New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-08-21
LECTURES on HUNGARY.

corre.poaaense Of TIE Tribune.


marking that Hungary was on the high road Of
the grant nations from Asia. aud therefore al
had succession o. populations o. the bank.
OF the Danube was toe Psunonis. celebrated 10
the history Of the Roman Empire IA name OF he
same eiymology and meaning As Bsnat, VII
Lordship. inhabited by the Scsvonisns 10 the Ro.
man era. What Is now Trsnsylvsnis was Dscis.
also warred upon by the Romans ard betw en-
which and " schis on the South IS stil to be
seen the remains Of the bridge Of Trsjsr. The
Wslschians, he says. are defendants chiefly O..
the Roman soldiers sent there especially by De-
Gus, who intermingIed with the Dscians and = a
vonians They are fine looking men. Italians 10
sindred and language. but without nationality snd
sympathy caring uothng for the Italians. who
are struggling for liberty the LATEST people IN
toe word. themselves doing nothing. but lyirs
under their p.um-trees gazing at the sun, while
sheir women work In the fields, sud bring them
their dinners SIS they sit. The Walachians hate
al their neishbors-Masysr., Servisas. Germans
Turks ard Russian. He did pol, know which
they hated most, unless it were the Russians but
they had now joined these very Russians ssailst
the Magysrs, whose greatest misfortune IS. that
they have such trescherous unprncipled neigh
oors as the W allschisns seryisns and Crosts
The FIRST Eastern emigration recorded 70 have
passed through Hungary were the Alans. who
vent on even TO Portugal Aiterws-d came the
Hans. from the North ~ China. They united
many nations under AttIs, VINO WAS defeated iu
France. D the same stock as the Huns later cam,
the Avsrs, who bulk iortihcauons aud walls, ana
we're def. sted By Chariemsgue. IL ~as 80 years al
ter this defeat tina. the Msgyars still OF the same
stock, came. Al these three nations were kin
tired IN stOck-sOme remnants OF the OriginaI
Hlls, knoSn under the name Of -zeSelys or Set
tlers falsely Latinized >icuh iu Hungarian Latin
for the slclli were very frrent race, s,l.l
remain IN 1rsnsy lvania, aud by them. TIER ian.
ggsge. &c. It IS evident that the Magyars aud the
old Huns are of kindred race. Other atoms as
poured through this region at different times. o
lther stock. The Nandals on their way 20 Spain
aud Africa; the Nisigotfs on their way % Spain
TIE Ostrogoths on their way TO Italy the Lon
gobsrts, who finally settled south % the APPS
all passed through snd even settled in Hungary,
and left their traces.
The name OF Hungarian Is taken from the For
,ress of Ung in the Northeast, where the Magyar
made their first hat. Unz . Scavonisn word
aud is the Magyar word for fortress Ing
Var means Ung Fortress ing Var.ans m ans
the people from the ing Var. This name wa
subsequently, applied, not o. the Masyars alone
which he had marked out as Hungary in his act
lecture, that Is, inclusive OF Trausy wanna, ScIa
sonia, Croatia and Da|matia.
The Masy ars DO not ike mountains they ike
an uninterrupted horizon Tor their eyes and vast
plains for their horses, where they can fide s~liy
and far. They pushed the inhabitants OF the plans
INTO the mountains. AMI this IS all the harm the
Mseyars ever did them. II you complain OF n,
laid he We answer You did the same think.
You pushed the Indians 20 the Wesf. 50 th-
AnglO-SsxOus pushed the Cets into Wales, and
the Franks pushed the Gauls into Bretagne. The
Macy ars are superior not by mere brute force over
all the surrounding nations.
These people brought with them the nucleus OF
a Constitution. A Constitution may exist with
out the name. A nation has Constitution when
even its various interests arc organized % stand
together without one art cncroacning on the
other They brought with them this Tree COnsti-
rutlon-this Repubhc-this Commonwealth. \
Republic Is Common ealth-no matter hat rs
executive power IS called. They were governed
rom $40 b 1000 by five successive dukes, the
second of whom was Arpsd the pr0genIt0r of the
race of kings that ended Ia lsOl The first Chris
rian King was Stephen, the son Of Duke Geiss,
who bsptsed IN 997 A d. or IN A. d 1000
aud was acknowledged King by Pope sylvester
IT, VINO seat him crown. This crown has ever
since been used IN every coronation Of the Kings,
aud Considered essential until the time Of the pre-
sent usurper no was not crowned with Il, and
who is 10 King OF Hungary, not only on accoun,
u having had constitutional coronation, but be-
cause he has never been recognised by the states
II Hungary. The Emperor mad no right 70 sbdi
cate Ia favor OF his son, without leave OF the Hun
garian Diet. The son cannot exercise-lega ~
any function OF King OF hungary while unac
nOwledsed, and not yet crow ned according % the
Constitution,
Stephen. called St. sTsPHsS, divided Hungary
into - counties, and ten bshoprics. He also
founded many important Institutions, ADD was
DeneactOr 10 ms country.
Dr. KraItsir then proceeded 70 read the list OF
Hungarian KINGS. | can only remember those Of
whom he paused % speak. One was LADisLAs,
Il adislas because he endowed churches liber
ely. POpes canonise those who enrich them.
He was, however, besides, great ard beneiiceut
King, and began 20 enlarge the Kingdom VI Hun
AIRY By invssions aud conquests in Gallicia sud
LOdomeria. His son COLMAR was learned. He
vas called the bOOkxOfm. He was great law
over. and II IS worth while To remark that then,
10 the 2th century he made laws against the
persecution and execution Of witches such as
we're not made nor enforced in England or America
within 200 years
TIE first King who took the Coronation Oath, |
vas Ste pheu H. The kings were a, irst 50 faith |
fol u the spirit Of the Constitution and the inter
OF the people, that no cath was exacted, but |
me donations OF L adisas 70 the Church had |
brought about priestcrat-snd Priests ami Kings |
1obes found ], necessary % create safeguards o. |
Liberty, and exacted the oath henceiorth. This
vas Ia 1850.
The King who finished the Conquest Of Gallicis
and LOdomeris aud added them to Hungary, vas
Andrew II. He lived In the time Of the hst Cru
sade and oined Il, bat went no further than Syris
Yet. although he never saw Jerusalem, the Pope |
conferred on him tue title Of King OF jerusalem,
which title ha. been added ever since 70 the other
titles OF the King Of Hungary. IL s az King OF
Hungary only that the Z mperor Of Aastlz bears
the title OF King o. jerusalem. He ga f there
= ere two Kings VI Jerusalem In Europe. One
the Emperor Vi Austria as King Of Hungary, and
the other the King Of Sardinia. Which OF the
NO was the rea King he I'D not kn0r
Ga Andrew is return from Syns. he was offer
ed the crown OF the Byzantine Empire, which he
-efased sad il was tnen given 70 COurtensy
" lille Andrew away from Hungary on this
,rusade. great disorders and anarchles took place
AZ home an after his return the Constitution was
.-formed and written out Ia 81 articles Tbs
instrument Was called the Golden Bull The 5lst
article is this that any single Magyar NOBLE, or
INV number Of them joined together, would be
-eed from allegiance should the King violate bis
,oronation oaths. Thus Il made insurectlOn legal
a certain cases, and exempted from the penalty
Il On treason those who should defend the Con
,itution against the encroachments OF the King.
This Constitution Is dated 1922 seven years rum
ne time when the mobiles o. England Obtained
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