Worcester daily spy., 1872-06-10
Wanled-A Conservative aEnwazine

A correspondent OF the New York World, sad
ly and almost hopeessly asks for "conserya-
tive magazine" meaning by Conservative one
whose editors aud contributors are neither
Unitarians nor political radicals. II must be
orthodox, when ii approaches dOgmatlc dues-
tons, and unlayorable TO the social theories of
female suffrage, agrarianism and communism.
II must be the organ and domestic friend of
those people who are not worshippers Of prog
ress, who arc content 10 mind their own busi-
ness and "let wen enough alone" This dScou-
tented person does not really want magazine
at all. He prefers "the solid weight of books to
the hlppancy of short and diluted generalza-
hons;" but he sees that the world Is bent on
having magazines,a and he is iDexpressedly pained
that il will have and read such as it likes,
not such as he likes and thinks weuld be good
for 1t. Passing in review the various magazines
published, he finds more harm than good in
each OF them. Of course he could expect Meth
ing good from Boston. The tone of thought
there is better than at Paris, but only shade
better. There ID not "single sound individual"
connected with the Atlantic Monthly or the
much worse Old aud New" How could there
be, seeing that they are published in Boston?
Harpers publications our conservative cannot
endure. They are "every way inceudiarv.
They sow poison alike by literature and pic
lures. They are orthodox in nothing, but are
doing more than any other one agency to de-
banch and undermine public morality"
Inc Galaxy is not quite SO bad. In fact Il
has come so near being actually good as to have
secured the conservatives approval and sub.
seription; but gradual tendency toward pro-
gress eliminated IN terrible article in the May
number, and il enters his house no more Serb
ners, he mournfully says, would "do very well
were democratic and would not praise the
Dos'On Clique" but those positive and negative
eiro's quite overshadow all its merits These
@'e oil the magazines which he thinks ft TO
"O'.'e' 'nough we shonld like to hear his crit.
0AS"s oh some Others. Unitarianism. "which
heAns Doth religious and political radical
Nii' ana which is utterly inconsisten,
WIN stable and peaceful condition
'oe'e9' s' the conservative thinks
'ne "oi'oh Oh all this mischief; il ia thorouob.
y organized for the corruption ~ ali u, ,i,a,.
inre. 1T puffs that windy Old yas-hao v,aa-
son; grins at Holmes, who saw. No s.a.. =.
write as fanny as he can tand eert,,nl. =, y,
can write funnily be yields to his tear,,. I.,,,.,'
at the horrible nasal dialect OF Loweu n, ras1
bis cold.blooded lyrics with reverenti2l re,ncc,
and speaks with ready hat in hand OF the ael
cate limitations Of Professor Longrolow, vii
undoubtedly is the best specimen OF the libers
htterateur extant." This is a sad outlook for
conservative; yet, as the editor of the World I
minds hiH, there are some magazines III
corrupted, including the Methodist Qua
terly, the Princeton Review, the America
CHURCH Review, the Catholic World, III
old school Presbyterian and others; but th
eoilor agrees with his correspondent and Sol
Io"s with him over the fact, that The mo.
p'pu'ar magazines in the country are edited i
lne interest Of progress, and suppes,s ns
reason' winch Is no doubt the real one for IN
melancholy truth, that the procres.,y,s -
the sympathes Of the reading public Neyo
theless, conservative magazine no Il sar
would pay II Il were as well wri,,en a,A .r,
edited as the others; but" he adds ",yhera :,
the writers or editors TO come lromY, Tt,s
an implied confession from conserya,,yo n.
all the able writers are progressiyes, mus,
somewhat discouraging 10 bis corresponds,
whose ione,h queulous and fipcturod wi