New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-06-16

uooo Hungary, with the purpose OF c'u'nihs net
;.I.oso3ence and destroying her very existence
80. everything connected with her struggle
,siofally interesting. No one supposes that hun
gary IL thus attacked for herself alone Essenu@l
a. her subsection may be 70 the resto's"on o,
Austria 20 the rank she has unworthy ne'o
among the leading powers OF Europe - No' ~,
A.s,ria's sake merely that the 5cythisn nofoe' o.
the Gar are once more preciPi'ated on 'sn''S
aad Southern Europe. IL Is A. tne vanguard VI
a.. roo.,ar;ng host of Freedom and Reform that
tI,,,.r, i. hated and ssssled by other desPots
80, ,vbo claim. 10 be her sovereign II is with
o.. ,.lo.hle intent Of advancing his victorious
s,sndards from the banle-helds on which he
confidently expects her easy subsection 70 the
ove,tbrov Of Co Institutional Freedom throughout
the Continent that the Autocrat is now pouring
the whole might Of bis vast Empire on heroic
Hungary. And il is because wish the world
70 realize more wildly than now the essential de-
pravity Of King. craft that we once more call stten-
ton 70 the right and wrong Of the Hungarian
quarrel
Whoever has read carefully the news Of the
last year must have remarked the brevity and
vagueness Of the Austrian official and other state
unen,s Of the causes Of this struggle. The Czsrs
manifesto speaks Of the Hungarian leaders as
"sudscious and evil-intentioned men, and his
official journal talks Of the Hungarian movement
az in good part Polish, and as menaciDg the tran
onilhty and subserviency Of Russian Poland
There il doubtless som truth in this last plea, for
the spectacle Of People struggling for their
rights is contagious, and the Poles never can
never will be reconoiled 10 the gigantic crime
which blotted their Nation from the map OF Eu-
rope The authors Of that unparalleled iniqoity
have passed away from earth, but it's victims re
main face 20 face it'll the inhertOrs Of the fruits
OF the crime Between these, until restitution
shall be freely made or vsliabtly enforced, there
can be no amity no true peace-at best only the
suuen scquiescence Of the slave who feels that
bis chains are too heavy to be broken by any pos
sibIe effort on his part, and that nothing remains
for him bat 10 nurse his smothered hatred and
bde his time.-But surely it can be no just cause
OF quarrel with Hungary that the sovereigns OF
Russia, Austria and Prussia fear the punishment
Of their immediate ancestors crimes perpetrated
upon unodending, distracted Poland How IL
Hungary accountable for that
IL NAV be true in words bat it is false in the
impression it conveys aud the use 10 which 1t is
put, that the Hungarian resistance 70 Austria Is a
part OF what the despots term the subverslye -
that is. the epubhcan-movement throughout
Western Europe The Hungarians, like nearly
all mainly Agricultural or Pastoral nations, are
essentially conservacve-sverse 10 change, dis
trus,lul Of novelty, aud fond Of the old ways Cir
cumstances have probably linked their fate witt
that Of the Liberal Movement generally bat this
they neither planned nor ioresaw. Even the CO.
medicines Of their resistance with the Revolution
in France and the struggles 10 Germany and
Italy, Is purely accidental so far as they are con
cornei 81 far from theirs being a part Of the
general r ~ pulmonary movement it was the sue
ccs. OF the Reaction in Italy, when Charles A.
bert was driven out of Lombardy and into a
shameful peace. that brought on the present
struggle by causing the Austrian monarch to
break his solemn engagements aud enter upon
course which left the Hungarious no choice but
Independence or the most Illuminating Slavery.
Let ms repeat what is too generally misunder-
stood. that Hungary was never In any sense
province, department or dependency OF Ausirs'
but a much elder AMI originally far more powerful
nation governed by Diet aud limited King.
elected by the Dict and sworn to obey the Consu-
tuition. After long sustaining desperate contest
against the whole weight Of the Ottoman Empire
when in it's vigorous prime, the Hungarians sus.
tanned a Tremendous defeat in 1926 on the fatsl
field OF Mohacz where their last King OF the Sia-
vonic blood was slain with the flower of the no.
bil,ty and army. The Diet chose, for that Kings
successor, in strict accordance with the Ma
a.. lr,thar.ip.lauy Eof.li.
nand Of Austria, brother of the great Emperor
Charles " OF Germany. who coded to him the
crown OF Austria. Ferdinand was in like man
ner chosen King OF Bohemia, and thus Austria
was first raised to rank among the leading powers
OF Europe Bot, though the election of Ferdinand
by Hungary was doubtless impelled by a reason
able expectation Of ensting the power OF the
Emperor in the else unequal contest against the
Turks, yet there was not then and has not been
till nov any pretense of Hungarys subiugation to
or even incorporation with Austria. Ferdinand
and all his successors previous to the boy Empe-
ror Just educated to the Austrian throne have re-
paired to the Hungarian capital 10 be crowned
King of Hungary, aud have there taken solemn
oath to observe aud uphold the Hungarian Constl'
tuition. Hungary has always had its separate
Ministry as well as ts plSN anu hh thAes anu
levies OF men within the Kingdom have been eu-
acted through and by its Diet. No decree OF the
Emperor-Kins could have any legsi validity in
Hungary until countersgned by responsible
Hungarian Minister. And though, after the sup
preston of the formidable rebellion headed by
Tekeli. aud the last dehversnee of Vienna from
her Trkisn besiegers, the Diet decreed that the
monarchy should be hereditary in the House Of
Hapsbarg instead OF elective as hitherto, Yet no
farther change was made or limited Ia the Hanss-
ran Constitution. but every sassesSoS to the throne
was required TO r3psV - aud be crowned al Pres
burg. and .aeee expressly swear TO govern accord
ing to the Constitution and Laws OF Hungary.
Never was there a compact betw ruler snc
the ruled in which the pretext Of Divine Right
or unlimited power on the part Of the former was
more expressly and up.nswerably confuted
That Hungary Ass been remarkably faithful to
her chosen sovereigns, and has made immense
sacrifices in their behalf the history OF three
centuries vividly attests. Maria Theresa owed
the preservation OF her crown 70 their valor and
their devotion. Francis H. repeatedly driven from