Answer: In that excerpt he means that he has an advantage because he swore and oath to defend the government when the south did not have one to destroy it.
There is little soil, and too much sand.
Explanation:
Grosz's metaphor means that people couldnt see who was heating the cauldron, refering to the jews and because everyone was blaming the jews, they could feel the heat increasing refering to all the injustaces and heatred.