New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-09-01
LECTURES on HUNGARY.
Correspondence Of The Tribune
BY D. xRAIrsIR

small one, and hat dead. wish be could de-
liver the same. OF the same subject, to large
audience, that would react on hin. and then il
seems 70 me s0msthing would come Of IT, Dr.
Krsitsir is = physician who srsdgs.ed &, Ps.th,
and who has prsciced. When in Poland. he
volunteered his vauab.e services Ia tne Hospi-
ts,. during the va, and he would Do more good
10 This rsy among his county men than dozen
Boston physicians. He s eudesvoring % turn h,
valuable library inb cash, IS fast IS possible. ia
order % get the means % 60; bat such operations
are slow. and he IS O. course 10 parting haste
Bat = the lecture.
Il e said the question with the Hunsarisns was.
ITO be or not 70 be T. be free snd themselves.
or to fsht and .uSsr TO extremity. Re spoke Of
the consequences Of .tter contingency and FIRST,
% the issue should be unfortunate. suppose they
are defeated IN piuhec battles. viii they lay
down arms h BE- ieved not The people were
thoroughly aroused they would die ra.her, and
the RENT ant would keep up guerrilla warfare.
He explained the glszt advantages OF their terri
tory for this their mountains, their forests, and
80 th cir plains wrc favorable 20 the scclimsted
Hungarian ho-.emsn. Their marshes. their roll
ng Sahara de,eris 10 which fhry were sccus-
toned. bat which would be terrible Tor stranger
troops. were 50 g0ol as mountains. Supp0ss the
greatest possible success 10 the Austrlaus aun
Russians In tha- case their utmost would De "a
settle On the cities, and send out troops sgainst
these little bsfds, and 90 MAKE exactions 90 the
Inhabitants o. the cities. But they could not ger
much. HunCsrsns b al not money but the con
crete wealth and they would sooner destroy the
latter, az K0~uth recommended, than supply
foreigner IN their midst herewith. Suppose the
Hungsrlans should seem % succumb. or real sue.
camb. IN wsrlike operations Would the Diet re-
ceivc back the House Of Austria which they had
prescribed sincs Ferdinand had called In the Rus
SLAMS 10 crush the people he s~ore to defend, and
who were faith al TO him when many other
kings were endangered No; he believed Il
would not. Suppose the cOnquering Austriaus
should propose new elections What thea -
Would not liberals be rechOsen By the masses
who would elect now that their reformed Coust
tuition had made every Hungarian worth ESQ ELI
gibe be he noble Or pr0'r ssiOnal, lawyer, phS 81
clan, priest, artisan without distinction Of creed,
Catholic, Protestant, Jew, Mohsmmedan Aud
II no elections wee made, through the prevalence
of intrigue or force: II the Constitution continued
20 be outraged AMI neglected then there would
be social war continual social war. for. should
the Diet thus be suppressed would the pe0p'e sur
renderl No. They would. however, become poor
er la a perpetual guerrilla warfare they could
not cultivate the eirih they would not wish TO
supply their enemy. Less would be produced,
and 81 Austris, which depends on Hungary for It's
supply OF men, provisions. and raw materials OF
every kind tor manufacture. would be crippled
As Lord PalmerstCn has said, Its night arm
would be shattered Austrian princes may not
believe this; they 10 not know the indOmltsble
spirit of Msgyns. They never have lived IN their
country they know only few sycophsnts who
20 10 Court. In thre hundred wears they have
not been able to find them out Would they raise
an army from conquered Magysrs They would
soon see what sort Of soldiers Hungarisns would
be- " no had lost their constitutional nights Sucn
AZ army would not ight; It would desert. Even
now the Hungarian army IN foreign countres-in
Italy sad Bohema-is oficered by other nations.
