The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-05 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

PROGRAMME OF THE AUSTRIAN MINISTRY.
The Prussian Staats Anzeiger publishes the follow-
ing programme of the Austrian Ministry, delivered
by the President of the Council to the Diet at
Kremsier on the 27th ult. :
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" Gentlemen, —ln consequence of the commands of
his Majesty, the Constituted Diet for proceeding with
the deliberations on the Constitution are here assembled.
" As the confidence of the Emperor has placed us in
the Council of the Crown, so we are not unaware of the
difficulty of the task and the greatness of the responsi-
bility we take upon us, both as regards the throne and
the people.
" Wounds from past circumstances are to be healed,
embarrassments are to be set aside, a new order of
things in future is to be provided for. The conscious-
ness
of of an
honest struggle for the welfare of the State
and the people, and a trust in their concurrence in the
great
work, dispose us to sacrifice all persnal considera- '
Coos to our love to our fatherland, and we, therefore,
obey the
tak G
call of monarch.
o
power of the overnm
ursel ves the management of the
ability the hand of his Majesty,
as well as the responsibilitythereof, being fully deter-
mined to put aside every unconstitutional influence, but
to allow of such slightevel
in the Executive Powers.er"ehmenta "may
principles will be be required
" One of the
any
one
of the freedom of speech„
and the discussion by
lla of the measures of I
policy of the general Ministry.
" We wish for a constitutional monarch
and without reservation. We desiret, uprightly
vernment whose existence and se treferra of go-
can be recognised by the Monarch and the
presentative body of Austria. We wish re t
re„-
be founded on equal rights and the free d'-',
velopment of all nationalities, as also on the equality of
all Members of the State before the law, secured by
publicity in all the branches of the Legislature. We
wish that the internal concerns of county districts should
be carried on by free members, and the free formation
amongst the country people themselves, the whole being
bound together by the common bond of a strong central
power.
"We hope to be able to lay the results of your de-
liberations upon the Constitution as early as possible be-
fore his Majesty for his sanction.
"The Ministry will endeavour to reform the Ad-
ministration to meet the requirement of the times,
and with this object have already taken the necessary
measures for bringing forward projects of law upon the
subject.
" A double zeal will hereto actuate us in procuring for
the people of Austria the perfect attainment of an assured
freedom, and the security of possessions, without which,
freedom cannot ;endure ; in order that these may be-
come facts, and that these determinations may be ful-
filled,
we propose earnestly and energetically to use our
endeavours.
" The Ministry will not remain behind in their endea-
vours to obtain free and useful regulations, and consider
it moreover as a duty to put themselves at the head of
all movements for these purposes.
"The country population, already free from land-tax,
waits with impatience for your legal determination upon
the measure required for their indemnification, and also
wait to see that they are dealt with on the well-defined
principles of fairness.
• 'The position of free states is founded upon a free
community, and. that these, by means of freely-discussed
4., •
i 7 general riles, ahnizkl maintain the independent distribu-
lion and managgraent of their internal affairs, with a
new to the g- , • • security of the whole, is a most im-
mediate requireva ,t .
s.,- - " A necesaar7 ~d absolute result of the independence ,
4;',1 tit() 001DlifuLtY is th 9 aimplificatioA of the Mate ad- '