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Chapter 52

           Thestatetreasurer,aRepublicanbutanhonestman,protestedagainsttheillegalissuesandrefusedtosignthem,butheandotherswhosoughttochecktheabusescoulddonothingagainstthetidethatwasrunning.

           Thestate-ownedrailroadhadoncebeenanassettothestatebutnowitwasaliabilityanditsdebtshadpileduptothemillionmark.Itwasnolongerarailroad.Itwasanenormousbottomlesstroughinwhichthehogscouldswillandwallow.Manyofitsofficialswereappointedforpoliticalreasons,regardlessoftheirknowledgeoftheoperationofrailroads,therewerethreetimesasmanypeopleemployedaswerenecessary,Republicansrodefreeonpasses,carloadsofnegroesrodefreeontheirhappyjauntsaboutthestatetovoteandrevoteinthesameelections.

           Themismanagementofthestateroadespeciallyinfuriatedthetaxpayersfor,outoftheearningsoftheroad,wastocomethemoneyforfreeschools.Buttherewerenoearnings,therewereonlydebts,andsotherewerenofreeschoolsandtherewasagenerationofchildrengrowingupinignorancewhowouldspreadtheseedsofilliteracydowntheyears.

           ButfarandabovetheirangeratthewasteandmismanagementandgraftwastheresentmentofthepeopleatthebadlightinwhichthegovernorrepresentedthemintheNorth.WhenGeorgiahowledagainstcorruption,thegovernorhastilywentNorth,appearedbeforeCongressandtoldofwhiteoutragesagainstnegroes,ofGeorgia’spreparationforanotherrebellionandtheneedforasternmilitaryruleinthestate.

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