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休’’’’弗萊
(HUBER HUMPHREY)
’’民’
A Plea for Civil Rights
對民’黨’說’’’’’’’’’’走’’’’’’陰’’’’’’’’’燦爛陽’中’
1948’’民’黨陷’’境’弗蘭’’’D’羅斯福’統’1945’’’’’’’任’’里’’’’’’’’黨內’’不休’’’’’’’’’’’民’黨左’分裂’’’組成’’黨’提’’’’華萊’爲’統候選’’民’黨’’’’它’握’方白’’關鍵’選票’’’警’說’’’民’黨’’’們’黨綱中採’’民’條目’它’’’’國’’’
休’’’’’’’’弗萊(1911－1978)’’’’’’’’’民’黨’國’’’’’當’’弗萊任’尼’’’斯市’’’輕有爲’’滿’’’正’角’’國參議’’’’’弗萊曾當’藥劑’’教Ⅸ’’1945’當選爲市’’1948’7月14日’’弗萊’’’’’’’熱情’溢’’說’懇’’民’問’’’’敢’立場’’國’’贊’’’’’’而’方’民’黨’’’’’’國’’’民’黨’雖’黨內有’’’’’’’仍’勝’’’而’弗萊’’選參議’’’’’’16’中成爲’’傑’’參議Ⅸ’
我’識’’我正談論’個引’’’’論’問’’’由’’們’執’詞’’情用’’’問’’攪’塗’’我’識’’今天’場’’’中頗有’’’’’中不少’我’’友’’’’’跟我’樣’切關’’個問’’’’’’我’’’反’
我’’著對’’’’’們’’’’’’’欽’’’’’’’
由’’’論中’們’’’’’誠’禮貌’’’’’’我對’們’’’’欽’’’’’’’分’
’爲’有’種’’’’爲我’’我們’’’裏完成’項’有’戰’’任務’’爲’心’’’’我’’’’我不’不’’’支援’個報’’’該報’’楚’闡’’我們’民’’對’該報’’民’’分’解’熱情’’’
請允’我’’’’說’’’’’議’提’不’有對任’個’區’階’’種族’教’’考’’
’有’’區’’有’’都’’用’國式’由’’’遺産’’有’’區’’有’’都’’’少’犯’’種’由’’’有’’’’有’團體都’成爲不公平’’’’’’’
我們’’’’言’’’’’’塔基’’國參議Ⅸ’爾本’巴’’’精’講話切中’’’’談及我們黨’創’’托馬斯’傑斐遜’’’說’
“’’有’稱’切白’’黑’’’’種’’’黃種’平等’’切基督’’’太教’平等’’切’教’’天’教’平等’’切’’’’’平等’’切’’’’’平等’
“’’’’’’’平等’而’’說’平等’’’’有’’’’由’’’福’’’們’’參’’個’’’而’’們贊’’個’’’”
我們’’爲民’黨’參’’’’’’’重’’’’’爲’國’’’而’我堅’’’爲關心我國未’’’’我們必須’我們’黨綱中’’我’提’’諸條’證’
’啊’’’遠遠不’’個’黨’問’’’國之成爲’由’’’領’’’’個公民’’攸關’’由’’正’’實’奴隸’’’’’’’戰’爲’’我們’’有成’’’揮’’’’用’我們必須’’’’完善’立場’
’衡’我們’’’’國’民’’策’’我們不’’用雙重標準’我們對’’國’實’民’’’’不’比’我們’’’國’實’民’’’證’有’’
我們’對’’’誠’’’我們’’’’’’’’’’’’之間’’’情誼’
我不’爲’對我’提及’公民’’’證’’有任’折’妥’’
儘管我’望黨綱’獲’’’’’’我’爲對有’問’還’應當’’’’’予’闡’’不’躲躲’’’’不’輕’’’’
有’’對’們說’我們正’’’個公民’問’儘快’’解’’我說’我們’晚’’百’’’’’
有’’說’’公民’問’’犯’’’’’’’對民’黨’說’’’’’’’’’’走’’’’’’陰’’’’’’’’’燦爛陽’中’
’民’’’類’’’’’’’’’關鍵問’’’民’’’’’’’’式’樣’’’’’望’國擔任領導’’望’國給予幫’’’望’國’引’’’
我’’友’我’民’黨夥’們’我請’’們’’’考’我們’歷’機’’讓我們忘’邪’’’情’忘’’’’’目’’’’今’個國際’濟’’’’精’’機’’尤’’精’’機’’’’期’我們不’’不應偏離’’’我們面’’’路’
’條’路’’引我們’’’’籠’著’’陰’’’谷’’’該’’’那’’’國’由之路’’身’’’’’’候對’我們’體’’’’對’選’我們’’’’百’’’對’’類’’’’’’億成Ⅸ’我們國’’今比’’任’’’’’’’最’’最’’望’’’我’’我們’夠’’我’’我們’’’’’裏’’’’分’’完’’實’’’’望’’它’’樣’個國’’’望’’那裏’’’由平等’’’’智而’’分’’用’’’’由’平等’
I realize
that I am dealing with a charged issue－with
an issue which has been confused by emotionalism on all sides. I realize that
there are those here－friends
and colleagues of mine, many of them－who
feel as deeply as I do about this issue and who are yet in complete disagreement
with me.
