Messenger from the Lower Rhine
Der Bote vom Niederrhein was a Duisburg newspaper that the philosopher , educator , economist and social critic Friedrich Albert Lange published from October 1, 1865 , after trying in vain to win Marx and Engels over to his journalistic goals in March 1865 .
In its time, the newspaper was considered the best-honored organ of the German democratic movement . Lange himself described his newspaper as "an organ of the fourth estate", but also as "the most obscure wipe in Germany ".
He fought courageously and seriously for the interests of his fellow Duisburg citizens and the social interests of the workers in Prussia and Germany. His paper was directed against the internal and external politics of Bismarck .
In 1865 Lange published the work Die Arbeiterfrage , an important contribution to the establishment of (scientific) economics , which was also received as a contribution to the work Das Kapital published by Karl Marx . The messenger could be sure of the greatest attention of the Prussian government, which classified the paper as anti-government, "perishable" and "morally devouring".
The witty paper, however, could not reach the language of the working class with its academic battles .
Lange, who had spent his childhood and youth in Duisburg from the age of four, stopped the newspaper on June 29, 1866 when he decided to emigrate to Switzerland with his family . His hometown Duisburg has named a square after him.
The messenger from the Lower Rhine No. 1 of October 1, 1865:
“To the readers!
The "Bote vom Niederrhein" wants to bring its readers as much news as possible while consuming as little time and money as possible. He hopes to find his way to those who have so far not bothered much about politics and other news. All articles will be written so that they are understandable to everyone; on the other hand, the messenger disdains the absurd and eccentric language which is so often used as the “popular tone”, mostly by people who want to deceive the people. In a nutshell, that's our whole popularity. Where explanations are desirable we shall do our best to make them available, but we shall not make a sauce of views, opinions, and conjectures about every event. On the main issues where we feel we have to express our view, we will bring small editorials, .. "