The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-09-29
Guest Editorial
The DeodIy Virus

(Reprinted from The Charlotte N. c., Observer)
The lesson that find in President Humans recent
Chicago speech Ito the shrine convenon lies deepers than
All that he said on that subject is granted America
has, he said exercised revolutionary influence the
world; practically unanimous in determination
to protect and defend what we know democracy;
exertng best efforts and sacrificing wealth to
keep the free peoples of the world help defend
them against the would destroy them
There is no dispute on those points Neither can one
disagree with his estimate of the otaaran tvrannes
that better than the old absolute tyrannies But
the stark tragedy of his denuncation of the otatariars
his inability to that his purblind adminisra
ton is leading this country down the disastrous road
IT, as he said, America has exercised revolutionary
of it done because of unique form gov
eminent but mainly because that governmenbefore it
corrupedfostered equally unique American char
acter-a character built self-reliance
We have been the nnovators to the world, the ad-
venurers the explorers the inventors the
all because the American had bounless faith in
his individual self and sublime confidence govern
men that gave him free rein and full opportunity for
self-expression.
at devastating speed since horde of nsious propa
gandsts caught us in Of weakness when had
Just had bad break and began preaching to alien doc
rine imported from the decadent countries of Europe
The burden of their siren song that American
tree enterprise was finished. It longer equal to
what they called new age, and now government must
take over and provide everybody with living take of
him from the crade to the Individual sefconfi
dence vfed the Of vices he who presumed
to stand on his feet and make his way reved
and called insulting Independence to be rooted
out OF the American mnd the psychology of dependence
was to be cultivated in it's place.
| They succeeded all too well. We wonder sometimes
how we fell for it. But consider the Italians intelligent
and civilized people, how they hoodwinked strut
ing little egoist in gaudy uniforms and fez and tasse for
all the world like grinders monkey, who led them
i into the most inane imbecilities.
Consider the Germans, the most highly educated and
cultured people the continent beguied by ridiculous
little psychopath who led them by the their own
destruction.
Consider the British the level-headed British the
authors OF most OF the human freedoms and how they haYe
submitted like dumb driven cattle to stateism that
they themselves three ago would not have believed
possible.
Il FINALLY, consider the Americans, and how our an
eht seeant character has been infected through six
e years OF government propaganda with the deadly
oi conecSm that is spreading creeping paralysis over
once hardy and venturesome people and making them
tmorous dependents
We mind YOUTH just out or one OF our .>o1n Caro-
una universities where he had taken the best of training
Tor particular business His rghtfu American heritage
was zeal Tor achievement eagerness to launch in
that BUSINESS IN aertness to seize opportunity make
e a go of it.
lie was informed of such an opportunity He coulC
ouy partnership in the business Of his choice 1t
great corporationony small business but well estab
and thriving and apparently going places He lacked
the capital he advised to get somebody to back him
10 that he had only this faint-hearted reply: 60
Woulunt even back myself unless could make
"a success of it." 5.