Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1864-07-15
PROSPECTUS
OF
Il III "A G. It."
A Southern Monthly Magazine

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NE undersigned will commence in the City Of
Il Richmond, early in January the .ublicati.n
CT Monthly Magazine under the ahara title
1t VIII present to its readers selections fire. the
best European Periodicals. OF Literary and scia,,
tine Articis OF Novels, Tales aud Sketch ss which
having already received the imprinature OF an en-
hghtened taste, cannot but prove acasntshle .,
the Southern public. The effort will be ua.a 10
keep the Feeders of the Magazine as nearly asncS,
sible abreast of the literary progress OF tba
Arrangements have been made which II ia e.
VIII enable the Proprietovs to secure this end
Inc magazine will also present original srsiclaa
from our best writers, in all departments, and
special aim of the Proprietors of this ms roGieaI
will be to foster Southern authorship nv oss-;y,
an adequate and reniunerative field for its ereT.
else. Ihey Will m t, however under the ,,1sy
inns aesign, encourage, by reproduction in its col.
umns, that class of mpositiOns which create 81
vapid and unhealthy taste, to be stated o,iV bv
tt at hy Bird literature which Yankee prsnui,y
has contriVed, under the name Of sensation s, 70.
nance.
The Industrial Resources and tho Fdvess,,-,
Interest OF the Conteperacy-the twin four lions
CT all true Independence will receive the i'm So
tant share OF attention they deserve In tse de-
yelopment OF these questions, Its object viii Ia To
make practical application of the doctrira Of
States Rights To the Tolcy OF the country l. will
cndeayor TO ezpe in the mission Of the Confeder,cy
which is to demonstrate liberty regulated By law,
to exhibit system of States, each Supreme with
in its foundation, and only bound BY q yoluntarv
alienation of powers 1t will vindicate those ele
ucnts of National Independence which are secur.
sd by high standard of intelligence and refine
ment, By accumulated capitaAv-yaIied industry
and by abundant fscilities ofinter communication
IL VIII promotethe adoption of all those measures
In which the Confederate States are now deficient
And, Whilst the Constitution Of the Confederate
states foi bids the General Government to organ
Ike and operate enterprises of nature calculated
to attain these results the projectors will consider
1t their duty to urge upon the States the develop
nent OF interests so indispensable 10 the national
Heilare' II lie thus that, through the aggregate
ability OF the separate States, the power Of thu
Confederate States will be made manifest. Il i,
thus that the collision of sectional interest and the
oppression OF a common head will be avoided
The various departments ofliterature 10 which
The Magazine will be devoted, may be named as
follows
|. Essays, original and selected. political. Lit.
eracy and Scientific and Biographical Sketches
2. Novels, Tales and Sketches, original and Sc
| lecttd.
! g. Reviews of books.
| 4. Educational Essays and News.
5. Notices of the progress of science and Art.
In the fourth section it Is the design to afford to
| Teachers information needed in their profession
and Held for the Interchange of ideas that sub
ject, to which end, their assistance aud collatora
tion Is Invited. Southern School Books will be mo-
| tced and reviewed.; aud the Southern system of
Education as opposed to New England empireism
and practicalism, upheld, developed and defended
/ TERMS Each pumoer 81 so. For thres
month S4 For six months IS.
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ERNEST LAGAKDE CO.,
Proprie,ers.
wv. N. BuRwELD.
Chief Editor.
ERNEST LAGRtpg
Associate EditoI