From the Report of the Deulsche-Brusseler-Zeitung on the New Year's Eve Celebration of the German Workers' Society in Brussels, December 31, 1847

Author(s)	Karl Marx
Written	6 January 1848

First published in the Deutsche-Brüsseler- Zeitung No. 2, January 6, 1848
Printed according to the newspaper
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 6

Collection(s): Deutsche-Brüsseler-Zeitung

...Then Karl Marx took the floor and proposed a toast in French to the Brussels Democratic Association, emphasising in an acutely drawn, clear analysis the liberal mission of Belgium in opposition to absolutism, forcefully expressing appreciation of the benefits of a liberal constitution, of a country where there is freedom of discussion, freedom of association, and where a humanitarian seed can flourish to the good of all Europe. (Loud applause.)