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The late Senator lo""p]r, ;.;"" Bailey said the same thing once in'even more eloquent fashion, when in agreeing with Lincoln that if this nation ever dies it will be from within and not from without. he said: "If this nation ever dies, there will be no resurrection morn; there rvill be no guardian angel to roll away the rock from our sepulchre door; there will be no Easter morn for this Republic."

The words in the ,r* ;*;raph above are from a speech made recently by James F. Byrnes. He was addressing a convention of the Governors of the Southern states at Biloxi, Mississippi, and what he said there, and what we shall reprint in part here, should cause every loyal and thinking American to stop right in his tracks and take stock of our situation. ***

Mr. Byrnes is one of our most distinguished citizens. A native North Carlolinian, he has held high office in this land. As Secretary of State, as United States Senator, as Supreme Court Justice, and as "Assistant President" to Franklin Roosevelt, he showed himself to be a man of high stature, as well as a citizen of great worth. A Democrat of the purest ray serene, he faced the gathering of Southern Governors, and warned them-and all of usof what he deems to be our national peril.

Feeling that all th" th;gl ttl"t *"a. America what it is today-initiative, self-reliance, imagination, determination, daring to take chances, willingness to sacrifice for the good of this dear land-are being traded away from us for the mess of pottage called "security," this great Carolinian spoke his mind in no uncertain terms. And what he said will therefore be repeated in part, throughout the space usually reserved for our own thoughts and words, because we believe that it is our duty to carry his words to as many eyes and minds as possible, in order that thc dangers of which he warns us, may be possibly averted"

Said Mr. Byrnesr

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"This week it was stated in Europe that our first line of defense is the River Elbe. I DISAGREE. Our first line of defense is NOT the Elbe or the Rhine. IT IS A SOUND AND SOLVENT AMERICAN ECONOMY. And that economy is now threatened.

"The people who settled this country did not come here to establish a government. They were seeking libertyNOT security. They rvere seeking an opportunity to enjoy freedom, the freedom of being let alone. They believed that every human being possessed inalienable rights by the grace of God and NOT by the grant of any government. To secure these rights, the people were willing to endure hardships, and, if necessary, sacrifice their lives.

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"It is not surprising that when their numbers increased and it became necessary to establish some form of government, they grudgingly yielded powers-even to local governments. They realized that if an individual lost his freedom. to him it was not material whether it was taken from him by an individual despot or by a temporary majority. History had shown that at times despots were beneficient, but mobs were always cruel.

"But today i" .r,otrr.r l"j. ln. "pirit of self-reliance that animated the early settlers for more than a century, inspired our people to exercise their initiative and develop this country, while preserving their independence, IS UN. FORTUNATELY DEPARTING FROM THE PEOPLE. Too many people are asking the federal government to perform the functions of state governments. Too many people want to lean on the government, forgetting that the government must lean upon the people. TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE THINKING OF SECURITY INSTEAD OF OPPORTUNITY. THEY SEEM MORE AFRAID OF LIFE THAN OF DEATH.

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"We are engaged in a cold rvar with the Soviet republic. It is a clash between two ideologies-our system of free enterprise, and Russia's Communism. You cannot convince people who are inclined to Communism of the superiority of our system of free enterprise merely by talking of a high standard of living. In this world THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE INTERESTED IN LIBERTY THAN IN LUXURIES.

"We must emphasize ,;;.J"* of the individual who by his initiative has made America prosperous. And we cannot very well boast of our freedom under the American system if we are going to change that system, and force the people to surrender more liberties to a centralized government. When we see the states of western Europe and Great Britain, which have embraced socialism, unable to stand on their own feet and the very existence of their governments dependent upon the taxpayers of the United