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Chapter 12

           WhenpraisedforhisservicestotheConfederacy,heunfailinglyrepliedthatblockadingwasabusinesswithhim.Ifhecouldmakeasmuchmoneyoutofgovernmentcontracts,hewouldsay,pickingoutwithhiseyesthosewhohadgovernmentcontracts,thenhewouldcertainlyabandonthehazardsofblockadingandtaketosellingshoddycloth,sandedsugar,spoiledflourandrottenleathertotheConfederacy.

           Mostofhisremarkswereunanswerable,whichmadethemalltheworse.Therehadalreadybeenminorscandalsaboutthoseholdinggovernmentcontracts.Lettersfrommenatthefrontcomplainedconstantlyofshoesthatworeoutinaweek,gunpowderthatwouldnotignite,harnessthatsnappedatanystrain,meatthatwasrottenandflourthatwasfullofweevils.AtlantapeopletriedtothinkthatthemenwhosoldsuchstufftothegovernmentmustbecontractholdersfromAlabamaorVirginiaorTennessee,andnotGeorgians.FordidnottheGeorgiacontractholdersincludemenfromtheverybestfamilies?Weretheynotthefirsttocontributetothehospitalfundsandtotheaidofsoldiers’orphans?Weretheynotthefirsttocheerat"Dixie"andthemostrampantseekers,inoratoryatleast,forYankeeblood?Thefulltideoffuryagainstthoseprofiteeringongovernmentcontractshadnotyetrisen,andRhett’swordsweretakenmerelyasevidenceofhisownbadbreeding.

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