The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23

Mr.. Overman Is so shocked about the
authors OF those bonds, and the at
torneys of those who profited by the
looting Of the State during the dark
days of reconstruction, and IL he is
SO moved with anger and desperation
against these men that he could be
hired to shoot his mother before he
would be associated with them or
with their bonds, then | suggest that
he had better inform himself a little
more carefully about the history of
our State during those times
Overman Should Read the Fraud
Commission Report.
Il hold in my hand a copy of the
North Carolina Fraud Commission
Report. This report shows what |
have long believed but was never able
before to satisfactorily substantiate.
This report shows that there was
conspiracy of leading Democrats to
use the Legislature of 1868 as a tool
to do their bidding to loot the State
These prominent Democrats, some of
whom have since been honored by
the greatest Offices in the gift of the
State, eamped around that Legisla-
ture like harpees.
They conceived the plan, drew
the bills, put through the legislation,
had the bonds issued, and then them
selves grabbed the loot and put it in
to their own pockets. The negroes
and the white carpet-baggers from
the North who made up a majority
of that Legislature were simply
pawns in the hands of these Demo-
cratic conspirators. The negroes got
few drinks of cheap whiskey and a
few cheap cigars for their pay. The
only Northern carpet-baggers who
were part of this conspiracy were
those who acted as the agents and
associates of these leading Demo-
Gratis.
Better Shoot the Grandfather of His
Children Than His Mother.
eff Mr.. Overman will read this
Fraud Commission Report, he will,
no doubt, then be willing to shoot the
ghost of the grandfather of his chill
dren, without being hired to do it.
loud applause.)
81 have for years been trying to
get hold of a copy of this report.
Those Democrats who were connect
ed with this conspiracy to loot the
State have used every effort to steal
buy and burn every copy of the re-
port of the investigation into their
conduct, and to-day they are trying
to charge their sins against the Re.
. publican party. How this copy that
hold to-day has escaped their fear
and their greed, their desire to wipe
: out the evidence of the blacklist stain
upon the page of North Carolina his.
tory for which they are responsible
is most astonishing, and at the same
time is most fortunate, in the interest
of truth of history.
ii VIII Republish Fraud Commission
81 Report.
"Fellow-citiZens. in the interest oi
: truth, and in order to uncover and
5 expose a lot Of conspirators who loot
ed the State. and who to-day are per.
e. mitting this dirty campaign OF Will
d fication and abuse against the Repub
e lican party to be conducted, intend
: to have this book re-published. (Lout
d applause.) Yes. fellow-citizens, an
). going to re-publish it. and will have
@, enough copies published so that ths
3 | Democratic leaders can never buy
t steal or burn enough to destroy thil
infamous record OF theirs (Cries
I'll want copy
Il 'I did not give out a statement re
It plying to or commenting upon tn,
+ low, dirty and horrible speech or Mr.
+ Overman at Henderson. because no
S ticed that he was billed to speak II
sci the town Of RuIherfordton on las
It'll Monday. at the same hour at which
'el was billed to speak there though
el that catching him in the same tow
n on the same day. might be able t
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