What is more remarkable, the men who were bringing a city out of this desert of shattered brick—raising warehouses from ruins, and hastily establishing stores in houses half finished and unroofed—were not Yankees, but pure Southerners.
Reid highlights the efforts of Southerners in rebuilding Atlanta, countering the expectation that only Northerners would lead such efforts.
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Above all, if there is a trace of politics in their work, or of seeking for political effect at home, they will fail, and deserve to fail.
The danger commences with the first extra-continental State.
Fully believing the debts of their Rebel Government legal and just, they were prepared to repudiate them at a hint from Washington.
You see, General, this is alarming, and you must acknowledge that we are not safe.