Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-28
UNFAIR CRITICISMS.
A Word to Those Who Give Incorrect
Impressions Respecting the South.

A Word to Those Who Give Incorrect
Impressions Respecting the South.
O'BRIEN, FLA, April 25.-Occasion-
ally, when perusing Northern papers, l
run across items referring to the return
to their Northern homes of citizens from
a "trip through the South" which are
not calculated to give the inexperienced
reader the exalted idea of the country ly-
ing toward the gulf that is desired, by
reason of the misconstruction placed
upon the country by the informant. The
cause of these occasional derOgat0ry re-
ports furnished the willing re-
porter may be generally traced to
several common facts, which will operate
the same anywhere if INDUCED in. The
most common Of these is the hurried and
decidedly unsatisfactory manner in which
the fast Northern tourists permit them
selves to be whirled about from place to
place while here. If rushed through para
disc in the same way such visitors would
next be found ticketed for the port which
is supposed to be the opposite Of paradise
in every particular to see if it didn't dis
count the place already visited.
Another reason for this unjust criti-
ciun of the South by Northern visitors
occasionally is the natural result Of a
resolution and determination not TO like
the country or the people before they see
either. And oftentimes they persistently
stick to this reyl0usly-formed opinion,
and their friends are RECALLED with the
same, which is innocently and unsuspect-
ingly gulped down by our Northern
friends. The writer himself came south
with similar notions, but soon recovered
from their perniciOus effects, and has dis
covered that there is considerable left Of
the South after all, and that she contains
a great deal to commend her. That the
majority Of the unfayorable reports taken
back North Of the South are to be traced
TO one or the other or both of the causes
mentioned is suggested by the intelligent,
iair-minded and Observing NOrtherners
who take their time 10 look into and study
the real condition Of things. and the va
ried resources OF this country, and who
invariably return to their snOw-covered
homes with much more generous and
more reasonable opinion Of what they
saw, learned and heard here than the self
constituted critic who sees but little, Is
capable Of approaching less, and who
didn't intend TO inform himself Of this
part OF the Union when he came.
Each succeeding year, however, sees
more evidences OF the appreciation by
Northern people Of the South and her citi-
zens. and the two sections are rapidly
learning to understand each other better,
The direct result Of there being no reason
Why the two should not live and act as
one. The interests Of both, for the coun-
try's continued prosperity, are identical.
aud the feelings and remembrances OF
past turmoil and strife should be buried
in the tomb of eternal oblivion and the
affairs Of the past be treated
as a forever forgotten family
row. The singular failure OF the
North 10 really know az much
about the South and her people ~ she
thinks she does has heretofore been one
trouble that certainly ought soon TO be
cured. And this trouble would be
promptly cured n all our Northern
friends. when down here, would look
around more, study more, and would give
more correct version Of their trip when
they return home. Experience will teach
that the South and her people VIII bear
acquaintance. kRALc.