{London,] 16 January 1858 

Dear Frederick, 

You, too, will have had a letter from Harney about friend 
Schramm. There was no prospect of recovery. A pity, though, that 
money worries—for which the fat London philistine* is to 
blame—should have clouded his last days. 

a Rudolf Schramm,. brother of Conrad Schramm 

Your article* is sprenpiy and in styte and manner altogether 
reminiscent of the Neue Rheinische Zeitung in its heyday. As for 
Windham, he may be a very bad general, but on this occasion the 
man was undone by what was the making of him at the 
Redan **’—unseasoned troops. I am generally of the opinion that 
in terms of bravery, self-reliance and steadiness this, the second 
army England has committed to India (and of which not a man 
will return), will not be able to’ hold a candle to the first, which 
seems to have dwindled away almost entirely. As regards the effect 
of the climate on the troops, while temporarily in charge of the 
military department I showed in various articles by exact calcula- 
tions that mortality was disproportionately higher than stated in 
the official English despatches.” In view of the drain of men and 
BULLION Which she will cost the English, India is now our best 
ally. 

On Monday I shall again visit the Museum,” after which I shall 
send you ‘Catapult’-—along with the other stuff you ask for— 
drawn from the best sources. I have not done ‘Coehoorn’, as it 
would have taken me too much time to unearth the correct 
sources. 

I am exceedingly glad to learn that your health is progressing 
wet. For the past 3 weeks I, too, have again been dosing myself 
and only stopped doing so today. I had been overdoing very much 
my nocturnal labours, accompanied, it is true, by mere lemonade 
on the one hand, but An immense DEAL OF TOBACCO on the other. I am, 
by the way, discovering some nice arguments.” E.g. I have 
completely demolished the theory of profit as hitherto pro- 
pounded. What was of great use to me as regards method of 
treatment was Hegel’s Logic at which I had taken another look sy 
MERE ACCIDENT, Freiligrath having found and made me a present of 
several volumes of Hegel, originally the property of Bakunin. If 
ever the time comes when such work is again possible, I should 
very much like to write 2 or 3 sheets making accessible to the 
common reader the rational aspect of the method which Hegel not 
only discovered but also mystified. 

Of all recent economists, Monsieur Bastiat with his Harmonies 
économiques represents the very dregs of fatuity at their most 
concentrated. Only a crapaud*' could have concocted an harmoni- 
ous pot-au-feuS of this kind. 

What do you think of our friend Jones™*? I still refuse to 
believe that the chap has sold himself. Perhaps his experience of 

a F. Engels, “The Relief of Lucknow’. - > the British Museum Library - © stew 

1848 lies heavy on his stomach. So great is his faith in himself that 
he may think himself capable of exploiting the middle class or 
imagine that if only, ONE way or THE OTHER, Ernest Jones could be got 
into Parliament, world history could not fail to take a New Turn, The 
best of it all is that—out of serre against Jones, or course— Reynolds 
is now posing in his paper* as the most rabid opponent of the 
MIDDLE class and of all compromise. Mr B. O’Brien has likewise 
become an IRREPRESSIBLE CHARTIST AT ANY PRICE. Jones’ only excuse is the 
enervation now rampant among the working class in England. 
However that may be, if he goes on as at present he will become 
either dupe of the MIDDLE CLASS or RENEGADE. The Fact that he should 
now seek to avoid me as anxiously as he once used to consult me 
over the merest trifle is evidence of anything but a good 
conscience. 

Herewith a letter for Lupus from Laura and Jenny. The two 
girls naturally imagine that you might take umbrage at Lupus 
appearing to be preferred as a correspondent. Hence they have 
earnestly admonished me not to forget to tell you THAT Yours SHALL 
BE THE NEXT TURN, 

I shall wait another 3 weeks until the situation has pretty well 
come to a head and then write to Mr Dana saying that I cannot 
go on working for the Tribune if I’m restricted to 4 articles a 
month, and that 6 is the minimum. In fact I am now invariably 
obliged to compress into | article sufficient material for 2, and 
hence am doing double the work for HaLr THE price. THIS will 
NEVER DO. 

Did you enclose Lassalle’s and Friedlander’s letters” in the one 
about Lassalle* which went astray? For political reasons, it would 
be desirable to preserve them. 

Salut. 
Your 
K. M.