The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-07-04
OUR HERITAGE IN DANGER

OUR HERITAGE IN DANGER
Bruce Cation concluded his Fourth OF
July editorial in yesterdays Times-Ne IS
with the statement that the people OF this
country have the greatest heritage any
people ever had-the heritage is still great
and still in danger.
The American heritage has always been
subject to dangers, because it is heritage
of representative government, that de-
ponds for its existence on the uncertain
ties and variableness of human nature IN
the mass.
Americans who believe in the system II
government of the fathers and who have
intelligent understanding of what IS hap
pening in this country today, recognize
that our heritage is in a precarious con-
dition. The greatest danger of all arises
from a complacent majority, blinded by
political partisanry; willing to follow bind
leaders of the blind: anxious to trade oHf
heritage for even a temporary return to
the so-called prosperity of the years back
of 1880. These people would trade all
spiritual values, all economic certalntIes,
the very birthright of American freedom
and all the fruits of more than 80 years
of progress under our economic, social and
political system for a mess of pottage TO
satisfy the present craving.
Spiritual laws and natural laws are ah-
solutely certain and exact in their opera
tions. These laws control the universe,
They have operated throughout the his
tory of this world and are in operation
now and will continue to the end.
Those people who propose what they
fancy are new schemes and tricks to cir
cumvent the laws of the universe, have ab-
solutely nothing new to offer. History dis
closes that their tricks and schemes were
tried, in some cases, many centuries ago,
and were found wanting. The way out OF
present difficulties for this country is the
way of conformity to those eternal rules
and regulations which control this and all
other countries, in spite of the efforts OF
men to repeal or circumvent them.
On this Fourth of July our American
hand, but some of them are being magni-
fed and given undue prominence; There
is less danger to the survival OF the Ameri-
can system in Anarchy, Socialism or Con-
munism than in the schemes and wild
dreams of well-mearing experimenters al
flicted with wheels-in-the-head. Anarch-
lists, Socialists or Communists would wreck
the system and destroy the government, if
they could. There is small chance that
they can do it.
The Missionaries, the half-trained econo-
mists, the social and political experiment
ers, are more to be feared than the out
spoken enemies of the country. A ma
jority, no doubt, of these men and women
have no intention of pulling the founda-
tons from under their government. They
are misguided and are misdirecting their
efforts. They are more dangerous than the
. agitators and radicals.
On this anniversary of American indie
pendence the greatest service any loyal
citizen can render is to take time out to
do some straight, sound thinking in COLI
formity with the principles. and teachings
of the. country's founders; and in accord
with principles founded on the eternal
laws of the universe. Neither the schem-
ers, or tricksters or the Missionaries are 60
ing to be able to annul or circumvent
these.