The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-29 00:00:00

may place himself, as far-as ;eg;rds personal and civil
publicationby hisby
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liberty, by the side of those nations whose long experience
has acquired for them the glory of serving as models to all
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provinces, I neversheless consider it Acessark
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known to you at present the essential point r:-‘!(• aied to
characterise the spirit whicb will animate ti),,Jc just] LW Trlk
and with which your actions ought not to be in contradiel ■
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tion, even during the interval, if we would not cause con:-
fusion in public opinion instead of enlightening it.
"I have no need to dwell on the communes and on the
independent lite into which they are to enter. They have
shown in a general way that they are capable and worthy
of administering their own affairs. The force of will and
of intelligence will develop itself every day more in pro-
Portion as those qualities are exercised. Bit it will be the
duty of the authorities—and I render you directly respon-
sible for it—to see that nothing unbecoming is ever re-
quired from the commune, and that in particular the least
possible written correspondence shall be exacted from
them. On the otherland, where protection and, guidance
are necessary, they shall be extended to them with that
loyalty and consideration which the repiesentatives of the
State, which protects all, ought in particular to accord to
communal corporations. .
" In now passing to the provincial statutes, I must in
the first place call your attention to the' fact, that his
Majesty has deigned to authorise me to admit among the;
fundamental principles of them, so far as regards their
composition, the principle of the representation of interests
on the basis of immediate elections, and of an extended
right of election and of eligibility; as regards the attribu.?
tions of the provincial. diets, the right of initiative, and
lastly, as regards the form of deliberations, their publicity
--principles which evidently respond the more visibly to
the spirit of the diploma of the 20th October, which has
restored the kingdoms of the Crown of Hungary, the re-
presentation of the country in the sense of the old consti-
tutions, as it was not possible to do otherwise ; in the first
place because those principles alone allow of the establish-
ment of the conformity and the harmony of political prin-
ciples between Hungary and the other countries ; and next,
because, independently of that, these principles are better
suited than others which have been mentioned to give satis-
faction to the political wants of the times. It is like-
wise in the spirit of the diploma, and particularly
of :Art. 3, which contains a clause in favour of all the
countries, without excepting those belonging to
the Crown of Hungary, that is founded this
principle, that their Diets will not have to attend to
any but their own internal provincial affairs, and that, on
the contrary, their common legislative interests shall apper-
tain, in the sense of thereserve expressed in the said article,
to the common representation of the Empire.
" Moreover, that the Council of the Empire, forme& in
the sense of Art. 2, requires similar qualities to those indi-
cated in the principles of the provincial statutes, and capa-
ble of increasing the importance of that body, is a natural
and inevitable consequenoo of what precedes. It must,
therefore, not only be allowed the initiative and publicity
of its deliberations, but it will also be necessary for it to be
appointed, leaving aside the proposition of the provincial
States, by the direct election of those States, and for it to
obtain, by the number of its members, the consideration and
moral weight necessary for the high functions assigned to

it.
" A long distance will have been travelled in the path of
political progress when the things which at this moment I
recommend to your attention shall have been carried into
effect—shall have become part of the people's habits. In
requesting you to impress strongly on your minds, the spit it
in which the intentions of his Majesty require to be under-
stood and executed, in order that the firm confidence and
the voluntary co-operation of all right -thinking men, and
particularly of all political co -operators may be obtained, I
cannot abstain from calling your patriotic attention to this
fact, that all the States, whatever they be, in which are
united the essential points which form the elements of true
liberty, are those which by the side of the regulated parti-
cipation of the people in political action, have known how
to preserve the unity necessary to power, without which
each part runs the risk of bscorains; the plaything of foreign
caprice.
"The (lecided and sincere execution of these principles
will convince the inhabitants of the Hungarian kingdom,
as well as all the others, that the Government is not less
seriously resolved on realising the political institutions
promised to the other countries, and that, consequently,
there will be no further ground to fear, with the mistrust,
formerly entertained (I do not say whether rightly or
wrongly) that the Government only seeks to repress in one•
half of the Empire what it allows in the other; people will
be convinced that what has been solemnly granted will be
faithfully executed in all the countries, and bo equally valid
everywhere. The conformity of political institutions to
which this measure tends is a point of great importance,
because it restores the peace which all patriots desire, and
also presents the fundamental condition of the restored
economic equilibrium.
" Finally, as regards the modifications in the political
administration, I am particularly happy to be able to make
known to you that it is the express will of his Majesty that
none of the functionaries shall be the victims of the changes
which must be made in virtue of higher considerations, and
independently of their faithful and useful services. Each,
therefore, knowing his fate to be secured by reason of the
sentiment of justice of his Majesty, the putting into force
of the new political organisation cannot give uneasiness to
any ono, although the number of functionaries must be
consequently diminished.
"On the other hand, it is beyond all doubt that the Go•
vernments of the small countries of the Crown, which have
been lately suppressed, ought to be re. established, although
in more restricted limits, resulting front the administrative
action of the provincial Diets. But whatever may be the
manner in which the new organisation affects the position
of individuals, each person employed ought to be convinced
that I will not neglect anything to protect the faithful ser-
vants of the State from the danger of being deceived in their
confidence.
"But I strongly recommend to all functionaries to sub-
stitute, in accomplishing their duty, as far as possible,
direct action to written orders, to awaken the spontaneous
force of the inhabitants of your province, to direct and
to enlighten them, and to promote confidence by favouring
the interests which it is the first duty of each functionary
to know well; but, at the same time, to protect the cause
of order, and to display towards the elements of trouble
and disorder the severity necessary to maintain completely
the authority of the Government. You may in that count
on my energetic support. Those men who make an abusive
use of liberty in order to turn it aside to false paths, or to
give it dangerous exaggerations, are the enemies of liberty
and of the country.
"To adhere firmly to legality is more necessary than
elsewhere in a State where an important and even a deci-
sive transformation is in progress. To conform with in-
telligence to all that is just in public opinion, is the proof
of capacity in a statesman, and' will always be appreciatedt
by me. Frankness in stating eircumstancesandituesis;
is the first condition of a manly character, and
such terms that reciprocal confidence can be son
establishedlyon
between superiors and subordinates. Now, confidence ren-
ders possible common action in the servicv
in one aspect only, the spirit of the principlesh
now propounded in a series of principal twhhiischMlajheasvi)o'
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