What Atticus is talking about here is the racial injustice
in Maycomb.
In this passage, Atticus is talking about how
the whites who have all the power in Maycomb have been abusing the blacks for a long
time. The whole issue of Tom Robinson getting accused is just one example of the ways
in which whites treat and have treated blacks. These bits of injustice have been
building up and making the blacks upset.
Atticus believes
that some day, the blacks will in some way fight back. It is not clear what he means by
that. One way or the other, however, black rebellion would upset the way of life that
Maycomb had always known. When that happened, Maycomb would "pay the bill" for the way
that they (the whites) had treated blacks over the years.
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