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E  VANGELICAL  SOCIALISTS.
At  the  same  time  a  newspaper  was  established,  Der  Staats-Socialist,
  which  had  for  its  epitaph  these  words  :  “  The  social
question  exists,  and  it  can  only  be  solved  by  a  strong
monarchical  State  resting  on  the  moral  and  religious  factors  of
the  national  life  ;  "  meaning,  apparently,  “  with  the  aid  of  the
evangelical  clergy.”
The  existence  of  danger  to  society  in  Germany  certainly
cannot  be  denied.  It  seems  to  menace  the  public  order  •  for
the  two  attempts  at  regicide  by  Hoedel  and  Nobiling  are
generally  laid  at  the  door  of  Socialism.  Three  means  of
dealing  with  it  present  themselves;  firstly,  to  ignore  the
danger  altogether  and  lull  one’s  self  in  an  imperturbable
optimism  while  repeating,  “toir«  faire,  Mesez  passer,  the
world  will  get  along  all  right  by  itself  "—this  is  the  advice  of
the  Economists  :  secondly,  to  repress  to  the  utmost,  to  prohibit
eThv  thus  try  to  extirpate  the
il  by  force—this  is  what  the  government  desires:  or,  lastly
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method  recommended  by  the  Staats-Socialist
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constitute  a  peaceful  organization  of  labourers,  in  orlr  to
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