(Manchester,] Friday, 6 August 1852 

Dear Marx, 

You will have got back the first half of the article* in English 
and German yesterday afternoon. The second” you shall have on 
Tuesday morning. As for being thrown out of the Tribune, you 
need have no worries.“ We are too firmly ensconced there, 
Furthermore, to the Yankees, this European politicising is mere 
dilettantism in which he who writes best and with the greatest 
esprit comes out on top. Heinzen can do us no harm; if he’s 
bought by the Whigs, it means that he will obey them, not that he 
will give the orders. Ruge, Bauer, etc., etc., in addition to 
ourselves ensure that the Tribune has an ‘all-round’ character. As 
for protectionism, it does no harm. American Whigs are all 
industria] protectionists, but this by no means implies that they 
belong to the landed aristocracy, Derby variety. Nor are they. so 
stupid not to know just as well as does List that Free Trade suits 
English industry better than anything else. By the way, I could at a 
pinch insert a word here and there to that effect with the 
FREETRADERS, Which you could cross out if not to your liking. But 
there’s really no need for it. 

I thought -you had long since settled the discounting affair with 
Johnson and very much hope something will come of it. As for 
me, I get deeper in the mire financially every day. While I much 
enjoy having Papa Dronke here, it is impossible to work of an 
evening, and so a fair amount of money is being frittered away; 
on top of that there are current pissursements besides £20 owing to 
the business, which make things very tight. Dronke intends to 
return next week (at the beginning), after which I shall do a spell 
of hard work, having sufficient material here, and then, by the 
end of September, I shall again have some money at my 
disposal—a few pounds in September“ for sure. Most unfortu- 
nately, in an evil hour Mr Pindar also asked me for a loan. He is 
still keeping afloat on three lessons a week and seems to have 

4a K. Marx, ‘The Elections in England.—Tories and Whigs’. - > K. Marx, ‘The 
Chartists’. - © See previous letter. - 4 December in the original. 

fallen touchingly in love— pauvre gargon, il faut Vavoir vu sous 
Vempire de l’émotion plus ou moins vierge. 

Moreover, towards the end of June I was unable, owing to all 
sorts of circumstances, to charge up to my old man a number of 
extras which have now been placed to my account. Meanwhile, we 
are busy with the balance sheet; actually it is no concern of mine, 
but it will at least give me some indication of how far I can go. If 
it turns out well—which I shall know in some 4-6 weeks’ time, I 
might be able to chance something, in which case you will at once 
receive some money. Only this month, because of the £20 or £25 
I owe the business, I am absolutely stuck. 

I don’t know how I can arrange to do an article on Germany for 
Dana behind Dronke’s back—he knows nothing about the 
matter.'*! At the office I have my hands completely full until 7 
o'clock in the evening, so I can’t do it there. Cependant je verrai.” 

Warmest regards to your wife and children from 

Your 
F. E. 

Enclosed stamps to the value of 9/- and a few pence. 
Dronke asks me to tell you that he will probably be coming at 
the beginning of next week.