Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 248, Decatur, Adams County, 18 October 1940 — Page 5

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I DON’T PUT YOUR HEAD IN A HALTER! 888 * 8811 1 ■ When a nation has done just as it pleased for 164 years, But if the old fire hasn’t burned out; if we are still worthy I naturally it shies from a halter. of our heritage; if the blood of free men still runs in our B veins that’s something else again, and the answer is per* f Wfc like the sugar he holds out to us, but what’s he got in his fectly simple: We have only to rebuke those who would I other hand BEHIND HIS BA( K? steal ()Ur | reedomt fry voting to perpetuate the American I There is but one issue in this campaign: Do we or do we not " ay< I want a PERMANENT President. Either that—or we might just as well melt the Liberty Bell I Once a man breaks through established American tradition into handcuffs, and tear the Bill of Rights into confetti, to I and gets himself elected President the THI RI) time, be cast to the four winds in celebration of our cowardice. I through the accumulative power of his high office, it will be increasingly easier for him to repeat the operation indef- There are those who still feel that America is all right, and initely—meaning that the American People are Mkely to that || le eX p er j men t o f Self«( Government is not a flop, wake up some fine morning, in shackles. Maybe that s Certainly there are people like that in Indiana; and we can what they want. tell bow many there are by counting the votes for Willkie. Maybe they’re tired of responsibility, and would like some one else to tell them what to do. Where d() YOU stand ? Maybe they find inspiration in the predicament of the 3 „ .... Iv . .... . n . Do you subscribe to repudiation of promises? Russians, Germans, French, Finns, Danes, Dutch and Bel- , tian* Do you wan * a one * man t°P over your home? Maybe purges, free love, concentration camps, intrigue Do your ankles itch for the leg irons? them. Okay! Then vote for surrender! But mind you, THAT will Maybe the abolishment of home, church and labor unions be your last FREE ACT as an American citizen; for just as appeal to them. sure as any man ever is elected to the Presidency of the Maybe the old fire has burned out. 1 nited States of America THREE TIMES . . . THAT’S If so, there’s nothing we can do about it. THE END. DON'T PUt YOUR HEAD IN A HALTER! WILLKIE CLUB OF ADAMS COUNTY t » « . , , , .... p||)ticai A4v«rtiMm«nt br tiomcr McKee) - - -

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