Letter to Karl Marx, March 10, 1851

Author(s) Friedrich Engels
Written 10 March 1851


First published: Der Briefwechsel zwischen F. Engels und K. Marx, Bd. 1, Stuttgart, 1913
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 38

TO MARX IN LONDON

[Manchester,] Monday, 10 March 1851

D. M.,

This morning I received the enclosed letter from Weerth and am at once sending it on to you. So the business between Schramm and Harney is now settled. If you can inveigle that idle fellow into doing it, get him to send Harney a copy of the translation of Blanqui's toast; cela fera son effet[1] . It would be an altogether good idea if, now that he is again on the best of terms with Harney, he was to maintain the connection—after all, Harney has a paper[2] . A copy of the article that was sent to The Times[3] might also be sent to Blanqui in Belle-Isle. Schramm shouldn't be too lackadaisical in this matter—for he would thereby secure his rear in various directions. Money tomorrow.

Your
F. E.

Barthélémy has made a prize ass of himself—that's one consolation.

Tell Schramm to put the whole story down on paper for Harney. Then we shall have GIVEN NOTICE, and that's always something that may later carry weight.

  1. ↑ it will have its effect (the reference is to the English translation of L. A. Blanqui's toast 'Avis au peuple') -
  2. ↑ The Friend of the People
  3. ↑ F. Engels, 'To the Editor of The Times' (with an English translation of L. A. Blanqui's toast)