My
respect and admiration for these men and their views was great when I came here.
It is now
far greater because of the sincerity, the courtesy and the forthrightness with
which they have argued in our discussions.
Because
of this very respect－because
of my profound belief that we have a challenging task to do here－because
good conscience demands it－I
feel I must rise at this time to support this report－a
report that spells out our democracy, a report that the people will understand
and enthusiastically acclaim.
Let me
say at the outset that this proposal is made with no single region, no single
class, no single racial or religious group in mind.
All
regions and all states have shared in the precious heritage of American freedom.
All states and all regions have at least some infringements of that freedom－all
people, all groups have been the victims of discrimination.
The
masterly statement of our keynote speaker, the distinguished United States
senator from Kentucky, Alben Barley, made that point with great force. Speaking
of the founder of our party, Thomas Jefferson, he said:
"He did
not proclaim that all white, or black, or red, or yellow men are equal; that all
Christian or Jewish men are equal; that all Protestant and Catholic men are
equal; that all rich or poor men are equal; that all good or bad men are equal.
“What
be declared was that all men are equal; and the equality which be proclaimed was
equality in the right to enjoy the blessings of free government in which they
may participate and to which they have given their consent.”
We are here
as Democrats. But more important, as Americans－and
I firmly believe that as men concerned with our country's future, we must
specify in our platform the guarantees which I have mentioned.
Yes, this
is far more than a party matter. Every citizen has a stake in the emergence of
the United States as the leader of the free world. That world is being
challenged by the world of slavery. For us to play our part effectively, we must
be in a morally sound position.
We cannot
use a double standard for measuring our own and other people's policies. Our
demands for democratic practices in other lands will be no more effective than
the guarantees of those practiced in our own country.
We are
God-fearing men and women. We place our faith in the brotherhood of man under
the fatherhood of God.
I do
not believe that there can be any compromise of the guarantees of civil rights
which I have mentioned.
In spite of
my desire for unanimous agreement on the platform there are some matters which I
think must be stated without qualification. There can be no hedging－no
watering down.
There
are those who say to you－we
are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late.
There are
those who say－this
issue of civil rights is an infringement on states’ rights. The time has arrived
for the Democratic party to get out of the shadow of states’ rights and walk
forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights
People－human
beings－this
is the issue of the 20th century. People－all
kinds and all sorts of people－look
to America for leadership－for－for
help－for
guidance.
My friends－my
fellow Democrats－I
ask you for a calm consideration of our historic opportunity. Let us forget the
evil passions, the blindness of the past. In these times of world economic,
political and spiritual－above
all, spiritual crisis, we cannot－we
must not, turn from the path so plainly before us.
That path
has already led us through many valleys of the shadow of death. Now is the time
to recall those who were left on that path of American freedom.
For all of us here, for the millions who have sent us, for the whole two billion
members of the human family－our
land is now, more than ever, the last best hope on earth. I know that we can－I
know that we shall－begin
here the fuller and richer realization of that hope－that
promise of a land where all men are free and equal, and each man uses his
freedom and equality wisely and well.
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