Manchester, 21 September 1868 

Dear Moor, 

Enclosed returned the Schweitzer stuff.!©° The man is an idiot to 

believe that he can bribe you with such a letter. In making you 
chief of ‘Europe’ in general, he hints delicately that your kingdom 

a ‘I must mention here the general report of the Association, drafted by the 
Council in London. Mention is in fact the only word which I can use since I am not 
sufficiently qualified in law to identify and weed out the phrases punishable under 
French law, and there could weil be some of this sort in it’ (from J. I. Blanc’s 
report on the Brussels Congress of the International Working Men’s Association in 
L'Opinion nationale, 10 September 1868). - > “The criticism here is sometimes 
sharp and often ironical. I repeat I cannot make a judgment; but I must admit that 
the audience was less timid than your correspondent; it received with frantic 
applause all those passages which I refrain from quoting’ (ibid). - ¢ L’Emancipation 
belge, No. 254, 10 September 1868, leading article. - 4 Journal de Bruxelles, Nos 252, 
254-260; 8, 10-16 September 1868. 

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is, for this very reason, not in any country in particular, i.e., 
strictly speaking, not of this world. He appoints you Pope so that 
you may anoint him Kaiser of Germany, and thus give a kick to 
Wilhelm.” In any case, it is worth much that you have this letter in 
your hands. 

I think you should, above all, point out to the philistine that his 
workers’ congress only makes sense if it is a genuine workers’ 
congress, not merely a feeble imitation of his Hamburg congress; 
i.e. if Schweitzer sees to it that non-Lassallean elements are also 
represented. So far, there is no sign of this, and Schweitzer does 
not appear to have taken any steps in this direction. Whether he 
‘can make friends’ with Wilhelm and others or not, is completely 
immaterial; in a matter like this he must go along with them. 
Then, regarding the statutes, you could write to him that what 
counts is less what is in them than how they are handled. 

The fellow obviously wishes to push out Wilhelmchen, Bebel 
and consorts, and be able to appeal to something in writing from 
you for this purpose. That must be very important to him, 
otherwise he would never have written you this letter, which 
delivers him absolutely into your hands for ever. You are quite 
right that he sees that a few Lassallean phrases will no longer do 
and that he must expand. 

If I am not mistaken you also gave Wilhelmchen copies of the 
18th Brumaire.” Some of them should be brought here, I no longer 
have a copy. 

I shall write to Gaudissart.‘ 

The Spanish business’ could end all the war clamour. La 
innocente Isabel* was the only reliable ally that Louis‘ had, and if a 
revolution should be victorious in Spain, the whole constellation 
will assume a different character. The affair will probably be 
decided very quickly; I believe the Innocent Lady is foutue:' 

Your 
F. E.