Its aim was to weld together into one huge army the whole militant working class of Europe and America. Therefore it could not set out from the principles laid down in the Manifesto. It was bound to have a programme which would not shut the door on the English trade unions, the French, Belgian, Italian, and Spanish Proudhonists, and the German Lassalleans. This programme — the considerations underlying the Statutes of the International — was drawn up by Marx with a master hand acknowledged even by the Bakunin and the anarchists.
Kwa hivyo haikuweza kuzifuata kwa unyofu kanuni zilizowekwa ndani ya "Maelezo". Ilibidi iwe na mpango ambao hautavizuilia kuingia vyama vya wafanya kazi vya Kiingereza, wafuasi wa Proudhon[8] wa Kifaransa, Kibeljiki, Kitaliana na wa Kispanish na wafuasi wa Lassalle[9] wa Kijerumani. Mpango huu - dibaji ya Kanuni za International - uliandikwa na Marks kwa uhodari mkubwa sana unaosifiwa hata na Bakunin na wanaoamini juu ya kuweko nchi bila ya serikali.