Marx-Engels Correspondence 1861

Marx To Ludwig Kugelmann

Abstract

Source: Marx and Engels on Ireland, Progress Publishers, Moscow 1971;
Transcribed: by Andy Blunden.

October 11, 1867

Ernest Jones was to speak in Ireland to Irish people as a representative of the party, and, since big landownership there is identical with England’s ownership of Ireland, he was to speak against big landownership. You should never look for general principles in the hustings speeches of English politicians but only for what is useful for the immediate aim.