According to his oracle in Printing-House Square, he grasps after colonies only in order to educate them in the principles of public liberty; but, if we adhere to facts, the Ionian-Islands, like India and Ireland, prove only that to be free at home, John Bull must enslave abroad. Thus, at this very moment, while giving vent to his virtuous indignation against Bonaparte s spy system at Paris, he is himself introducing it at Dublin.
Karl Marx in New-York Tribune 1859