Manchester, 27 April 1852 

Dear Marx, 

Herewith Weydemeyer’s latest, which sounds rather more 
hopeful. For the time being I am keeping your article '* here 1. so 
as to read it, and 2. so as to translate it into English at some later 

4 Meanwhile he is out of harm’s way. 

date, which will be easily done, omitting such figures of speech as 
are comprehensible only to Germans. 

Voila donc* Moses Hess, in the Kélnische Zeitung, with a warrant 
out against him for high treason.” I'll be hanged if this hasn’t 
happened because Father Dronke was found carrying those idiotic 
papers concerning their important business in Geneva. Cela valait 
bien la peine!* In the meantime Moses again becomes a martyr, 
which will greatly enhance his otium cum dignitate’; maybe he will 
shortly be dispatched to London—est-ce que nous n’échapperons 
jamais a cet imbécile*> At any rate, all this can make things 
extremely awkward again for the poor devils in Cologne and 
provide new grounds for dragging out their trial; had they already 
been referred to the Court of Assizes, we should surely have 
heard about it. 

Freiligrath has written asking for an introduction to my 
brother-in-law‘—I am sending it to him today; evidently he is 
determined to look round for a post. 

Warm greetings to your wife and children. 

Your 

Splendid division on the Militia Bill last night.'!° If the Almighty 
vouchsafes a few more like it, the new election will be postponed 
until September or October. Serves THE WHIGS RIGHT AND THE FINAN- 
ciats** roo! I see that Jones intends after all to bring out his paper 
straight away—it was a mean trick Harney played him over the 
Star, but it was lucky that Jones | did not acquire that doomed, 
discredited, wretched old paper. Let Harney dig its grave and 
his own at the same time.