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SOCIALISTS IN AMERICA.

The .N ew York correspondent of the Sydney MorniDff Herald says :— ''.The fact .of the hour isthat the new Socialist party" is everywhere organising,' and thkt ' it' is growing with the luxuriant rapidity, of Jonah's gourd. , In this , great State of New York, Mr Dorsheimer,' the Lieutenant-General of the State,: has seen fit to ; call upon the leader of . the ; city; Socialists, : ■ actuated by a shrewd suspicioii that ten or twelve members whom that .'party will undoubtedly .'-'elect .-to.-; - .the next Legislature will hold the balance of power, in the election of an United' States senator. Of course ie ha? been laughed at ; a»d abused . by the.; Press,, for, his pains," but he is jpos- • sibly none the loss wise 4n> hia.day land /generation. New papers have been 'X stared toJ express the new yie'wsjand one of r them b ! oasts ; lof & circulation oorf r nearly "^OOjOOp* copies. ' |Itis , ,' only a weekly, and sells f or a-,cant, fand has no . importance whatever- as a purveyors oJ ; hews— I 'the business i of ; publishing ; news'; f -b l emg like - eyerythirig. else in "a in : indpoly,| and - : absolutely' in -the;, hands o£ a fe«r''m6n| who •■; formed the; Associateiif JPrasa j 'but' -it is none the: less formidable as a^cdhtro^erdial /organ. ; ; These^are' 'stra^^tha t ?"shbw' : the drift ... of i popular . een^imenti "]■", ; Perhaps,' a3 mppt' edU; ft cated and , thoughtful \ men^seem = .to hope, .the J^^ whole Vmpvement.'.nili]meei; :f ao.''iuntimdy tJeath,>= '" but wein^t'wait'ti^afterl^he^electio ' Bho\Mho : ieme^he^ed^ai%y(^ great { Amen^; t cai^. party {hi^^lprung^ S^^S^^P^^p^WeiSire^&t f j -in^Vionjia'''£'caEt-forcii r vau'.'opinloii*'T I the 7 'l%fttional" pwife^pl^^^^^p|l|i^ingtQa^l^^^^a^sxfflp||

toms of vitality. In any case we are brought at last face to face with the same spectre that unceasingly haunts European society, and this very day the New York militia regiments are taking instruction* in ' street -firing,' just as; are the. regular troops of -the Kaiser in jßerlin," -'y:^-'-'--' ■'■ '<•■'/ ■ : ..;• X .■:;■'•.,.'

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Clutha Leader, Issue 221, 4 October 1878, Page 5

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SOCIALISTS IN AMERICA. Clutha Leader, Issue 221, 4 October 1878, Page 5

SOCIALISTS IN AMERICA. Clutha Leader, Issue 221, 4 October 1878, Page 5