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Chapter 47

           MarryingbarelyayearafterFrank’sdeathandshehadkilledhim!AndmarryingthatButlermanwhoownedabrothelandwhowasinwiththeYankeesandCarpetbaggersinallkindsofthievingschemes!Separatelythetwoofthemcouldbeendured,butthebrazencombinationofScarlettandRhettwastoomuchtobeborne.Commonandvile,bothofthem!Theyoughttoberunoutoftown!

           AtlantamightperhapshavebeenmoretoleranttowardthetwoifthenewsoftheirengagementhadnotcomeatatimewhenRhett’sCarpetbaggerandScallawagcroniesweremoreodiousinthesightofrespectablecitizensthantheyhadeverbeenbefore.PublicfeelingagainsttheYankeesandalltheirallieswasatfeverheatattheverytimewhenthetownlearnedoftheengagement,forthelastcitadelofGeorgia’sresistancetoYankeerulehadjustfallen.ThelongcampaignwhichhadbegunwhenShermanmovedsouthwardfromaboveDalton,fouryearsbefore,hadfinallyreacheditsclimax,andthestate’shumiliationwascomplete.

           ThreeyearsofReconstructionhadpassedandtheyhadbeenthreeyearsofterrorism.Everyonehadthoughtthatconditionswerealreadyasbadastheycouldeverbe.ButnowGeorgiawasdiscoveringthatReconstructionatitsworsthadjustbegun.

           ForthreeyearstheFederalgovernmenthadbeentryingtoimposealienideasandanalienruleuponGeorgiaand,withanarmytoenforceitscommands,ithadlargelysucceeded.Butonlythepowerofthemilitaryupheldthenewregime.ThestatewasundertheYankeerulebutnotbythestate’sconsent.

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