Radicalism
signifying, in a political sense, those elements which demand extreme reform measures in government organization. The term was first applied to the Radical party of Great Britain, in 1819, which stood opposed to the conservative Tories, demanding universal suffrage and an extension of the rights of the people. In this country the Progressive party corresponded most nearly to a radical party. Socialists are also generally known as radicals, but generally speaking a radical does not demand a change in the basic laws of the nation, which a Socialist does, for which reason the latter is more properly a revolutionist, even though he does not desire to bring about the changes by force of arms. of emitting