【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 head of the dixiecrats, because the dixiecrats are a part of the democratic party. the democrats have never kicked the dixiecrats out of the party. the dixiecrats bolted themselves once, but the democrats didnamp。39。t put them out. imagine, these lowdown southern segregationists put the northern democrats down. but the northern democrats have never put the dixiecrats down. no, look at that thing the way it is. they have got a con game going on, a political con game, and you and i are in the middle. itamp。39。s time for you and me to wake up and start looking at it like it is, and trying to understand it like it is。 and then we can deal with it like it is.
　　the dixiecrats in washington, ., control the key mittees that run the government. the only reason the dixiecrats control these mittees is because they have seniority. the only reason they have seniority is because they e from states where negroes canamp。39。t vote. this is not even a government thatamp。39。s based on democracy. lt. is not a government that is made up of representatives of the people. half of the people in the south canamp。39。t even vote. eastland is not even supposed to be in washington. half of the senators and congressmen who occupy these key positions in washington, ., are there illegally, are there unconstitutionally.
　　i was in washington, ., a week ago thursday, when they were debating whether or not they should let the bill e onto the floor. and in the back of the room where the senate meets, thereamp。39。s a huge map of the united states, and on that map it shows the location of negroes throughout the country. and it shows that the southern section of the country, the states that are most heavily concentrated with negroes, are the ones that have senators and congressmen standing up filibustering and doing all other kinds of trickery to keep the negro from being able to vote. this is pitiful. but itamp。39。s not pitiful for us any longer。 itamp。39。s actually pitiful for the white man, because soon now, as the negro awakens a little more and sees the vise that heamp。39。s in, sees the bag that heamp。39。s in, sees the real game that heamp。39。s in, then the negroamp。39。s going to develop a new tactic.
　　these senators and congressmen actually violate the constitutional amendments that guarantee the people of that particular state or county the right to vote. and the constitution itself has within it the machinery to expel any representative from a state where the voting rights of the people are violated. you donamp。39。t even need new legislation. any person in congress right now, who is there from a state or a district where the voting rights of the people are violated, that particular person should be expelled from congress. and when you expel him, youamp。39。ve removed one of the obstacles in the path of any real meaningful legislation in this country. in fact, when you expel them, you donamp。39。t need new legislation, because they will be replaced by black representatives from counties and districts where the black man is in the majority, not in the minority.
　　if the black man in these southern states had his full voting rights, the key dixiecrats in washington, d. c., which means the key democrats in washington, ., would lose their seats. the democratic party itself would lose its power. it would cease to be powerful as a party. when you see the amount of power that would be lost by the democratic party if it were to lose the dixiecrat wing, or branch, or element, you can see where itamp。39。s against the interests of the democrats to give voting rights to negroes in states where the democrats have been in plete power and authority ever since the civil war. you just canamp。39。t belong to that party without analyzing it.
　　i say again, iamp。39。m not antidemocrat, iamp。39。m not antirepublican, iamp。39。m not antianything. iamp。39。m just questioning their sincerity, and some of the strategy that theyamp。39。ve been using on our people by promising them promises that they donamp。39。t intend to keep. when you keep the democrats in power, youamp。39。re keeping the dixiecrats in power. i doubt that my good brother lomax will deny that. a vote for a democrat is a vote for a dixiecrat. thatamp。39。s why, in 1964, itamp。39。s time now for you and me to bee more politically mature and realize what the ballot is for。 what weamp。39。re supposed to get when we cast a ballot。 and that if we donamp。39。t cast a ballot, itamp。39。s going to end up in a situation where weamp。39。re going to have to cast a bullet. itamp。39。s either a ballot or a bullet.
　　in the north, they do it a different way. they have a system thatamp。39。s known as gerrymandering, whatever that means. it means when negroes bee too heavily concentrated in a certain area, and begin to gain too much political power, the white man es along and changes the district lines. you may say, amp。quot。why do you keep saying white man?amp。quot。 because itamp。39。s the white man who does it. i havenamp。39。t ever seen any negro changing any lines. they donamp。39。t let him get near the line. itamp。39。s the white man who does this. and usually, itamp。39。s the white man who grins at you the most, and pats you on the back, and is supposed to be your friend. he may be friendly, but heamp。39。s not your friend.
　　so, what iamp。39。m trying to impress upon you, in essence, is this: you and i in america are faced not with a segregationist conspiracy, weamp。39。re faced with a government conspiracy. everyone whoamp。39。s filibustering is a senator thatamp。39。s the government. everyone whoamp。39。s finagling in washington, ., is a congressman thatamp。3