New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-01

Try, ana that within few years its substance NAV
be embodied in such legislation as may be
TO establish system under which the people WIN hs
absolutely certain Of having their savings ptrust
10 the care of the Government returned 10 them
without loss and without interest. Whatever diffi
cuities might arise i'm the introduction of such a
system could be overcome in practice l think and
it would be worth while to try it.
NOT AN UNBIASED OBSERVER SURELY
lew days ago, near the completion Of nv
Southern journey, left seaport town by rail ONE
morning for ride of eighty or one hundred miles
into the interior of the State For most of this dis
lance the railroad runs through pine woods region
which is sparsely settled and but small pronor-
uon OF the land is cultivated. The car in which =
rode was full of passengers, and before we had
farly cleared the suburbs of the town from which
we started general attention was attracted to one
man among the passengers. happened to be near
nni' out he spoke so loud and his manners were so
oeinonstrative that everybody in the car was soon
made aware of his presence. He at once began 20
i,dicuie whatever he saw along the road the soil,
the houses of the people, their vehicles. cloth
ing and manners and kent mn n sarcos-
TIC running comment upon such tonics
curing most OF the journey. He soon informed tho
company that he from the NORTH: that ba
was the editor of a newspaper in a prominent New
England city, which he mentioned and that he had
" never been in the South before" He went on 20
say that he was very glad he had " come SOUTH to
see for himself what miserable, God-forsaken
country II was, and in loud tones he denounced the
southern people, and everything Southern as de-
graded beyond anything that he could ever have i'm
agIned II he had not seen il all for himself His
usual climax, or conclusion repeated again and
again, was: " wouldn't give a cuss for the whole
thing" He was insolent even to gentlemen from
whom he asked information about the country and
his manners were so rude and his talk SO violent
that most of the women him sought places
elsewhere. He said he should write series of ar
tlcles about the South for his paper. and that he
should tell his readers fully about the whole
thing" he appeared to think that this short ex-
curson through the pine woods gave him thorough
knowledge of the condition and history of
the entire South, and of tho character of the
Southern people, which he found much worse than
he had ever suspected. Ii | should read what he
writes of the South it would probably tell me of
some things which have not observed during the
months which have passed in Southern travel
Everybody answered this man politely; no one con-
tradicted him tried to argue with him; but after
he had talked for some time the men near him evil
IDENTIFY wished to avoid conversation with him. but
he still often addressed them as if he were giving
orders to menials. In all my journey hitherto had
seen nothing resembling this exhibition.
have written of the South precisely as should
write of the West, or of the Pacific Slope or Of
New-England. have many pleasant memories of
my journey, and take leave for the present Of this
portion of the country, hoping TO visit it again. and
with the strongest wishes for its prosperity and adj
vancement, as part of the one country under ono
flag, and with one National interest and destiny
the growth of the whole people in civilization and
in happiness