Manchester, 15 July 1852 

Dear Marx, 

As regards Weydemeyer, you concluded rightly. There hasn't 
been a Jine from him. Since we wrote and told him exactly how to 
send the stuff here, he seems to feel it his bounden duty to 

a B. Szemere, Graf Ludwig Batthydny, Arthur Gérgei, Ludwig Kossuth. Politische 
Charakterskizzen... The reference is to the German translation, which Marx helped 
to edit. - > See previous letter. - ¢ Next article from the series Revolution and 
Counter-Revolution in Germany. - 4 redone 

withhold any further news from us. By the way, things cannot be 
going very well for him and, when all’s said and done, he’s got to 
earn his daily bread. 

Did you read the article 2-3 days ago in The Morning Herald on 
the various leading men in the Opposition? It could only have 
been written by Disraeli himself. The ‘Anp now stanp For RTH, THOU MAN 
OF “UNADORNED ELOQUENCE”, RicHArpD Cospen’ is splendid. In it Master 
John Bright was rightly recognised as the only dangerous fellow, 
although the gentlemen are not free from illusions in regard to 
Graham. Precisely now this unscrupulous old ambitieux* constitutes 
a very real danger to the Tories. 

Bon voyage to the patriotic gold diggers! Thus the term 
‘underminer’ at last acquires a true meaning and content.” 

The new connection with Mr Rémusat is excellent. A letter from 
Cherval to the Prussian Embassy would be a capital document in 
this trial. Don’t fail to get hold of one. What a long face our old 
friend, le jeune, the self-important Saedt will pull," if we thus 
reduce to chaff the fifty sheets of his bill of indictment which he 
has already announced to the world through the Augsburg 
Allgemeine Zeitung!" Has Rémusat already got these letters? By the 
way, it would appear from the news in the papers, not only that 
Mr Manteuffel proposes to turn the Cologne trial into a 
magnificent political drama—with, of course, some sort of coup in 
the wings—but also, on the other hand, that there is absolutely no 
evidence, and that the weakness of the indictment has to be veiled 
in a cloud of rumour on the part of the police and lies on the part 
of their spies. Have you heard nothing more from Bangya? I 
return herewith the gallant fellow’s letter, hitherto forgotten. 

But if you get hold of Cherval’s letter, is there any way of 
attesting it, so that its authenticity is established? Otherwise a 
presiding judge of this ilk would be capable of prohibiting so 
much as a reading of the document. 

Since, as I hear, the trial is to take place on the 28th, it is 
important for us just now to have several reliable links with 
Cologne. If only we knew to what extent one can count on 
Bermbach’s doing anything! Letters could be safely sent to him 
via Bradford. If we knew that Weerth was in Hamburg, the thing 
would be in order. I shall write to Strohn about it this very day. At 
the same time we might even make use of Naut, if needs be. For, 
contrary to all my expectations, the latter—who has left Em- 

2 ambitious man - > See this volume, p. 130. - © the young - 4 ‘Der Communisten- 
Procef’, Allgemeine Zeitung, No. 195, 13 July 1852. 

manuel’s and is now an agent for a small Jewish firm in 
Bradford—obtained some military stuff for me from a second- 
hand bookseller in Cologne with the utmost promptitude; the 
mystery will be cleared up when I tell you that he wants to become 
an agent for Ermen & Engels and has further asked me to secure 
him the agency for a local twist house. I have promised him all 
this and shall recommend him to my old man. We can, therefore, 
rely on his being punctilious for as long as these negotiations last. 

The military material obtained for me by Naut—clearly the 
library of a retired artillery officer—is coming in very handy, the 
more so since it is mainly concerned with the more elementary 
aspects of military science, the actual day-to-day routine, etc. That 
was just what was wanting. In addition, some splendid stuff on 
fortifications, etc., etc. I shall soon have got to the stage when I 
can venture to advance, even in public, an independent military 
opinion. 

The Szemere piece* will be extremely welcome; but I cannot think 
of working it up as yet. 

Herewith the article for Dana.” I shall now make haste to 
conclude the series; but you do something on England as well. If 
we can extract £3 a week out of the fellow, ll be damned if we 
can’t manage to send your wife into the country for a spell before 
the summer’s over—that would do her more good than any 
amount of porter. At all events, ’m glad to hear that her 
indisposition is not serious. 

Just give me another year’s military study, and the democratic 
lieutenants will get the surprise of their lives. 

Regards to your wife and children and Dronke and Lupus from 

b 

Your 
F. E.