Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-25
Speaking of Heels

Why all this endless dis
cuSSion about civil rights?
Why this titanic struggle in
the Senate? The Fourteenth
Amendment clearly states
that mo State shall make or
enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges and the
immunities Of citizens of the
United States" and the
Fourteenth Amendment also
states that "all persons born
or naturalized in the United
States are citizens of the
United States and of the
State wherein they reside. "
Isn't that enough of a guar
antee to the Negro citizens
against any encroachment of
their rights? Yet for 80 years
the Southern masters, who
wanted to preserve q bit of
that barbarism of slavery,
which they called then and
still do today "a way of life, I"
have made their own will the
law of their part of the United
States and have defied the
Constitution. And for 90
years the country has COM
placently tolerated this de-
fiance.
Now they weep and wal
low in maudlin talk about
not placing "a black heel on
q white neck What non
sense! A heel is a heel, black
or white, and it belongs on
no human neck. yet it was
quite alright with them for
almost q century after the
Civil War to keep q white
heel on a black neck.
What is the essential diff
ference between rising in
revolt for the purpose of
keeping a segment of the
people in slavery and a revolt
against constituted govern
ment for the purpose of en-
shaving all of US? Subversion
is subversion no matter
which way you look at it.
And this custom of flying
the Confederate Flag on cars
persists to this day and many
call it a quaint and in
nocent" habit. Quaint and in
nocent my eyebrow. That
flag was the symbol of q re-
bellion which almost wrecked
the Union.
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Senator Paul Douglas,
liberal Democrat. has said
many times that Southern
conservative Democrats are
the Achilles Heel of the Dem
ocratic Party" So now is the
time for all good liberals to
come to aid Of their party to
purge Southern conservative
Democrats and gain control
of the Democratic Party. A
liberal is a liberal. regardless
Of party. This civil rights bill
is not only a smoke-screen
but a showdown fight of
liberals versus conservatives
for the control of both
parties.
Speaking Of heels. the big
gest ones / know are ones
who are deceiving the Presi-
dent. Congress, and the
American people by having
enacted into present-day law
the proclamation of President
Andrew johnson Of May. 1865,
appointing provisional gover-
nors for all Southern States
and denying them the right
of state, civil. and local gov
eminent rule. using the Fed
eral Army Of Occupation in
the South to carry out Federal
laws. Only in this so-called
civil rights bill they will Sc
cure the same objective by
using appointed Federal
judges. Once this subterfuge
bill becomes law our form of
government ceases and in its
place we will be ruled by the
Supreme Court, the judiciary
branch. and laws of such will
be enforced by the Depart
ment Of Justice(O and, II
need be. the Army. Navy and
Air Force.
Perhaps "Carpetbagger"
Douglas sees q way TO purge
all conservatives so the lib
erals and the NAACP can
ride rough-shod over any
opposition with the aid and
consent Of the Federal Gov
eminent and troops. too. If
they so desire. And / thought
the Civil War was over. or is
IL?
Reconstruction Days.
Smith Hempstone For