On the one hand, there was the almost unanimous jubilation with which the so-called liberal German press greeted his alleged revelations. But even apart from this consideration, which left me no alternative, I had other reasons, since in any case I had to deal with Vogt's tall stories about me and my party comrades, for examining them in greater detail. Vogt's concoction, summarised by the National-Zeitung in its own fashion, accused me of a series of dishonourable actions which require a literary refutation now that the road to a public rebuttal in the courts has been definitively barred. I have always taken such pains to avoid -this that Vogt could well expect his cock-and-bull stories to have some success. A straightforward reproduction of the verbatim report of the court proceedings would have been quite sufficient and I would have been spared the hateful task of having to answer accusations directed at my own person and therefore of having to speak about myself. ![]() Had the latter come to pass, as I had a right to expect, I would have been spared the necessity of writing the first third of the present pamphlet. On October 23 of this year, after the case had gone through four preliminary stages, I received a ruling from the Royal Prussian Supreme Tribunal definitively refusing me permission to put my case and so dismissing my action before it could be heard in open court. The present publication will make it clear why I chose to answer Karl Vogt in writing, while challenging the National-Zeitung through the courts.ĭuring February 1860 I went ahead with the libel action against the National-Zeitung. I reserve the right to answer Vogt in writing at a later date." 37 and 41 regarding Vogt's pamphlet, Mein Prozess gegen die Allgemeine Zeitung. ![]() "I hereby make it known that I have taken steps preparatory to instituting legal proceedings for libel against the Berlin National-Zeitung in connection with the leading articles in Nos. Under the date " London, February 6, 1860", I published a declaration in the Berlin Volks-Zeitung, the Hamburg Reform and a number of other German papers, which began with these words: Preface I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI Appendices Herr Vogt Karl Marx
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