THE GENERAL COUNCIL  TO  THE NEW  MADRID
FEDERATION386
The Executive Committee, entrusted by the General
Council with temporarily carrying out all the administrative
business of the Association,
in view of the New Madrid Federation’s letter of August 5,
requesting its recognition by the General Council;
in view of the Spanish Federal Council’s resolution of
July 16,  refusing to admit the said federation;
considering that, formally, it would be ridiculous to share
in this matter the attitude of a Federal Council, the majority
of which are members of a secret society hostile to the
International, and which the General Council intends opposing at the Congress;
considering that, essentially, the founders of the New
Madrid Federation are the very people who were the first
in Spain to dare disassociate themselves from this secret
society called the Alliance of Socialist Democracy, and
disclose and thwart its schemes.
For these reasons,
the Executive Committee, on behalf of the General Council, has resolved to recognise the New Madrid Federation
and enter into regular and direct relations with it.
London, August 15, 1872
In the name of the Executive Committee
Secretary for Spain,
FREDERICK  ENGELS
Published in La Emancipation
No. 63, August 24, 1872
Translated from the newspaper