[Gone with the Wind] Miss Margot

After the war, many northerners came to Atlanta.Although it has been five years since the end of the war, due to Atlanta's rapid economic growth and the political status that accompanies it, a large number of southerners, including large manor families and other cities, came to Atlanta for refuge. Without the protection of men, the old citizens of the South, who were left with only women and children, poured into Atlanta one after another, which made the federal government pay more and more attention to Atlanta, so the Atlanta army has not been withdrawn.

That is to say, although in Atlanta, the southerners have achieved great success and firmly held the state power in their hands, the military power is still in the hands of the federal government, that is, the northerners, or simply put, the Yankees in the hands of.

Southerners don't like the Yankees and think most of them are uneducated and inferior, but southern whites don't say that.Most of the people who talk about the Yankees are black.

Although in the past 100 years, blacks had only one legal status in the South: black slaves.

Although until now, blacks are still a disadvantaged group that suffers from discrimination, but compared to the southerners who enslaved them, blacks hate northerners, hate those northerners who call them niggers, just like northerners call them Like niggers, niggers called northerners Yankees.

Niggers and Yankees, these are two very contemptuous words.

When the southerners gradually picked up the upbringing and elegance of the past, and began to look at the world with a more peaceful attitude, the conflict between the blacks and the Yankees became increasingly acute.

In another time and space, because the southerners lost a lot of property and status, maintaining a livelihood and maintaining a decent life for their families has consumed almost all the energy and wisdom of the southerners, just like Ashley Wilkes in the original book , There are many people who are helpless about the new era.

But here, because of Marge, not only in Atlanta, but also in other places, the vast majority of southern men are doing jobs that they think are meaningful in the fields they are good at.

Just like Ashley, he has passed the assessment and became another official judge in Atlanta. Even Charles thinks that as a court clerk, being able to uphold the dignity of the law is something to be very proud of.

In later generations, some people may think that a court clerk is insignificant, with a meager salary, and has to be exposed to so many dark things. After a long time, it is easy to make people psychologically unbalanced.But in the south, the dedication of knights is quite common. Didn't you see that Scarlett said it before the war? "The south is aristocratic, and Britain is also aristocratic. The nobles should help the nobles."

This is the thinking of the southerners. They follow the aristocracy. Of course, this kind of aristocracy is more of their imagination, because there is no aristocracy in the United States.

In the eyes of many people in later generations, there are many unremarkable and unpaid jobs in the south.

Because the southerners are not short of money, or because of Marge, the living standards of most southern citizens are above the middle-class level, let alone those plantation families, even if there are only women and children left, but The post-war mutual aid plan for the southern plantation families alone allowed them to live a noble life without worrying about the trivial matters of managing the manor, and they could buy decent clothes and jewelry every year.

Such a group that does not have to worry about money naturally constitutes 1% of this era, and they are all concentrated in Cherry Blossom Hills, a new urban area in Atlanta—that is, where Margot and Suellen’s big house is located, because they were transplanted from the Far East. It is named after hundreds of cherry blossom trees.

The garrison and sheriffs in Atlanta may not take the lives of black people seriously, but they cannot ignore the demands of wives who are important to the United States like Marge, let alone all the wives in Cherry Blossom Villa. Signed, requesting the sheriff to arrest the murderer as soon as possible.

General Sherman was very angry behind his back. It is said that he smashed a French red wine in his collection.

Since the first murder case, the blacks have never spared the pursuit of the murderer, but their ability is limited, and more importantly, there are people who cover up the murderer, so they have nothing to do, but now, Margo and other southerners speak up, how can they Continue to be silent?

Soon, the two murderers were arrested and brought to justice.

Bell Watling is said to have contributed as well.

On the day of the public trial, a few black men with decent jobs, their families, and the prophet sat in the back row of the courthouse.

The court only opened that row to black people, and there was not a single black person in the jury!

In prophetic terms, the Yankees were just lying to them when they said they were giving them power.And this time the public trial, the case is obviously very simple, but the other party just took it and used the old southern customs as an argument, let alone black people, even Margot and other southern gentlemen and wives were furious.

When the other party's lawyer said that the other party was a southerner for the third time, Margot finally stood up unbearably: "Sir, you said that your two clients are both southerners, so what about their black mother and uncle black? I am also a southerner, and I will stand here today just for my black mother and black uncle! I absolutely cannot tolerate anyone depriving my black mother and black uncle of his life and property safety for any reason.”

The other party's lawyer said: "Mrs. Clark, you are a very respectable lady, but please forgive my offense, you don't know much about the past of your hometown..."

Marge said coldly: "I thought you were going to say something? Isn't it just to remind people of the bloody slave trade? Isn't it just to stir up the hatred of black people against white people? Say I don't understand, then please let me tell you You, if you talk about the bloody slave trade, then every white person is guilty, even if he himself is not stained with the blood of black people, but every white person is a beneficiary of the bloody slave trade! Not only the South, but also the North! Only the South Disdain to lie. It's me, I can say, my hands are clean, it has never been stained with black blood. But also, as an American, I grew up, and everything I got has black blood behind it Giving. Whether it is Tara Manor or Barton Manor, they are all built on the hard work of black people. My current huge industry is also due to the employment of a large number of black people. But please don’t forget, since you are a northern People, please don't forget that the war just ended was initiated by the federal government, demanding equal rights for black people. Standing here now is to follow the laws of the federal government, recognizing that black people have the same guarantee of life and property as white people The right to safety. Don't let the laws of the federal government be a joke, sir, and don't end up with us Southerners acknowledging the black man's right to safety of life and property, while you Northerners attack with old Southern customs The laws of the federal government that you make!"