Magyar gentlemen vii not serve against freedom
anywhere. The int ligent classes would emil
gate What would be the consequence OF a
Hungarian emigration, ike the Polish What
has been the consequence OF the Polish emf
grafton IL has scattered agltators and preach
ers of liberty over Europe these last eighteen
wears 1t is the Polish Revolution which has con.
nected the Revolution Of $40 with that OF $50,
never letting the latter die. These very Geuer-
ais that are fighting 10 Hungary and leading the
armies were the Polish Generals OF 1881, who
have gained experience IN tie meantime. having
seen the armies OF other cOuDtnes-Bem hav-
ing served in Spain. They teach the Hlngarlars
how to carry on Revolutionary war. Should Hun
garian Generals emlgrate, they also would learn
how % serve their country's freedom elsewhere,
and 60 back TO vndicAte IL. The civilians OF Hun
gary would, IS emigrants, still be Hangsrans-
still cherish the constitutional hre that has burned
thousand years, and has burned three hundred
wears while every means has been put into oper
.tion to quench It. He drew lively comparison
between those fiery Generals, Demonski. BEN,
aud the youthful G0fgey, on the one hand and
those old imbrcilIties' on the other, the mem
bers of the Auiic Council, whose tactics and IDEAS
belonged 10 an age gone by. Bat can DO no jus
tce 20 his peculiar humOr IN al this part
III IA IA hat
should succeed 20 their utmost what would Aus
tria be In relation % Russia A satrapy OF hgs-
ss
H. then spoke Of R1ssiss plans, which dated
back to Cstherlne-even To Peter the Great-snd
which terminated IN the possession Of CONSTANT
noyie OF iis dream Of Psuslsvsmi the union al
Poland aud the = lavOnic Provinces now hereditary
- Austri., add the Sclavo1ic Provinces OF Turkey,
with tself-shuttng In Hungary % waste it'eh
sud die unc,nqnered, bat Vet die II Il would not
subrit-as Il would not. Then bussis would BE-
ali in all. And where would Austria be what
q Austria English statesmen speak oi an Aus
TRAN Nation. There Is DO Austrian NATION Dol
only a. Eastern slice OF Germ sny, which ~ sr'ih-
cis diplomatic false liie-sl whose reality Is S;ia
yonic and HungGrisn-seSms 10 be and . MT And
Germsny-wh would Germany BE- IL would
be disuuited even more than now. " IT'S tnirtt-
six states as many twenty would De medt0-
h-et and five or six Kings m tr-rmany "oua
Lake the place OF the tNirts tiihIt' SUI DIT"
these the knout would prevail, for AT would De-
satrapies OF Russia. The kuout would become
the scepter OF Europe for what vast predomi
nance would Russia have when Turkey, hungary
and Germany became It's satrapies
But passing from the political consequences
what would De the moral consequences oil iailufe
IN Hungary Ignorance, incidence, hence power
", des pondency, in all these natIons- hungary
deprived Of hope, deprived Of sefrespect' ~ouia
noi, and corrupt With itself all IN contset Win II
for Russia would exclude every means OF improve
a,ant and devrlOpmeuf. would h-iH An-'''- -
again Oppre,s ltaiv as before would settle the
PoOs firmly upon his absolute throne. The Jesu-
rs would revel. Darkness, BgOtry. a. negatives
would become active forces and nations most
highly gifted by Mature, and capable OF the high
est cultivation, who il many respects naFe no"
nish cultivation. would not only be lost 70 the
cause of Humanity. bat send out psraly zlng IL
aa-uce. He referred again 20 the msniiesioes
which Russia had n sde OF is mission-oi tns les
son OF absolute submission and passive obedience
which Il proposed 10 teach The Western Nations
He commended the fransLess snf sincerity OF tne
Dronoxsl Itshoged Nicholas . determination and
sense of strength He Knew Whist he wished 70
do sud he went % work % DO IL de protested
faith which annihi ared the freedom OF Man as ~.
,,l,1ion and ne gave every indication CT believ-
iny II and II setting u out asst year, said ne,
aben was in England, Carlyle SAID 70 NE that
Nicbola.wssthe ony nan II Europe, and although
then would no. admit II YET now begin TO be-
lieveit He does what he says ne viii He acts as