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ENGELS TO MARK*” 

Manchester, 9 June 1864 

Dear Moor, 

Your telegram received; the other halves of the five banknotes 
follow herewith. I have cleaned up the glass photogram* a bit and 
now find that it’s very good. I shall show it to Gumpert and his 
wife this evening. 

Clearly it’s of the utmost importance to us that Liebknecht 
should be in Berlin—to spring surprises on Izzy and also, at an 
appropriate moment, quietly to enlighten the workers at large 
about our attitude towards him. At all events, we must keep him 
there’ and support him to some extent. If you send him some 
money now, it will encourage him a great deal and, if you think 
any more is needed, let me know and [ll send you a five pound 
note for him. 

Apropos obituary for Lupus. We must do a kind of biography; I 
think we ought to have it printed in Germany as a pamphlet, with 
the whole of the parliamentary debate” as an appendix. Let’s not 
allow the thing to slide.*'” 

What do Borkheim’s reports say about progress on the Suez 
Canal? Have matters actually got to a stage that points to its early 
completion? 

I’m very anxious to see how things go in Virginia. The sides still 
seem to be almost evenly matched and mere chance, the 
opportunity of scoring an isolated victory over just one of Grant’s 
corps, might restore Lee’s superiority. The battle before Richmond 
may be fought under quite different circumstances, for Butler is 
certainly weaker than Beauregard, otherwise he wouldn’t have let 
himself be forced on to the defensive and, even if one were as 
strong as the other, Lee, if he linked up with Beaur. at Richmond, 
would certainly be stronger than Grant and Butler combined. For 
Lee can debouch with his entire force from his fortified camp on 
each side of the James River, whereas Grant must detach part of 

* See this volume, p. 536.- > W. Wolff's speech in the Frankfurt National Assembly 
on 26 May 1849 (see K. Marx, Herr Vogt, VI, present edition, Vol. 17, and 
F. Engels, Wilhelm Wolff, X, present edition, Vol. 24).