Manchester, 20 November 1868 

Dear Moor, 

I shall send you some money on Sunday so that you will receive 
it Monday morning. The stupidity of our cashier is responsible for 
the fact that it did not already come today. I am sending you £20. 

Milttairement parlant,* the fellows in Paris have Not THE Ghost OF A 
cuance, if they launch their attack at present. It is not so easy to get 
out of this Bonapartism. Without a military revolt, nothing can be 
done. In my opinion, a coup can only be attempted when at least 
the garde mobile’? once again stands between the people and the 
army. It is certain and obvious that Bonaparte wants an attempt, 
and the revolutionaries would be jackasses if they gave him the 
satisfaction. In addition, the new rifles (1) can very easily be 
rendered useless (by extracting the pin) and (2) even if they fall 
into the hands of the insurgents in a usable state, they are 
valueless if you do not have the specific ammunition, which you 
cannot make like the old cartridges. And why, in fact, should they 
launch their attack just at this moment? The continuation of this 

a militarily speaking 

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state of affairs injures Bonaparte more every day; in addition, 
there is no special reason for attacking. Bonaparte will also take 
care not to give the sort of reason that only the revolutionaries 
need. 

The secret of the elections in Lancashire is the English workers’ 
hatred of the Irish. The damned Murphy cleared the way for the 
Tories. In the meantime, the Irish state church is finished no matter 
what. Otherwise things have happened as I said.* The Morning Herald 
has already explained that, though the Tories seemed to be in the 
minority, they were really in the majority, since they represent the 
majority of the people. 

If you have not received the £20 by Monday morning, telegraph 
me immediately. On Sunday I cannot register and would not 
consider even a registered letter safe in the hands of the post from 
Saturday evening to Monday morning. 

Many greetings. 
Your 

F. E. 

Send me back the letter from Nincompoop.‘ As you know I have to 
show him what grammatical blunders he makes.