Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-11-25

10 lhoh IA SYMPATHY ahd hostile la
politics, There arO so#e who oven
snrts At the unsuccessful tFbtts 0f
our scholars and writers 10 eontch
with this popula' current and 10
stem lis liurenl corrss. ,phvse very
'rilirs, Ste' w5aid hllf Southern
literature with uu,kmgaess; who
I 10 not rrstsaN'e il Hs .h6 represen,
'ative of S1r,hern lrohglil, whn
'aSt cold tn'tr on all It's struggles
for ic aud power, assert thcmselye,
10 he Soutncrners every ireh, anil
vilipcnd the North sh''er tlfUy buy
ISr wares and extend everywhere
the advocates 0f her i,ms, dOxirs'
and ologieS, So in tfs ~sr, tho
most fluent patriots dbhied thsm.
selves none of tho luXua'ts which
could minister 10 pleasure, wera'
clothed in fine linen aud hroL sum
ptuously every day. Tho patriot.
ism which IL not earnest and ardent
enough To practise self denial is not
worthy of the name. Let the Svuilfs
crncrS who refuse ar neglect 10 SUP
port Spr:hcn literature accept tho
application,
Sidney Sihl.- said, nearly finy
years ago, sourelf nj the time by his
losses in Pcnnsylvani- %euritiv-,
that noonc reads I'M Amcrltaii' | Sok.
The half century which has since
elapsed has seen wonderful changes
and transformations. till now our
American litcratprs stands cUnspic'
nous before taY tbes cs thc world.
What has given such an ff-pctus tT
American thousht, and developed
so rapidly and vigorously tn, growth
of its literary expression? Clearly
the libcralhJ With which letters
have be" ibstercd aud literary mch
rewarded. IL has icrtiliscd the soilr
stimulated production. and incrcas.
cd the fruitagc. The money so cx-
pended was good seed sown in goo,S
srohhd ! II has already broughs
FORTH sumc thirty, some siNty, sowe
IN hundred fold. The guud sU,l is'
here in the South-so far almost u
virgin nlluvilim but the sowcr'
wilhholds his hand and the land its
increase.
These observations, we trust, will
direct the attention OF the people Of
the South to the duty they owe to-
themselves and to the cause and
claims Of home literature. 1t is true,
the Republic Of Letters recognises
70 distinctions Of geography, II"
antipalhics Of purity. But wo must
train up writers to vindicate our
cause before the world and postcrity,
and to put on imperishablc record
the lofty and heroic exploits whlr,r
arc blasoncd OH our 5, iclds aiha
flags in gold and scarlet. We huve
borne long enough the rcproach of
having developed no authors whose
utterances the world cared to hear
We have too long supported li.@'
craturo which dsscninatcs ideas
and arguments ut variance with
those which our fathers gave US, and
which exercises an influence for vico
and and evil only. The Southern
people must awake to II sense of
their duty; they must reach out
their helping hands to the publish
crs, authors and editors who aru
struggling, like Caesar, in the Tii'
Der tide. 1t will cost them money
to erect Il literature of sufficient
dignity and value to make itself foltD
and needed in the world; and they
mny have to wait in patience for
many years bcloIc their cxpecta-
tons nru fulfilled ana their hopes
gratiflcd. Rut the end will come
surrly, if not swiftly, when they
may dwol with just pride ON tho
evidences and ultclTlnccs Of native
dOuthcr pcnius.