The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-25
Letters ToE Editor

Democracy Can Die
In Nine Steps
Dear Editor:
I consider Mr.. Kennedy the
most dangerous man ever to run
for the presidency on either tick
ct. because we have been gradu-
ally brought to the brink Of
complete welfare state by Mr..
Roosevelt and Mr.. Truman, main
ly. Mr.. Kennedy plans to give a
big push toward government con-
trolls IN then we will be in COM
plete bondage. His discussions
about what he plans to do will
destroy the American govern
ment. First, he does not consider
any fiscal responsibility in re-
gard to decreasing the vast cost
Of government by eliminating
waste and unnecessary bureauc-
racies. The government now
owns and operates about four
hundred billion dollars worth of
business that is competing with
private enterprise. These govern
ment-owned properties pay no
tax; therefore, the tax on the
people gets heavier and heavier.
These businesses could be sold
and the money applied to the re-
duction of the debt. There could
be at least ten billion dollars
saved by cutting out all bu-
reaucracies that are not abso-
lutely necessary and the waste of
overlapping orders and other
things in the Defense Depart
ment.
Mr.. Kennedy plans to increase
the taxes to carry out his pro-
gram of PIE IN THE SKY"
He also plans to increase the
power of the federal government
so much as to destroy states
rights. take over private enter
prise, or at least control them,
and control all schools, banks,
and do away with and destroy
completely priv t e initiative.
Then our personal freedom will
be gone.
Can a democracy die? 1t is
possible for such a government
as we have here in the United
States a government of the
people. by the people, and for the
people - to perish. The answer
is written in the pages Of his
tory. Yes, a democracy can die.
History shows there are nine
steps from the beginning to the
fall Of a democracy. History also
records the average length Of
life for a democracy has been
only 200 years. Here are the nine
steps: First, the people go from
bondage to spiritual faith, from
spiritual faith they move to cour-
age, from courage they move to
liberty, from liberty they move
to abundance, and from abun-
dance they become materialistic,
instead of spiritual. They feel
they have no need for God. They
become selfish and begin to feel
like the man in the Bible who had
a great harvest, SO he tore down
his barns and built new ones and
said. I'm NOT LIKE MY
NEIGHBOR. HAVE GREAT
ABUNDANCE AND DO NOT
NEED GOD" And then he, as
we are now doing. moves to COM
placency and then to apathy and
dependence. usually on the lar
CESS of centralized government,
which constitutes the eighth step.
Then the people take the final
step into the chains of bondage.
Today our country has a combi-
nation of selfishness and apathy,
and a lot of people have left
apathy and gone to dependence.
Mr.. Kennedy's plans of centra-
lized government controlling all
will lead us into complete bond
age.
My fellow Americans, you must
consider these things and pray to
God for a true answer. You can
not have security that will take
care of anything that might hap
pen in life from the cradle to
the grave without losing all your
freedoms. If a man wants COM
plete security and has lost all
ambition to get out and fight his
way up in this life, he should 60
to jail and stay there because he
will have complete security his
room, board, and clothes.
This message to you is not
against Republicans or Demo-
Gratis, but it is against the final
step back to bondage, which our
forefathers fought and died for
in the Revolutionary War. They
gave us a Constitution based on
the Bible. a Bill Of Rights. and
the American Greed. Will you
throw all this away and 60 back
into bondage just because man
promises you everything under
the shining sun, and even PIE
IN THE SKY"
Bailey T. Tally, M. D.
Albemarle, N. C.