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Show THE GROWING SPECTRE. A bit i.-isue of the New Vork Herald xma un article on llie Inicroii-tiouals, Inicroii-tiouals, which DOten their rapid growth in numbers und iwpoiuuiue. The H" -nU wa of the opinion thut tlu-y hui not been able k far to cO'ct't an uriMiuza-tion uriMiuza-tion in Kun.-ia, though it uxpcLi.rd they would Rccompli-li that object by and by. But y.tsterday a lelt'krnuu w.i- c-ceived. c-ceived. to bo found in another euluum, winch uimounci-s the di.-euwry uf a h(!fWt society in the Muscovite empire haviiiK like purpo.se.-i with the InUma tiumils and aiming at the jruv.-riiment of tii'- umpire. The crowned heads and govern liientsoi Kurope aie in-ubled over tln .-e urbanization.'', which icr-meaie icr-meaie llie entire continent and threaten a fear ful revolution that will level thrones in the dunl and deslim tilled unstuCturie. ; The .siine powL-r i.i (iruwin on this side of the Atlantic, hut in the I nilcd States it docs not propone u accomplish its oL-ject.-. by the cauic means an tho European Intcmitlionals. They advocate advo-cate the bayonet and bullet, but the National Labor A.ociation of America proclaims its intention of attempting to carry its points by the bullot bos. In tho United States there is no war to1 he made on crowned heads or titled aristocracy, but tho working-men declare de-clare they will do battle against monopolies, mon-opolies, agaiu.st a growing oligarchy. The great political parties of the country cannot afford to Blight this new element, which proclaimed on Wednesday Wednes-day in St. Louis its determination to come betbro the country next year as a party aiming at powor. Although it may be considered numerically weuk to-day, it is not really no. Its htrength, at pre-rtont, pre-rtont, in principally confined to a number num-ber of largo cities, yet tho rapidity with which the Internationals havo increased in Europe, by amalgamating trade unions and embodying them in the organization, shows how speedily the Workingmou'B Association can assume giant proportions. We recommend a perusal of the platform of the St. Louis Convention, which would involve some veiy radical changes in the government of the country; and may give a different shape to nest year's political .struggle than is now expected. |