New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-06-20
uansary-Her Recent Wrongs.

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Uungary-Her Recent Wrongs.
During the progress Of the events noticed 10 our
last, aud especially when alter the long susPen'
sion Of the meetings Of the Diet, 10 fagrant def
ance Of the statutes Of the realm, tie Austrian
Court attempted the more active aud oppressive
usarpston Of levying and collecting new taxes by
an arbitrary royal edct a feeling of Just uneasi-
ness then ofdistrust finally Of aversion, IN view o.
such wanton and hsgraut tyranny began todihuse
itself among the Hungarian People. Sentiments
50 novel 80 contrary 20 The traditions Of ages aud
the strong current Of home-bred feeling were dii
fused among race 50 naturally and by position
conservative slowly aad with difficulty bat ev
cry year saw them increasing IA strength. Nj
Paget an Intelligent l. lgish tourist VINO traverseo
Hungary ia 1893, remarked the growing d'safiec
ton Of the peasants in view Of the Austrian rule
and the utter misapprebensOn Of Hungary IN all
important respects which prevailed At Vienna
lie then predcted in his published travels that. IN
less the Court should mete out some measure OF
tardv redress of grievances to that fearless and
deeply wronged people, the time could not be
very distant when they would carve out justice
with their sWOfis sumo HtliolhNipho hut btfH
permitted by the Court during the year Of his visit
which had considerably improved the condition Of
the masses; yet among the impurities still upheld
were the following;
"Tbe elective franchise still withheld from man
horn peasant. whatever might be- his stake ~ the
country He MT equal with the noble before the
law. and what was perhaps still more grievOus 10 him.
he continued 10 bear the whole burden OF taxation
local and national The noble contributed nothing
Beside the labor and produce he gave 70 his proprietor
as rent for his land, the peasant paid uhes To the
church. and headtax and property TAX 10 the 'o'-
eminent lie paid the whole charges for the admins
trson of justice which he couio rarely obHh i'i he
municipal government, In the election OF "nch ne h"o
no vote: Tor the maintenance of public buildings from
many Of which he excluded and by much the
greater part Of the expenses of the army, pa when ne
was forced 10 serve without hope OF promotion. ne
alone made and repaired the roads aud bridges ana ne
alone paid tolls passing them On him alone We're
soldiers chartered and he had 10 furnish thcm not only
with lodgings in the midst of his family but win ne
cooking, stable room and fodder at about one ma"
penny aday often not paid aud TO sell ms nay I" '"'
Government for the use OF the troops Al hN,u P0,
not equal oncfourth of its value IN the market al
the same time noble who tilled the ground IKE the
pessant-who was, perhaps, not more intelligent not
more ndusirious-had hereditary privilege OF eNemp
ton from all these burdens, and enjoyed snare III the
Government of the country.
Long endurance of these aud other wrongs, IN
view ofihe repeated promises OF the Court III times
Of danger TO consider the complaints oil Hungary
and provide for their satisfaction, had gradually
created party intent on comprehensive measures
u Reform. 1t was at first composed mainly Of
tie more intelligent or more mobile population ol
The towns but soon embraced some patriotic no
bes and began to extend it's influence over the ru-
raj pea,antrv. At the head OF this hardly formed
party stood a noble, Szecheny but the House OF
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or hoped to bask in the sunshine OF Royal favor
wi. generally obsequious to Austria There grad
usy rose to consideration and finally to emlnence'
poor but eloquent young Lawyer OF Pesth LOUIS
KossUrH, who in less guarded aud more iorclbe
language was among the first to give distinct eN
preston to the new thoughts beginning to STIR the
popular heart One of his earliest enterprlsos
WAS one which to our readers Will hardly seem
important, much less pcrious-that OF making and
circulating Report of the moro important discus
sions and doings of the Diet The printing oi
such Report being strictly forbidden by law ne
nevertheless persisted in multiplying copies 10y
the laborious processsf writing, and these copies
were disseminated throughout the kingdom with
powerful effect. Their appearance was the com
mencement of the Political Education OF Hungary
Everywhere eagerly read, and none the less ior
the alarm and maevolence with which they were
REGARDED by the Court and its minions, they were
powerfully instrumental in dihoslng a knowledge
Of the state Of affairs among the People. Fer
this and Kindred efforts, kossuth was arbitreril!
seized and immured In dungeon, where he lay
three years suffering every iudlsnity and cruelty
which Ty ranny could invent and from the effects
Of which he " IN never recover. lie was hasily
liberated, however, and the knowledge OF bus SUI
ierings IN the despots prison immensely increased
and dihused his influence as champion OF the
popular cause. Tnrs influence he employs go
through the Press and otherwise 10 difiuse among
his countrymen partially ior Home Msnu'so'
lures and the development OF their Industrial re-
sources, hitherto too little regarded by the Hun
earians Carefully avoiding every act which conio
furnish the Court a colorado pretext for again
srrestins him, he was yet silently laying broad
and deem foundations for the future independence
OF the Nation.
sucb were the Influences ~ work when a new
Detwn summoned 10 assemble IN November
ls47. Prior To the Elections for tins Diet the
Patriotic party, in June, put forth a manifest
COu4hlnluS rare aoAtes 49, '~
calmness and dignity. The result proved the JUS
tice of their reliance on the patriotism oil Their
oountrymen. A traly National Diet was re-
turned; aud hardly bad it completed the 'erih'a'
tion OF its powers when the news OF the uprising
Of the Laborers Of Paris and the flight OF Louis
Philippe TO England startled and CONFUSED tue
civilized world. Even long dormant Austria was
galvanized into life, aud popular rising at wen
ma sent Mettternich packing to the common re-
ceptscle of fugitive tyrsnts, and compelled even
the Court for a season 10 feign acq0ieseence III
the irresistible popular demand for RePresen'
tative Consultation. OF course, Royalty was no
longer in condition to resist the energetic de-
msnds Of Hungary for legal and peaceful Reform.
Concession TO her People was inevi'aole-was
the only course which gave reasonable promise
of permanence to Monarchy ct all. Austria Tor
moment was dominsntly Radical; Hungary
was essentially Conservative, and, with decent
treatment Nigh, be relied on to support the EN-
peror-King against the violent extremes obviously
meditsted by the viennese Democracy. Accor'
dinghy, the Austrian Court represented by the
Archduke Palatine) made haste TO grant the con