Published as a letter to the editor dated London, December 14, 1852, under the heading “A Reply to Kossuth’s ‘Secretary’”, in the New-York Daily Tribune, No. 3656, January 4, 1853, p. 5; attributed to Karl Marx by MEGA² (I/11). Text from the original newspaper (Library of Congress, Chronicling America). Traducción al español.
To the Editor of The N. Y. Tribune:
London, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 1852.
Sir: It is some time since I sent you an explanation on my late correspondence respecting the movements of Kossuth and Mazzini, which caused such a noisy outburst from the American Press. This explanation—in which I stated, among other things, that Kossuth himself was a perfect stranger to the different articles called forth by my correspondence, and that my intention had been rather to give a warning, &c., than to make an attack on the parties alluded to—was all I considered necessary to say on the subject, until I received the latest American newspapers containing a sort of official refutation of my remarks from the pen of a pretended Secretary of Mr. Kossuth. With regard to this “document,” I have to inform you that Kossuth, on being referred to, has assured me:
- That, at the present time, he keeps no Secretary at all.
- That the said “refutation” had not been written by his authorization.
- That he had not even known of it before he received my communication.
After this “authorized” declaration I shall recur no more to the subject, leaving to the uncalled-for advocates to console themselves for their ill-applied zeal.
Your Private Correspondent.