[Manchester,] 1 February 1870 

Dear Moor, 

I only received the relevant Zukunft yesterday evening, so I can 
only return the Jacobyana today. It is very clear why the old Yid 
did not name you; he was sheepishly ashamed of himself, but he 
should at least have known that, once Schweitzer had been elected 
president, or was simply present, the plagiarism would certainly be 
rammed down his throat; but an old wiseacre like he always 
thinks, in his stupidity, that things might go well. If conversions 
continue like this, we shall soon dislodge old almighty God from 
the Rhenish proverb which states that he ‘keeps curious company’. 

I shall try to raise subsidies for the Democratic News. 12-fold 
subscriptions can lead to nothing, as we have simply no use here 
for the piles of waste paper. And I don’t know, either, what could 
be reported from here. 

I shall inform Wilhelm suitably; I presume he has never spoken 
in his sheet” about the 18th Brumaire. That not a single copy can be 
obtained in Leipzig is certainly a lie, unless the whole edition has 

a See the previous letter. - > Der Volksstaat 

been sold out. Apropos, how do things stand with the French translation 
of it, and of your book? 

I shall send Wilhelm the Peasant Way, but shall only write the 
introduction for the complete publication. There is no sense in 
writing an introduction for a serial publication that might drag on 
for 6 months or more.**6 

It is a real stroke of luck that, despite G. Flourens, no blow was 
struck at Noir’s funeral. The fury of Pays shows the Bonapartists’* 
great disappointment. They could not wish for anything better 
than to catch all the revolutionary masses of Paris en flagrant délit 
on the open field outside Paris, even outside the fortifications, which 
only have a few passages. Half a dozen cannon at the posterns, an 
infantry regiment in skirmishing order, and a brigade of cavalry to 
lay about and pursue—and, in the space of half-an-hour, the 
entire unarmed crowd—the few revolvers some might carry in 
their pockets would not count—would be routed, cut down or 
captured. Since they have 60,000 soldiers, they could even let 
them enter the fortifications, occupy these, shoot down with 
grapeshot and ride down the crowd in the open terrain of the 
Champs Elysées and on the Avenue de Neuilly. Delightful! 
200,000 unarmed workers should, from the open field, conquer 
Paris occupied by 60,000 soldiers! 

The French newspapers arrived this morning. Best thanks. 

Have you read a full translation of Land and Freedom (the 
Russian thing)**'? I now have one; you can have it. 

Best greetings to your wife, Jenny and Tussy. 

Your 
F. E.