▁were ▁in ▁existence . ▁ ▁Bell amy ' s ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁term ▁" National ism " ▁rather ▁than ▁" social ism " ▁as ▁a ▁des criptor ▁of ▁his ▁government al ▁vision ▁was ▁calculated , ▁as ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁want ▁to ▁limit ▁either ▁sales ▁of ▁his ▁novel ▁or ▁the ▁potential ▁influence ▁of ▁its ▁political ▁ideas . ▁In ▁an ▁ 1 8 8 8 ▁letter ▁to ▁literary ▁critic ▁William ▁Dean ▁How ells , ▁Bell amy ▁wrote : ▁ ▁Bell amy ▁himself ▁came ▁to ▁act ively ▁particip ate ▁in ▁the ▁political ▁movement ▁which ▁emer ged ▁around ▁his ▁book , ▁particularly ▁after ▁ 1 8 9 1 ▁when ▁he ▁founded ▁his ▁own ▁magazine , ▁The ▁New ▁Nation , ▁and ▁began ▁to ▁promote ▁un ited ▁action ▁between ▁the ▁various ▁National ist ▁Club s ▁and ▁the ▁emer ging ▁People ' s ▁Party . ▁For ▁the ▁next ▁three ▁and ▁a ▁half ▁years , ▁Bell amy ▁gave ▁his ▁all ▁to ▁politics , ▁publishing ▁his ▁magazine , ▁working ▁to ▁influence ▁the ▁platform ▁of ▁the ▁People ' s ▁Party , ▁and ▁public izing ▁the ▁National ist ▁movement ▁in ▁the ▁popular ▁press . ▁This ▁phase ▁of ▁Bell amy ' s ▁life ▁came ▁to ▁an ▁end ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 4 , ▁when ▁The ▁New ▁Nation ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁susp end ▁publication ▁ow ing ▁to ▁financial ▁difficulties . ▁ ▁With ▁the ▁key ▁activ ists ▁of ▁the ▁National ist ▁Club s ▁largely ▁absor bed ▁into ▁the ▁appar atus ▁of ▁the ▁People ' s ▁Party ▁( although ▁a ▁National ist ▁Party ▁did ▁run ▁candidates ▁for