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 nently foolish and must be condemned by all right- 

 minded people. 



When we come to probe the depths of this spurious 

 Socialistic doctrine we shall find that it is highly destruc- 

 tive to the body politic, as the following extracts before 

 quoted will prove. 



Tis time to know your real friends, 

 To face your real foe, 

 And to fight for your right 

 Till ye lay your masters low; 

 Small hope for you of better days 

 Till ye lay your masters low." 



" They'll know full soon the kind of vermin 

 Our bullets hit in this last fight." 



We are at bottom an eminently sensible and practical 

 people ; were it not so, we should not be what we are to- 

 day — a great world power — let us, therefore, in the name 

 of that practicality which has stood us in such good stead 

 in the past, have done with this silly vapouring after 

 things which will never be, and settle down to the practi- 

 cal realities of everyday life. 

 The People's Socialists, real Socialists, who have the welfare of the 



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people at heart and who have really a great and noble 

 work to perform, should emancipate themselves from 

 this narrow, selfish spirit of envy and jealousy, and 

 preach the broad gospel of peace and prosperity and in- 

 dustry ; the advancement and betterment of the people, 

 and not national disorder, destruction and chaos. We 

 have all the means of general prosperity at hand without 

 resorting to violence; let us make use of them. Let 



