Editor, Gazette-Journal:

Can freedom survive?

That is a question each of us should ask ourselves. I assure you that freedom will not survive if we separate ourselves from the political process and let big government continue on the course to socialism. There are forces at work inside and outside government promoting the destruction of our Constitution which has been the foundation of our freedom since its inception. Chief among the assurances provided by the Constitution is the protection of property rights. Most people think of property as land, home, car, etc. In truth, property rights are much more.

Property in a thing consists not merely in its ownership and possession, but in the unrestricted right of use, enjoyment and disposal. Anything which destroys any elements of property, to that extent, destroys the property itself. The substantial value of property lies in its use. If the right of use be denied, the value of the property is annihilated and ownership is rendered a barre...