Land o' the braves

Historically, the United States Government is the symbol of workable democracy, and the force of American Government bursts now with atomic force the world over. The necessary resources of America are utilized today to supplant the dictatorships and authoritarianisms of foreign countries with a semblance of self-government. Still, at the same time, the mainstay of workable democracy, on its own home ground, seems to close its eyes to the very obvious totalitarianism within its own boundaries. It may seem strange indeed to relate that there are citizens of the United States who have for long years sought - rather unsuccessfully - the substitution of democracy in place of imperialism within the territorial limits of the United States. Nevertheless, such appears to be the case for the problem of imperialism within the democracy of the United States is as old as the United States Government itself. It deals with a subdued race of people - the American Indians, and the full impact of engendered absolutism within the American democracy rings relentlessly in the ears of living citizens of the United States many of whom participated in global wars for the preservation of a free American way of life. The facts are a matter of recorded history.