New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-06-26
Uguenry-Her Independence.


Of Austria and never ~as-wss never conquered
bv nor annexed 10 A0stns-bot an independent
kingdom which saw 81, three centuries ago. %
elect for her ing an Austrian Pnnce who ai'er
ward became Emperor, and has since, inthe e1er-
rise OF her uniet:ered will, chosen 70 call the
Austrian rulers soccessIvely TO her throne-ha'ihs
sbown that the Austrian Princes and Court nave
slnos, without interruption. consPired % e"ao7
the origin and the nature OF their power 10 nun
gary. and t-ea, her 80 far as they dared IKE
conquered dependency or integral province Of Their
emoire lsyish,ng her blood and treasure for their
sgor.ndizement without though, Of her Interests
filing her Offices when they dared with their
German fsvorites, aud treating her Diet ~ Of 10
account and her Constitution as mere ceremony
--baving shoYn how the grow ing desire asd de-
rnand Of Hungary for the correction Of the most
fragrant abuses both ia her d me'tlc policy and "a
her Austrian relations, after having been re'',ed
aod evsded through haf century, We At a,ed tns'
they at length became, on the occurrence Of the
Revolutionary agitstons Of sSs. TO formidable T.
be longer Withhold and were fully conceded
With the explicit sanction Of the late Emperor
and his oficisl advisers. reforms were effected BY
ties Of Hungary and Satisfaction " her long sgi-
tated people
Bot This concession as We have seen, was made
ia fraud and insipcerity. While Vienna was
Democratic volcano, Lombardy in fierce, enthusl-
astc revolt, and Sardinia st open war with her
Army uum plant On The Adee. the Austrian con
scented 10 and ratified the Hungarian reforms Bot
80 soon as the imminenoe OF the peril vas absted
by the victories Of Radetzsy the flight OF Charles
Albert and the recovery Of Lombsrdy, the Ausifi
an Court ithe Emperor being an imbecile ana
cypberl repudiated the concessions and announced
its purpose 10 make material changes Of an oppo-
.i,e character in the Hungarian Constitutlcn--in
effect 10 abolish the Nationality and rights o.
Hungary and reduce her to the condition OF an
Oriental Province or Pacbsllk. like Gallica or Bo-
bemia To this end. Jellschich was illegally ere
sted Ban Of Croatia, and. with the Austrian sstel-
htes commanding in other provinces oil Hungary
secretly incted 10 revolt aud commence deva'
tatiog warfare against their surprised and de
fenselsss country --iOr the Hungarian troops were
AWAY serving Austria in Italy. The object OF al
this was simply and clearly the destruction o.
Hungsry's freedom. The calculation was iha'
Austria must interpOse her authority ana armed
force between the oombatsDis TO restore order and
command peace, and that she might then Will
acme show Of reason, gate the r cent Reforms
n, the cause of al these troubles and reduce Hun
gary 10 the provincial vassasge SO long desired
and striven for.
We have seen that the Austrian Court repre-
scented in Hungary by their Archduke Psl'''ne'
expressly an solemnly disavowed the rebelllou'
and bloody acts Of their Ban Jellschch and Other
outthroats ordering them to appear before the
Emperor X ing aud account for their cOntumscy.-
They did sppear aud nothing was done with
them IL was only the 81 Of July last that the
Archduke Pslatine officially proclaimed at the
opening of the Diet that
"Hs majesty the king has seen with profound grief
after having spontaneously sanctioned the laws voted
by the last Diet because they were favorable to the De
yoopment OF the country. that sgaiOrs, especially IN
Croatia and the Lower Danube. had excited against
each other the inhabitants of different creeds and races
by false reports and vain alarms and had urged them
20 resist the laws and legislative authority asset
ing that they not the free expression OF M ma
rsiys will Some have gone 90 Tar TO encourage the
revolt pretend that their resistance is made ~
the interest Of the royal family and with the knowledge
and consent OF his msjesty'
Yet in lSs face Of this on the 3lst Of August
not two months ,fterw ard-the Emperor King
TO-,
Pastine, declaring those same concessions or laws
of the last Diet Megai and roid, aud announcing
his determination to consolidate the pHtfy a. me
Government and the Monarchy, and to that end
that the Reform laws OF that year AFORESAID must
be " considerably modified in order that centrai
porsr might be established at VteHEa.' And t.
cap the climax Of pehdy on the All OF Septem'
Der, mark the dates the Emperor-kins openly
recalled the decree suspending Jellachich from al
his o mmands az a person accused OF high treason.
The charges against him we're pronounced false
and he declared to have exhibited undertaking
fidelity to Austria OF course, this was true hu'
ia what q web Of treschery does It involve the
Austrian Court At this very moment, Jellschich
was at the head of an army encsmped on the iron
tier of Hungary proper, preparing to invade the
Kingdom.
Count Louis Bathysni was called on by the
Austrian Pslstine u form new Hungarian Min
istry. the former having resigned IN disgust, III
dignatlon aud despair The Count accepted, on
condition that Jellachich, already in Hungary,
should be ordered to retire across the boundary
The Emperor King replied ihst tins could not be
agreed to before the Count had named hs ssso-
cistes In the Ministry. A Hungarian deputation
was sent to Vienna 10 propose that Austria and
Hungary should mutually guarantee each others
constitution and liberties. The deputation was
not received.
Thus all was confusion anarchy and darkness
on the side OF Hungary-a hostile Executive, no
Ministry. au absent Army. and present and dead
ly foe Jellschch crossed the brave the bounds
ny separating Croatia from the balance of Huuga
ryl at the head OF Crost and Austrian Army,
plumber ing and subdung, aud advanced to the
Lake of Balston without firing a shot. No prep
arstion had been made to resist him. The Arch
duke Palstine took command Of the Hungarian
force hastily drawn together to oppose him. bat
after futile attempt at negotiation, abandoned
his command, posted to Vienna, and sent back his
Resignation. Thus the last ink that bound Hun
gary TO Austria was broken by Royaltys own
pertdIous hand.
Nothing remained to Hungary but prompt and
determined resistance. The Diet appealed 10 the
Nation, which responded with h, arty enthusiasm.
The Hungarian troops very justly declared fer
their country. Aud here is iung place to state