La D mocratie Pacifique. Nr133, December 11, 1843 Issue 28 of Bien public contains the following lines: It is false that Mr. de Lamartine has committed to write for any journal, and particularly not for the one in question, with Mr. de Lamennais. It is true that Mr. de Lamartine did not commit to write for the journal in question with Mr. de Lamennais, but we affirm that he has given us hope for his correspondence with the journal which we propose to found. In addressing ourselves separately to these two celebrities, we have held that for a work such as that of an intellectual alliance between France and Germany, the support of all eminent representatives of progress in France must be sought. We declare, moreover, that the Leipzig letter, published by the K lnische Zeitung, which has lent itself to the article of Bien public, did not come from us, nor from any one of our friends. Arnold Ruge, former editor of Deutsche Jahrb cher; Karl Marx, former editor of the Rheinische Zeitung.
Marx Engels Correspondence. Declaration by Marx 1843