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Chapter 52

           WordhadbeenspreadamongthenegroesthattherewereonlytwopoliticalpartiesmentionedintheBible,thePublicansandtheSinners.Nonegrowantedtojoinapartymadeupentirelyofsinners,sotheyhastenedtojointheRepublicans.Theirnewmastersvotedthemoverandoveragain,electingpoorwhitesandScallawagstohighplaces,electingevensomenegroes.Thesenegroessatinthelegislaturewheretheyspentmostoftheirtimeeatinggoobersandeasingtheirunaccustomedfeetintoandoutofnewshoes.Fewofthemcouldreadorwrite.Theywerefreshfromcottonpatchandcanebrake,butitwaswithintheirpowertovotetaxesandbondsaswellasenormousexpenseaccountstothemselvesandtheirRepublicanfriends.Andtheyvotedthem.Thestatestaggeredundertaxeswhichwerepaidinfury,forthetaxpayersknewthatmuchofthemoneyvotedforpublicpurposeswasfindingitswayintoprivatepockets.

           Completelysurroundingthestatecapitolwasahostofpromoters,speculators,seekersaftercontractsandothershopingtoprofitfromtheorgyofspending,andmanyweregrowingshamelesslyrich.Theyhadnodifficultyatallinobtainingthestate’smoneyforbuildingrailroadsthatwereneverbuilt,forbuyingcarsandenginesthatwereneverbought,forerectingpublicbuildingsthatneverexistedexceptinthemindsoftheirpromoters.

           Bondswereissuedrunningintothemillions.Mostofthemwereillegalandfraudulentbuttheywereissuedjustthesame.

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