New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-06-18


gsriaus appealed 70 40. % embarsss the lmPenA-
Government IA il great peril but aid Il 70 recon
qoer peace and safety, when these .ess pressing
matters w1ud BE- properly ATTENDED %. Again
ial-ll came urgent cemsnts i9r er.-mous grants
q money. and nov 10 cs.z,s. - v.s.oly mp-adisF
the Diet. zsing asked AID been rsi1sed g. b..
count Of the exye4d ,ur- a The ast grant. reused
% vote any farther ex-fscfoinsy supply uan p
,,dr-ss Of grievances shosld be assured Ns'.4s
iairsct ons Of the Coustiiaiion were complained
ri, such as the appointment q Alst-isrs % Han
gsrisn ofhcss and the mixing up Of the H1ngausl
dasaces ri.h those II A0strla- An Impeachment
% TIE Ain.stry vas tailed of and, fasly, The
Cabinet deemed II me wiser coarse - back out o.
rs oew demands s.t0get5.r ard await = more pro-
pit .oas season. The grievances II the HonsA1als
Of C .arse stood unredresssd, and Their demand d,
liberty ~ modify and amend taeirown Institutions
vas stid uogrsnted.
And low came 'he despotic NJ .enniaro, = herein
Bspooacausm 10 2 lrope having been css foyed
ADD c-a.hea by E4po cor, he found to Iats tina.
he had. by separating himself from The People.
compsssed BIS osn d-srr8cl.A. Iavinci.e as 3
R-plbIcAn General and Magistrate, b. had seal
ed ms own doom BY deliberately entering the
ranks Of the People hereditary enemies and op'
oressors. NAPOLEON stumbled and fell, and tue
older despots mad nov Europe .or their ioois'oo..
What vas the reward Of Hungary, which Tor
tsenty FIVE years had lsyisbed her blood and trea-
.,re In defense Of her Austrian monsrcts Were
her grievances redressec' her long and patient
appeals fr liberty legally and peacefully 70
amend her own defective Institutions complied
With Of course Lot On the contrary
although by the Articles q 100 duly sssented
10 ~ the sovereisu and thus made part
of the compact between the royalty and
the Nation, 1t was expressly stipulated that
the Diet should b. conyoked al; lesst once ia three
yesns and that no tax could BE- levied except ~
consent Of both Houses r.. b.e and popu ar o. the
Diet. the Diet was not called together from '-l3to
ls25-a period Of twelve years and ia ~ al
Temps were made % levy taxes BY simple royai
ed'ct, and the next year bodies Of Aostfan troops
were sent into Hungary 70 enforce TINS most per-
ndioos and tyrannicsl edict. Bot the spirt Of the
people would not brook 80 glazing a. outrage on
their Liberties The local fancti0naries refused TO
collect the tax. and the Royal Commissioners
whole country was thrown into an anachia' ief-
meut. - universal that the Court was constrained
70 retrsce it, steps and summon Diet before
which lin l-xj. the Emperor Is ing Francis j pro-
fessed peuiteuce aud expressly renewed the
king'y compac, 70 respect the laws OF the King
dom. to call Diet at least every three years, and
never attempt 70 levy taxes without Us consent
Thus resolute ef.Tt 70 subyeft the liberties Of
Hungary was resisted and overcome.
When a People endeayor to shake of the
woke Of a Governmental that has become intolersble,
and fail they are deemed guilty OF High Treason
AID shot or hung by thousands 10 indicate the
offended majesty of tie Laws. When King,
without a shadow Of provocation, violates his oath
aud attempts to subyert a Nations Liberties,
merely to CRAFTY his own pride Of place aud love
of power and is baiiied, he generally iorglves his
rebe llious subjects, not being able 10 do worse by
them. Alas that they, too, should not merely
forgive but TOO ofieu forget his treason
lew years after, the Hunsarians, whose origi-
nal grieyauces remained wholly unredressed' found
that the Court cons piracy against their Nationality
was indeed implacsbIe The circumstance might
seem slight but Il involved the whole question Of
Freedom or slavery. Francis ii. dying. the late
Emperor Ferdinand succeeded to the Austrian
throne. He was Emperor Ferdinand !. of Austria
bat rahtsully KING Ferdinand V Of Hungary.
which had had four preceding Kings Ferdinand.
The Court desired that lac should be styled and
crowned Ferdinand I. aud in the Diet the House
of Masnates or Mobiles (many Of them doubtless
holding or expecting lucrative appointments from
the Crown three times rejected the bill sent up
from the House OF Deputies declaring his accession
T. the throne OF Hungary as Ferdinand '. For the
fourth time the bill came up Ia its original shape
and the Magma were proceeding 70 reject H.
when the Court. wisely alarmed, backed out, and
sending down proclamation commencing I'VE
Ferdinand V. King OF Hungary &c &c termi-
mated the Improbable contest
For mos, OF the facts above given we are IN
debted to articles in the May and June Nos. OF
Bi4ckwoo1 Another article will exhibit the i'm
mediate indictments of the present struggle.