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Chapter 49

           YankeefamiliesofwealthsentyoungsonstotheSouthtopioneeronthenewfrontier,andYankeeofficersaftertheirdischargetookuppermanentresidenceinthetowntheyhadfoughtsohardtocapture.Atfirst,strangersinastrangetown,theyweregladtoacceptinvitationstothelavishentertainmentsofthewealthyandhospitableMrs.Butler,buttheysoondriftedoutofherset.TheyweregoodpeopleandtheyneededonlyashortacquaintancewithCarpetbaggersandCarpetbagruletobecomeasresentfulofthemasthenativeGeorgianswere.ManybecameDemocratsandmoreSouthernthantheSoutherners.

           OthermisfitsinScarlett’scircleremainedthereonlybecausetheywerenotwelcomeelsewhere.TheywouldhavemuchpreferredthequietparlorsoftheOldGuard,buttheOldGuardwouldhavenoneofthem.AmongtheseweretheYankeeschoolmarmswhohadcomeSouthimbuedwiththedesiretouplifttheNegroandtheScallawagswhohadbeenborngoodDemocratsbuthadturnedRepublicanafterthesurrender.

           Itwashardtosaywhichclasswasmorecordiallyhatedbythesettledcitizenry,theimpracticalYankeeschoolmarmsortheScallawags,butthebalanceprobablyfellwiththelatter.Theschoolmarmscouldbedismissedwith,"Well,whatcanyouexpectofnigger-lovingYankees?Ofcoursetheythinktheniggerisjustasgoodastheyare!"ButforthoseGeorgianswhohadturnedRepublicanforpersonalgain,therewasnoexcuse.

           "Starvingisgoodenoughforus.Itoughttobegoodenoughforyou,"wasthewaytheOldGuardfelt.

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