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The ruin of the South by the emancipation of her slaves
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is not like the ruin of any other people.
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It is not a mere loss of liberty,
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but it is a loss of liberty, property, home, country,
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everything that makes life worth living."
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Rhett was full of some unctuous fury, without a doubt.
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There were southern secessionists who absolutely believed
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that even any discussion of slavery's future in the U.S. Congress
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should be suppressed,
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that they would no longer live in a union
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that even discussed what to do about the future of slavery.
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And I would say there's not only a kind of racial fear,