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Seven
times
Congress
had
passed
crushing
acts
against
the
state
to
keep
it
a
conquered
province
,
three
times
the
army
had
set
aside
civil
law
.
The
negroes
had
frolicked
through
the
legislature
,
grasping
aliens
had
mismanaged
the
government
,
private
individuals
had
enriched
themselves
from
public
funds
.
Georgia
had
been
helpless
,
tormented
,
abused
,
hammered
down
.
But
now
,
in
spite
of
them
all
,
Georgia
belonged
to
herself
again
and
through
the
efforts
of
her
own
people
.
The
sudden
overturn
of
the
Republicans
did
not
bring
joy
to
everyone
.
There
was
consternation
in
the
ranks
of
the
Scallawags
,
the
Carpetbaggers
and
the
Republicans
.
The
Gelerts
and
Hundons
,
evidently
apprised
of
Bullock
's
departure
before
his
resignation
became
public
,
left
town
abruptly
,
disappearing
into
that
oblivion
from
which
they
had
come
.
The
other
Carpetbaggers
and
Scallawags
who
remained
were
uncertain
,
frightened
,
and
they
hovered
together
for
comfort
,
wondering
what
the
legislative
investigation
would
bring
to
light
concerning
their
own
private
affairs
.
They
were
not
insolent
now
.
They
were
stunned
,
bewildered
,
afraid
.
And
the
ladies
who
called
on
Scarlett
said
over
and
over
:
"
But
who
would
have
thought
it
would
turn
out
this
way
?
We
thought
the
governor
was
too
powerful
.
We
thought
he
was
here
to
stay
.
We
thought
--
"
Scarlett
was
equally
bewildered
by
the
turn
of
events
,
despite
Rhett
's
warning
as
to
the
direction
it
would
take
.
It
was
not
that
she
was
sorry
Bullock
had
gone
and
the
Democrats
were
back
again
.
Though
no
one
would
have
believed
it
she
,
too
,
felt
a
grim
happiness
that
the
Yankee
rule
was
at
last
thrown
off
.
She
remembered
all
too
vividly
her
struggles
during
those
first
days
of
Reconstruction
,
her
fears
that
the
soldiers
and
the
Carpetbaggers
would
confiscate
her
money
and
her
property
.
She
remembered
her
helplessness
and
her
panic
at
her
helplessness
and
her
hatred
of
the
Yankees
who
had
imposed
this
galling
system
upon
the
South
.
And
she
had
never
stopped
hating
them
.
But
,
in
trying
to
make
the
best
of
things
,
in
trying
to
obtain
complete
security
,
she
had
gone
with
the
conquerors
.
No
matter
how
much
she
disliked
them
,
she
had
surrounded
herself
with
them
,
cut
herself
off
from
her
old
friends
and
her
old
ways
of
living
.
And
now
the
power
of
the
conquerors
was
at
an
end
.
She
had
gambled
on
the
continuance
of
the
Bullock
regime
and
she
had
lost
.
As
she
looked
about
her
,
that
Christmas
of
1871
,
the
happiest
Christmas
the
state
had
known
in
over
ten
years
,
she
was
disquieted
.
She
could
not
help
seeing
that
Rhett
,
once
the
most
execrated
man
in
Atlanta
,
was
now
one
of
the
most
popular
,
for
he
had
humbly
recanted
his
Republican
heresies
and
given
his
time
and
money
and
labor
and
thought
to
helping
Georgia
fight
her
way
back
When
he
rode
down
the
streets
,
smiling
,
tipping
his
hat
,
the
small
blue
bundle
that
was
Bonnie
perched
before
him
on
his
saddle
,
everyone
smiled
back
,
spoke
with
enthusiasm
and
looked
with
affection
on
the
little
girl
.
Whereas
,
she
,
Scarlett
--
There
was
no
doubt
in
anyone
's
mind
that
Bonnie
Butler
was
running
wild
and
needed
a
firm
hand
but
she
was
so
general
a
favorite
that
no
one
had
the
heart
to
attempt
the
necessary
firmness
.
She
had
first
gotten
out
of
control
the
months
when
she
traveled
with
her
father
.
When
she
had
been
with
Rhett
in
New
Orleans
and
Charleston
she
had
been
permitted
to
sit
up
as
late
as
she
pleased
and
had
gone
to
sleep
in
his
arms
in
theaters
,
restaurants
and
at
card
tables
.
Thereafter
,
nothing
short
of
force
would
make
her
go
to
bed
at
the
same
time
as
the
obedient
Ella
.
While
she
had
been
away
with
him
,
Rhett
had
let
her
wear
any
dress
she
chose
and
,
since
that
time
,
she
had
gone
into
tantrums
when
Mammy
tried
to
dress
her
in
dimity
frocks
and
pinafores
instead
of
blue
taffeta
and
lace
collars
.
There
seemed
no
way
to
regain
the
ground
which
had
been
lost
when
the
child
was
away
from
home
and
later
when
Scarlett
had
been
ill
and
at
Tara
.
As
Bonnie
grew
older
Scarlett
tried
to
discipline
her
,
tried
to
keep
her
from
becoming
too
headstrong
and
spoiled
,
but
with
little
success
.
Rhett
always
sided
with
the
child
,
no
matter
how
foolish
her
desires
or
how
outrageous
her
behavior
.
He
encouraged
her
to
talk
and
treated
her
as
an
adult
,
listening
to
her
opinions
with
apparent
seriousness
and
pretending
to
be
guided
by
them
.
As
a
result
,
Bonnie
interrupted
her
elders
whenever
she
pleased
and
contradicted
her
father
and
put
him
in
his
place
.
He
only
laughed
and
would
not
permit
Scarlett
even
to
slap
the
little
girl
's
hand
by
way
of
reprimand
.
"
If
she
was
n't
such
a
sweet
,
darling
thing
,
she
'd
be
impossible
,
"
thought
Scarlett
ruefully
,
realizing
that
she
had
a
child
with
a
will
equal
to
her
own
.
"
She
adores
Rhett
and
he
could
make
her
behave
better
if
he
wanted
to
.
"
