Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1864-03-25
PROSPECTUS
PROSPECTS,
OF
zaET Il r. "A G. 6.'2
a Southern Monthly Magazine

n
rv,HE undersigned viii commence in the City Of
| Richmond early in January. the publication
cf Monthly Magazine, under the above title.
II will present to its readers selections from the
hest European Periodicals. of Literary and Scen-
tifIc Artics, of Novels Tales aud Sketches. which
having already received the lmprimature of an en-
frightened taste, cannot but prove acceptable TO
The Southern public. The effort will be maae to
keep the reeders of the Magazine as nearly as pcs
sible abreast Of the literary progress OF the age,
! iran gements have been made which, 1t Is hoped
will enable the Propriesors to secure this end
The Magazine will also present original articles
from our best writers, in all departments, and a
special aim of the Proprietors Of this periodical
will be to foster Southern authorship by Offering
an ADEQUATE and renuneratire field for its exer-
else. They will net. however under the plea Of
this design, encourage, By reproduction 10 IL col
umns, that class Of compositions which create a
| vapd and unhealthy taste. TO be stated OILY ~
| Il at hy brid literature which Yankee jGgsf5GF
has contrved, under the name IF seHssti9ass TO-
nance.
The industrial Resources and the TaaNasl9sas
Interest of the Confeperacy- twin f9andstaSas
Of all true independencewi receive Sis lfap9Fe
tant share of attention they deserve. In tAs dse
yelopment of these questions, Its object HsB rs 70
make practical appHation OF the doctrine O,
States Rights to the yolicy of the country. 1t viii
endeayorito explain the mission OF the CohIeieiaeY
which is to demonstrate liberty regulated oT law
to exhibit a system Of States, each supreme with
alienetion Of powers. 1t will vindicate those ee-
ments Of National Independence, " lich are secur-
ed BY high standard ofinteligen1e ana rea1e-
nent, BY accumulated capital, varied industry
and by ahunda Mt facilities ofintercommuncation.
1t will promote the adoption of all those measures
in which the Confederate States arc nos deficient
And, whilst the Constitution Of the Confederate
States forbids the General GoTorntnent TO organ
Ike and operate Enterprises OF a nature calculated
to attain these results, the projectors viii consider
It their daty to urge apon the States the develop
rnent ofinterests 50 Indispensable to the national
Welfare. Ifis thus Tint, through the aggregate
ability Of the separate States, the power OF the
Confederate States will be made manifest, Il is
thus that the collision Of sectional interest ana the
oppression of a common head will be aToided.
| he various departments of Literature TO 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, orig inal and Sc
lectcd.
3. Reviews Of books.
4. Educational Essays and News.
5. Notices Of the progress Of science and Art
In the fourth section is the design to afford to
Teachers information needed in their roession,
and field for the Interchange of ideas on that sub
ject tn which emf. their assistance and coiaoofa
ton is invited. Southern Scbool Books will be no
ticed and reviewed.; and the Southern system Of
Education az opposed to New England empificism
and practicalism, upheld. developed and defended
TERMS Zach numoer 81 SO. For three
month 81. For six months So.
The trade will besupplied by GEO. L. BID
GOODS. l6l Main Street,
ERNEST LAGAkDE& CO.,
ProrIictors.
WIN. NJ BunwELt..
Chief Editor
ERNEST LAGRADE,
Associate Editor.
january q. 1862.