[Marxism] Weydemeyer and cannons

["Charles Brown" <cbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark Lause

Charles, the Prussians were selling cannons they were replacing and the
Americans were, at one point, buying all sorts of outdated European crap.

If you really think the guy whose post you are basing all this isn't a
reactionary moron, send him a note and ask what his basis for making such a
claim.

ML

^^^^^
Mark,

The last sent was from one of the Marx-Engels archives, quote from a letter
from Engels to Weydemeyer. In other words, the letter from Engels that I
just quoted, is a basis for the claim.  The claim wasn't that the cannons
were new and shiny, just that they were cannon.

The passage is ambiguous. It is not clear that Engels means that he Engels
has anything to do with getting the cannons. But he does seem to say that
Weydemeyer is getting cannons. Weydemeyer was a Major General in the Union
army and in artillery.

Mark, I know you are the expert, but these are not nonsensical points. Sorry
about the rightwinger. But in a way, rightwingers are making admissions
against their self-interest. In other words, there is a check on their
varacity. But I take your point  on the reactionary moron.

Charles




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