George E. Harris
Record of Karl Marx's reply
at the meeting of the General Council,

November 30, 1869

The National Reformer.
Nr. 24, 12. Dezember 1869

... Citizen Marx replied to all the objectives which had been raised in opposition,
supporting his position by quotations from Blue Books, from Mr. Gladstone's
speeches and writings, and other authorities, clearly demonstrating that in no
other European country were political prisoners so treated as in England, and
that Mr. Gladstone had approved of such treatment, by refusing an official inquiry, and by his promoting the Governor of Mountjoy prison to a post of
greater emolument. Next Tuesday, Citizen Marx will introduce for discussion,
"The Irish Question".

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