The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-12-30
t SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER
FOR 1854

fOh 1874.
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lie we feel il incumbent upOa US u oIcr s0Ele cx 2ia
nation Of tue AMI purposes, the steady prose
crtion OF which, trust, shall entitie us to tie
sympathy and support Of our friends aud tue public
We design ref seton upon the past conduct VI
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Ell ,rt VIII Oh the most Zaaious and devoted energy
can Inspire VIII b. made for tho iniprOvem emit aad
development Of this most important ag ency for iae
advancement Of the Interests CT Southern literature
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rial MAJ q sen,ert Of the MESSENGER VIII be the
achIeyems nt Of the rshtfa destiny of literature, the
encouragement and development Of genius and learn
Ing aud tie beaithfu, instruction aud amusement Of
ahe reading publ.c.
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promotion Of that higher order oil literary eG1rt
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mind aud which has sympathy Or affinity with
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insensate friv0llty, which, under the MsnOmer Of
literature threatens t. deiuge the South with those
same cOrrupiing influences which have enectuay
de- troyed all purity Of thought and sentiment In the
Northern mind.
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