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Show THE INTERNATIONALS. The Loudou Standard of tho 19th ult. prints a proclamation issued by the Internationals of Pam after the collapse col-lapse of the Commune. It is bold, defiant de-fiant and bitter. It admits of defeat, but urges a renewal of the contest. It calls tho Internationals of Lyons, Marseilles, Mar-seilles, Milan, Berlin, Moscow, London, Lon-don, Liverpool and Manchester "To Arms! To Anna!" is the cry; "the musket in one hand, the torch iu tbo other. Old civilization must perish! Perish it shall!"' This is not tho lauguage of men crushed and dispirited by the triumph of the Yertaillists. It tells oi" an unsubdued un-subdued and savage determination, that will yet revel in the havoc it makes. Driven back into Paris, bay-onetted, bay-onetted, shot down like dogs, executed by hundreds, slaughtered by thousands, thous-ands, such yet is the language of the Internationals of Paris, those Comiuu-niats Comiuu-niats that would have laid the loveliest capital of the world iu ashes and been buried in its ruins rather than yield, if they oould have dono so. What now gives them courage to so declare themselves? them-selves? It is not mere empty bravado with which they thus court dealh, for their power is broken iu Paris, and a Communist utterance is yet sufficient reason for the execution of the one that utters it. The secret of this deliaut call for a renewal of tho conflict lies in the fact that the International Society is not confined to Paris. The Internationals of London responded with another proclamation, sustaining the fierce effort ef-fort of the Pai is Communists; and held public meetings of sympathy. Though only organized in 1S64 the "International "Interna-tional Association of "Working Men" already numbers nearly three minions of members, working iien bound together to-gether to olTcot the overthrow of existing institutions in Europe and uontrol ihe government of the United States when they feel sufficiently strong in numbers to do so. Central societies exist iu Paris, Lyons, Marseilles, Lon-i don, Manchester, (.ila.-gow, Berlin, ! Brussels, Milan, Borne, Vienna, j Dressdcn, Munich. Moscor;, St. . Votersburg, New York, Philadelphia,. Boston, Baltimore, Chicago, Cinciu-i nati, St. Louis, and in luct in ail the great cities of Europe and the United j States. Their numbers are weekly j increasing; they aro gaining strength silently but rapidly. They aro the l people, the working men, who, deprived de-prived of the elective franchiso in ! Kurope, and thus, unable to speak' through their representatives in legis-1 hnive halls, will make themselves ; heard through the cauuon's roar; when, their leaders deem the fitting j time has arrived. How strong they bad become in Pur id was shown iu the; Lie tcni1)!: Binik'Kie, wlieu ihey Ju-i putci u:.y ly d:.y fur wei,s the whole power uf l i.o Vorsaiilti troverniiient, ' nUstaiied by alniut two hundred , thom.-M soiui-vr How -t iU-y are iu J.ji.iuii is shuwn wh- u n-uiur. demons! raliuu-! aie ealltd fur. llo.v, Hn.il.' tii.-y urt iu utii'.r paili u! Kuiupe ttiil Lo .-yli uheU liiC ea.i lu .iiiuo i.) i-ouiidi-d by their leader., and j tho jfreaieat rjvolutiuu ui' recorded I lime -jt.H that entire continent in a blaze of war, to be druwned out only j by a river of blood, in Kurope they I will not be s-li-ticd merely with the I lianchi.-e and baiioi; tiiey will demand the destruction ui' liiroues and title.-) oi nu'uiiay; they wiii demand the di&triuu-1 lion ol'c.ipital and the establishment of ; a system of lurieri.-tio equality, which) in Paris L called L'ummuoism and in I London is called SuciaiiMii. In the United States their war wiii j be against corporations and capil'Lt.s 1 and tho battle will be commenced in the baiut boxes. At present the two great parties ui' the nation do not recognize them. Iu a very few years they wiii be com pelied to do so. W hen the trade societies and organizations of tiic great manufacturing and mining! States become absorbed in the Inter-j ; national Association, its power in ibis! icountiywill be immense. Think of; i the Pennsylvania coal strike of last, winter. Sea the Amador county strike j in California. liellect on the Ht. Cria- pins of the east and their power. Sing- ! ly each society has had to suceumb; I j united, and their members acting to-1 j gethor, at tho polls they can give an i entirely new complexion to our govern-1 ! ment. Next year may not see it, j though even now it is talked of; 1S76 may ico it; but unless there is greater i statesmanship displayed than any we have had for some yews, in a uew element of power will laugh at ordinary political organizations and hold tho destinies of tho nation in its hands. We are not attempting to utter predictions. pre-dictions. These are tho probabilities strong ones, certainly. An association associa-tion which iu tcven years has grown to number nearly three millions on the two coutinont3 may well be expected to reach four times that uumber in nine years more. What could resist such a host whether at the ballot-box or iu open conflict? Nor are they without influence outside their own organization. Legislators and prominent promi-nent men encourage them, strengthen them by their eloquence, and urge them on in acourso of which nono can see the end. If there over was a pe-j pe-j riod in the world's history when wise statesmanship was demanded demand-ed by tho exigencies of the hour, to avert a fearful upheaval of society, it is now; for while important impor-tant reforms aro needed, and the condition con-dition of the working classes claims great amelioration in many respects, j if once the torch of war is kindled by the milWotus oi" tt or king mm, US a dlS- I tinct organization, there will be such a j conflagration as will fill future ages j with awe lo merely think upon, j The Chinese question, woman t-uf-i frage, a reduced tariff, and scores of other questions which claim temporary importance, aro trilling when compared with this o'ertowering one whih is rearing itself so silently and so suddenly sud-denly as to be almost unobserved. |