The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-01-06
s&at,on aIism ia Literature.

"a. 49, Has occasionally taken 10 task by
Snrth.Yn ,,urnat. for urgsag the people Of the
s.,,h - .a.s.,n their ow. periodicals. ench as the
a,o,s.Yn r5,srary Messenger, Russeii's Charleston
u.x..,ns &c This has been pronounced section'
a,,.m and we have Teen told that II the editors OF
.h "a papArs had proper enterprise, their peFfodf
e-i.. ,n.ss.d otaraggng out miserable existence
yyold drive their Northern rivals from the mar
ass, Sox, to ell this, We have only to say that We
are not the advocates 10 any sease of q sectiona'
fitsra,are. Would TO Heaven that we hai II"
sienal literature, one free from seetionaism' &oS
iiti ,ntsu. and all other lame and WHICH recogn'i
ing 90 geographical boundaries, nor sa'agehi'"' "
installations, could be everywhere welcomed WIZ
Dat dis.rust or apprehension. The trulh 49, ~"
svsr that the North is more open 10 tue charge %
seescuali. 10 this all as 10 other respects tns1 'ne
Soath. Tue North l. wise In its seneFat'oh' '1'
We cannot conceds IL a monopoly OF pattio1is" -
Is encourages iss own enterpr!ze 10 h1era'1'e'
90 we'll as 10 every other department OF inons"s
nsvsr buying elsewhere what 1t can produce ''ss''
1t Purchases the GOTTEN, tobacco, rice ana h"'"'
storss Of the soath, which II cannot itself raise
and snrichss itself enormously By the nanohhs
Of these Southern staples. 1t supplies the south
with MANUFACTURED goods Of every description
With It's household articles, and agricultural ana
mechanical Implements employing its own vessels
/, ths transportation to and fro of the enormous
trssis It sends 20 the South schoo! f1astsTs.
school books, and literary periodicals. many 81
them no doubt mBritorieus and excellent, anu
which tho South cheerfuly patreni!es. But " has
reciprocity does the North exhibit! What enoonr'
ssstpsnt doea IL give to southern literary produc
ttonsf What has It but snesrs oc 'damning with
faint praise for the efforts of soaihern genius'--
Who bears of our Messenger at the North, or o:
sRussells Magazine or the Southern Quarterly
zoe OF the nost learned and powerful OF American
periodically Ye. the Messenger has bsen Illus
trsssd By the pens of some OF the finest schoiarS
Of England aud America! Who reads Southern
book In tie Northf VIM Gilmore simD1s, OF South
Cnrolna- . romance writer of rare genius, is given
the cold shoulder by Northern literary circles and
when he veptg ed to lecture In the North, he was
som made 70 percsive that be had mistaken his
latitude, end that the North, or those who have
the cor sro of It's literature never give ths right
hand Of fellowship, or OF welcome to any one froui
ssourh Of Mason and D!xoni Here is ssctiobaiism'
no Doubt. but is IL Northern or Southern sectional
ysmf Where, In all the limits of the South,--in
the most ultra district Of South Carooa,-havs this
,ugsyepreeensed and patriotic people ever turned
IT'S back upon national Northern man, no matter
what bis vocation-tbe pnipit, ths bar, the press'
she physician, the teacher, the lecturer, the au-
thor the inventor,--to one and all, Sonthern nre"
siaee affairs and hearts have been wide flung open,
and southern literaiity extended with grace and
nordtai.ty which doublsd the value Of the welcome.
Yet IL We venture to raise feeble voice, not for
the exclusion Of Northern literature, when 1t de-
serves Southern support, we are denounced as sec
tiopslists nay, if we pay feeble tribute to the
virtues Of Souihern sariculturists, without dream
tng thereby OF institu!lpg ditparagiug oomraii'
sous towards any ciass Of the Northern people,
such Journals as the Springfield Republican un'
cork a the visls Of ebei, wra,h, and treat us as il
guilty of high treason.
We shall not be provoked BY such injustice Into
that sectionalism of which the Southern people
arc 20 freely accused. II the North 10 wide awake
10 tts own interests, we eau only Wish that the
South would initiate Its example. In the mean
time We shall continue 10 urge the South 10 en-
courage its own Notwithstanding thereby Dol
o sectional. bot national literature, one whbch
shall develop Southern genius aud oonsecrata il
With the spirit of patriotism.