Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-08-27

baggage and artillery. will meet. therefore. with no or
dlnafy diillcnliles. Even Austrian officers. whom pre-
vlous command of Hungarian regiments had in some de-
efee tamlhafised with the line Of march. we've bailled, in
the late spring campaign. by the natural OF accidental
lmprdiments they encountered F"
lie states the area of Hungary nj 10000 English
square miles. and its population at faurteen millions. The
following Is Tho writer's estimate Of the character Of The
Hungarian proper 4:
The genuine Magyar. like the Roman patticiau. is
an agrlcaltnrist, Il fearless. we had almost SAID a born
rider. fond of field sports and pastoral occupations. Ills
figure is tall and well proporlioned his domeanor
grave and almost nelaacholy his attachment To home
and To his municipal aud political rights ardent his
disposition peaceful. and even %lndolrnt. until he is
wronged or opprcssed-and then inlomiiably firm. IVA
tent, and entetp rising. But the character of the Hun
garian. like the resources OF his native land, is not vet
fully developed. His occasional ind1lence or haughtiness
have 10 be pnrged away by the fiery baptism of war; aud
his warm affections. his firm principles, his active intel
lect, and native energy will come out the purer for tins
ordeal.
Without the aid or the corntenance of government, the
iinngarians have constructed roads. and called into a new
existence the Danube by means OF steamboats,. built a
Suspension hrljgc'-'the wonder of Eurore'-ffom Iiuda
over to Ptsth; have opened railways, and. by the embank
ment of The llriss and by regulating the streams of the
Naros and the Sarvlz. acquired millions of acres fr pasture
or tlllase. Within the same period the productions of
agriculture have been greatly multiplied, the culture of
tobacco and %oleaglnous crops rape, lloseed. &C., } en-
%conraged, the bred Of sherp and the quality II W lul i'm
proved while the settlements accorded to German aud
English artisans have introduced into The towns n flesh
cl'ss Of thriving and ingenious citizens. And all ,hese
Improvements have been accomplished under the dlscnut-
agenenis aud drnwacksoi Austrian rule, by a people pos
sesslng rather the substance than the symbil of wealth,
The writer next dwells upoo Tho lnvigorsline ionuen-
cs Of the BILL of Riahts." or "Charier Of 1873" and
the enthusiastic devotion of the people to the Constilion#
al parry in consequence. The lIal1nk towns alone SEM
10000 10 jim the national army, or one in five of then
whole population. The Invasion of he Russians viii moi
he likely 10 win item over To the Austrian cause. "Of
such a people, he says. ait is impossible 10 despair,
aud hope is strengthened by the character Of their pres
ent leaders"
In conclusion. we can allow ourselves .sor want of space.
10 quote only brief aud separate portions Of ths ldmlra
bic article, loreslado"ing tue tntule, If the ISSUE be ia
Vorable 10 the llungarans, and giving tie dark and gloo.
my prospects of the reverse -
''Shuuld the result be ia vorable, and Hungary either
maintain the independence of its crown, or resume. but
with stronger guarantees, lis relations with Austria, a
new career Is open tni lis people. \ port on the Adtiatlr,
an abundant and increasing produce, institutions now I'M
ieuefed, comprehensive and tolerant. aided by the man
ly and practical temper of its inhabitants aud their gem
erons aspirations, must in that ease, raise the llunaarians
ere long to a level with the great nations Of Europe.
But we must contemplate the reverse Of this prospect.
If Through Russian aid Austria be victorious. the last
barrier IS swept away from the road to Constantine
pie. Austria herself will, from that time forward, need
the %bayonets OF The Car 10 keep down her disrontented
subjects, and must sink 10 the level of a secondary pow
er. LIS policy will be the policy Of st. Petersburg and
the dream OF a Panscavc empire will not end IN the sup
preston of The proud Alagyars," but in the reduction
of Eastern Europe into a Russian pr. vince. Russian
protection and Russian intervention have. for a century
past, been equally fatal. To all lands its hatred has
been dangerous, but its embrace deadly. l. employs
with equal readiness fraud or force. Nusc0yite Pans!a
ylsm and the Greek church are as much its instruments
as he gold of the Uml and the Cpssack's lance. 1t
%proscrIbes at Warsaw, II bullies at Constantinople, i
tlaiters France, and is coldly courteous t. England. Its
journals aud p%foclamations boast Of lis patenal sway aud
vigilance, while 1t peoples Siberia with It's victims, and
hills their cities aud homes with spios.'
'Shuuld Hungary come out 81 the present Struggle
victorious; should her liberal institutions attract and c0a-
solida,e around her The various faces now dlsunited ~
Austrian misgoyenInenl, the physical, social, aud poil-
lcal characteristics Of Hungary are well fitted for such a
station. She was in former times the advanced guard
and barrier of Europe agalnst Turkey; and the strength
and extent Of her northeastern boundary constitute her
natural aud most tenable frontier against Russia at the
present pefiod-a period quite as critical. What the
Sultan tcds, the Czar is. Her monicipal institutions are
50 many schools Of self COVE nment and rational freedom;
her military vlgor is nninpalred; and the proud title Of
'SenltHmiHm IhTOum. Is as applicable tn the natiDn in
1919, as Ia the chlvalro0s supporters of Maria Theresa.
Rrle eyed from the jealpnsies inspired by Austria her sub
iects would become at frsl united, and hereafter elevated
under her sway. Relieved from the minute, absurd,
and oppressive restrictions of the Austrian rusfom-house,
her produce would make lis way into the Euro pean mar
kets, and the English Manufacturer find eager customers
10 her numerous and enterprlsIng popnlation. A rich,
united and intelligent people, who have proved their at
fachment to liberty by three centuries If resistance to alb.
solulisms and who are now engaged in an lntefneclne
struggle for their rights, would succeed to corrupt and
superaunnated empire, which has net only long pressed
heavily on eighteen provinces and 50 900 600 Of subj cts,
and been the causa cauSans Of most of the misery Of Italy
and Germany but which, by Its recent acceptance OF
Russian aid, has forfeited all title 10 respect or allegiance.
The constitutional vitality Of Hungary would be equally
as eff ctlve against either eXtteme-a Cossack ascenJan-
cy or q Red Republic.o