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Chapter 37

           ThecommandantsoftheYankeetroopsinthevariouscitieshadcompletepower,eventhepoweroflifeanddeath,overthecivilianpopulation,andtheyusedthatpower.Theycouldanddidimprisoncitizensforanycause,ornocause,seizetheirproperty,hangthem.Theycouldanddidharassandhamstringthemwithconflictingregulationsabouttheoperationoftheirbusiness,thewagestheymustpaytheirservants,whattheyshouldsayinpublicandprivateutterancesandwhattheyshouldwriteinnewspapers.Theyregulatedhow,whenandwheretheymustdumptheirgarbageandtheydecidedwhatsongsthedaughtersandwivesofex-Confederatescouldsing,sothatthesingingof"Dixie"or"BonnieBlueFlag"becameanoffenseonlyalittlelessseriousthantreason.TheyruledthatnoonecouldgetaletterourofthepostofficewithouttakingtheIronCladoathand,insomeinstances,theyevenprohibitedtheissuanceofmarriagelicensesunlessthecoupleshadtakenthehatedoath.

           Thenewspapersweresomuzzledthatnopublicprotestcouldberaisedagainsttheinjusticesordepredationsofthemilitary,andindividualprotestsweresilencedwithjailsentences.Thejailswerefullofprominentcitizensandtheretheystayedwithouthopeofearlytrial.Trialbyjuryandthelawofhabeascorpuswerepracticallysuspended.

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