magazine
literature. In this belief and with such
an aim, We announce the Southern Com
servatiye Magazine.
The new Magazine will be national and
not sectional; claiming no meritby virtue
of its establishment in the South, but
aiming at : higher usefulness and more
general acceptability. It viii Be profess
tant, but not scctarians; opposing religi-
GUS bigotry orlintolerance on the one side.
and infdelity on the other - hboring IN
its teaching to advance closer union be-
tween the several branches Of the great
family Of the church. II viii be politi-
cal. but liberal; owing no slayish allegi-
ance to parties or politicians, It win sd
vocate measures, not men. and will labor
only for the success Of principles. 1t
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to the reckless spirit Of innovation 50 rife
in the country aiming to elevate and adj
vance, not depress;t to reformand improve,
not to destroy: sacredly adhering TO the
intent Of ourgreat republican theory. and
,laboring to advance il to lis fullest devel-
.opment. It win DO truly American In
tone and sentiment. but viii repudiate
nothing foreign, merely because SO be-
lieving that the good, the useful and true
belong not, par excellence. to any favored
people. but are the common right OF all.
Il will be the organ Of pure conservatism.
1t win encourage > high toned literature.
and defend pure morals ID all the social
relations Of life. And il will number in
its corps regular contributors some Of
Of the ablest political and literary writers
in this country.
The magazine win Do printed on The
finest quality of paper, with new type,
and in . plain but superior style, II
Each No. viii contain not less than 80
large octave pages. made up aboriginal
articles, contributed and editorial, reviews
political and scientific essays. romances,
poetry, &c. tai
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