The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-08-24
AMER1cANisM VERSUS ALL OTHER
ISMS

An editorial in Liberty Magazine pre-
SCENTS in a clear and commonsense manner
the subject, What Should Be Taught IN
Schools and Colleges?" The discussion Is
timely and the article is so outstanding
that The Times-News is moved to give ITS
readers the opportunity to read the entire
editorial, as follows:
Communism, Fascism, Socialism. and other
isms NAV be worth some attention. But Amerl-
canism stands so far above them, its aehieyeme-
rnent has been so outstanding, far beyond
what has been accomplished by these other forms
of government. that comparisons are odious.
Our institutions of learning should teach
Americanism first, last, and all the time. Whas
has been accomplished by this country should De
heraIded far and wide, shouted from the house
tops. No other country has ever offered such
OPPORTUNITIES. No other country has made such
a marvellous record.
The reason for our outstanding achievement
can easily be ascertaned. Individual genius was
encouraged. Nearly all of our great men came
from a lowly begnining-the farm, the factory,
etc Their abilities, their dominating character
istics were mostly developed through years OF Ia
borious effort often associated with hardship ana
suffering, and in some instances poverty that was
grim and terrible. ... . -.
The boys and girls of this country should De
taught that no other country gives them the same
opportunities, even though during the depression
conditions may have been especially narrowing
But, in the end, merit and ability will win out
The appropriate rewards just as certain as
that cream will rise to the top. No other coun-
try gives the workers the high standard of living
which we have secured here. The dictatorlal
powers which we read about and which are so
effectively used in foreign countries do not exist
here.
To be sure, constitutional government as it
as originally framed and which was adhered to
for more than century has been distorted and
restricted by Socialistc activities which in some
instances are not unlike Communism,
But it is the job of the youth of this country
to stamp out this menacing situation these
threats to our original form of government.
Commercially We stand without a peer Our
business enterprises have grown with such mighty
strides that the whole world gasps in astonish-
ment at our achievements.
And all this was made possible by our original
form of government The changes which we talk
about, the complications which are referred to so
frequently, way make it necessary to
change the fundamental principles back of free
government.
If we want to be shacked and driven here and
there in accordance with the orders of dictator,
if We want to be regimented like some of the
European nations, then let US continue to en-
courage the deviations from constitutional gov
eminent which are so rampant at this time.
But if we wart to continue to be free peo-
pie, if we want the freedom that was originally
intended by our great courageous leaders who
framed our Constitution, who knew the evils
against which We would have to contend, and
who not only warned us but created helpful re-
strietions; if we want to continue to give every
boy and girl appropriate opportunities; if we
want to eliminate favoritsm and allow merit and
only merit to count; if We want to build a nation
of majestic proportions-there is but one high
road that leads in that direction, and that is
through the elimination of all the bypaths that
have recently been essayed, leading away from
the fundamental principles of constitutional gov
eminent.
And if we as a nation are worth saving if we
have some of the remnants of that grim deter
mination, that fighting courage that gained our
freedom in the first place, we win grid up our
lOins and enter the fight that is now before US
to retain the principles of government which will
guarantee the individual the freedom essential
to nation that wants to steer clear of the wreck
age that follows dictatorial augmentation
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