Manchester, 29 January 1852 

Dear Marx, 

How annoying that one cannot rely on anything being done 
unless one does it oneself. Owing to our messenger’s stupidity, my 
letter to The Daily News did not go off yesterday; now it’s too late. 
So all I can do is to keep it in abeyance until I see whether yours 
is in tomorrow’s or Saturday’s Times. If not, it will go off at once. 
In the meantime there’s one thing to consider: whether Freiligrath 
is not the right man for The D. News. Were he to write to them, I 
could try The Weekly Press and The Sun. We 2 have been 
cold-shouldered by The D. N. oncg already.” 

Enclosed another article for Dana.* It might, perhaps, be 
divided into two at the point where the Polish business ends— 
though it would be better to keep it entire. If you split it up, you 
can send both halves by the same srramer, since there is not another 
sailing before tomorrow week. I will now see that I get on fairly 
quickly, say,2 articles a week, so as to have done with the susjecr. 
There will be 15-16 articles in all. 

No copies” received from Weydemeyer. No letter either. This 
surprises me. I shall finish another article“ for him this evening. 

The French are real jackasses. Madier approached me about an 
industrial matter and, since my brother-in-law, who knows the 
poncE, happened to be here, I gave him some very useful hints and 
advice. Now the dolt writes to say that, as a result of silly chatter 
by some crapaud* who knows nothing of this matter, he intends to 
go about it in a different and Most uNBUSINESSLIKE way, and I am to 
obtain, not for him, but for his associate, a man whom I have 
never seen, letters of introduction from my brother-in-law (who, 
fortunately, is on the Continent)! You will recall that Madier 
introduced us to a calico printer who was bound for Manchester. 
The fellow calls on me, I go to immense pains to be helpful, do 

2 F. Engels, Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Germany, VIII and IX. - b of Die 
Revolution - © F. Engels, ‘England’, II. - d Emil Blank - € philistine (literally: toad) 

what I can, treat him with the utmost consideration, and in return 
for all this the dolt suddenly vanishes without my being able to 
learn what has become of him. A fine race! 

Your 
F. E.