New-York daily tribune., 1849-06-13
Hansary-Her Position, Resources, &c.


tainiag in fact her own ancient system Of laws,
and recognizing only the sovereignty Of the house
OF Hapsburg, has in great messure merged her
nationality inthat Of the Austrian Empire. She has
thus lost her place nation, in the chronicles Of
The modern historian the character Of her people
her position and her social and relations
are no longer familiar 70 the memories Of the pres
ent generation. Since the commencement Oi the
European Revolution, however, her situation Is
different. Leading the victorious vanguard OF the
armies Of Repabcanism, she fights with toe eyes
Of the world upon her. holding the hopes Of other
races the fate Of other struggles, dependent upon
her own. While she continues % keep at bay the
vast forces pressing upon her frontiers, let Os
take brief glance at her position and the resour
ces she can command 10 meet the coming necessity
The geogra ptfcsl extent Of Hongary including
the ancient dependencies Of Trsnsy yanis and
Croatia, and that collection Of different tribes or
gained under a pecul,ar system IS Military
Frontier betw cen her dOminiOns and Turkey, more
than equals that Of Austria with all her remaining
provinces Of Bohemia Gallicia, Tyrol, Lombsrdy
and Venice. The traveller who approaches Wen
ma from the North sees at one glance from the
sloping nights which conduct him 70 the Danube,
the imperial city at his feet, the spires Of Hungs-
rian Presb0rg on the horizon, ard the outposts q
the Csrpathian range far away 70 the north east
From the river Marcb--the Austrian frontier north
of the Dsnube-s days forced msrch would take
an army 10 the walls Of VienDs. The boundary
line extends nearly 70 Cracow on the north, fol
lowing the Of the Carpathians as they curve
eastws ard like a grand natural arch resisting the
pressure Of Russia. South Of the Danube 1t runs
10 the southwest in irregular line, closely sp-
preaching the great highway from Vienna TO Irl-
este, and striking the Adriatic al the head Of the
Gulf Of Fiume. The Danube, sweeping TO the
east for about seventy miles after leaving Pfesburg,
turns abruptly 10 the south at Waitzen, the scene
Of late glorious Hungarian victory,l and, parting
the rival cities Of Pesth and OieD, passes through
The heart Of the kingdom At the fortress Of Peter
waradin-wbich is 10 the Danube what Ehren-
breitstein 10 TO the Hhine--it again resumes It's
easterly course, striking the Turkish frontier at
Belgrade, and skrtIng Trsnsylvsnia till within
hundred miles Of the Black Sea.
The central region Of Hungary, stretching out
from the Carpathians 10 the Danube in vast
steppes which drained by the Thesis and its
myriad tributaries, is not surpassed IN soil end
climate by any other part of Europe. II yields,
in great abundance, all the products of the tenn
perate zone, with others common to Italy and
Southern France. The harvests Of grain are
abundant and certain. The plains are protected
from the cold winds of the North by mountain
range 5000 feet in height, while the hot blasts d
the South are tempered before they reach the
Danube in the dciiles of the Balkan aud the i'm
measurable forests of Serva. Hungary thus pro-
,iuces within her own borders even under the
imperfect system OF agriculture which her peasants
have practced for three hundred years, all that is
necessary to her own sustenance. The valleys OF
the Carpathians support uumberless nocks OF
sheep. goats, and cattle the central table land,
watered by six hundred streams brings forth with
little labor wheat, rye, maize, barley and ali kinds
Of vegetables the warm bills bordering the Dan
obe yield annually twenty-five million gallons OF
wine, among them the renowned Tokay while
the marshes in some Of the Southern districts are
successfully used in the cultivation Of rice. The
climate, more mild and equable than that Of Ger
many, 10 the heathicst in Europe, one proof Of
which Ia shown in the sturdy frames and strong
physical energies Of the inhabitants. whose mode
of life also tends materially to preserve the stamina
of the race.
The mineral wealth of Hungary, as yet very
imperfcctly explored. promises to develop mex
baustible resources OF industry and profit The
Carpsthian district, inhabited by that branch OF
the sclsvonic race known as the sowaks, and
some Germans who are connected with the
mining operations, is rich in the precious as well
ms the ruder and more necessary metals. Gold is
a. abundant in some localities as in the mines OF
wealth veins of silver and copper of unusual
riohness are frequently met with, and the wan
derng lapidery picks up in the untraveled re-
cesses Of the mountains the emerald the jacinth
and the radiant opal. Mines OF rock salt sulphur
and satpetro on the one hand, and copper. iron
aud zinc on the other, need but labor, enterprise
and proper encouragement from Government to
rank among the most profitable IN Europe, aud
vast beds OF coal which might supply the dis
forested Orient still lie untouched. IL is no
vel that Austria should have endeavored to bring
such country under the yoke of her graspine
monopoly OF trade and oppressive internal Gus
toms. or that Russia should seize on any pretext
10 take up the quarrel. with fArreaching hope
for the lions share.
The kingdom Of Hungary. with Trsnsyvania
ana tIottia, VoNcfs tueut loOiuVV square mhte,
and supports population reckoned at about "A
millions. The country is less densely populated
than Austria in fact. portions OF it still retain the
original forests, in which the deer, bear and Wild
boar are hunted by the native nobemon But,
dedacting irom the remaining population of Aus.
tria the Polish aud Italian provinces which are
disaAected, aud on whose support she cannot
ly il will be seen that in numerical strength Hun.
gary falls little short OF being her equal. The
difference OF races and the consequent hostility OF
blood between different portions OF the Hungarian
people are however influences which prevent
tho coantry at present from displaying ITS full
power. Whether the more imminent danger
which threatens il, will efsce for the time these
iesloasies aud unite all frsternaly IN common
struggle, is question whose favorable solution is
earnestly 10 be desired.
The Msgyars consulate the original Hungarian
stock. whose Chiefs founded the kingd9m thoas-
and years ago. and ia whose hands the governing
power has always remained They sprung from
the same Noagolian origin as the Turks their near
neighbors W hose language strongly resembles their