New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-13

assertion more than once in the course OF his ar
ticle I. was not until 1896 that the City Of ida
was retaken. The Turks were fnallyoverthrown
in Hungary by Prince Eugene of Savoy, who broke
their power by the defeat at Zenta in 1897, and
completely drove them out of Hungary by the VIC
tory at Peterwardeen in l7l6, and the subsequent
success by which he conquered peace &C
cording to the treaty Of Passarowitz, July, MS
Bowen speaks of John Huniadi, who was Gov
ernor Of Hungary during the minority of adislaus
the Fifth, as one of the kings Of Hungary lie
doubtless fell into this bunder from an ambiguous
sentence in the French Review, on whose author.
ity he depends Bat what reliance, the hz'
amner pertinently asks, =" can be placed upon the
facts or conclusions Of writer, who, IN discussing
a grand historical subject, affecting the fame and
interests of nation, contents himself with such
knowledge of their history as may be obtained
from few ephemera articles in French REVIEW
and whom the pointing of sentence may betfay
into errors like this Z
But thus far the Examiner is merely continuing
its skirmish on the outside 1t has yet come 70
| the dissection ofthe calumnies advanced by bowen
against the Hungarans If the Professor mas
been hitherto annoyed by the pricks OF pms, ne Is
now bit on the skull with sedgehammer Inc
Examiner first shows that Bowen exhibits more
implacabIe hatred toward the Hungarlans than
previous writers who are far from beng scruPu-
lous in their assertions or moderate in their repro
baton He uses tone Of contempt and dlspar-
agement, whether he is speaking OF their past or
their present history, their institutions their Gus
toms, or the debates in their Legislative Assem-
bly,.
|. The main accusation which he brings against
the gallant Hungarian nation is, that they are not
the defenders of liberty, but the supporters OF ty-
ranny and oppression that the war IN which
tbey have been engaged was for the mantinance
oftheir ancient feudal institutions; and to pro-
tect the Magyar race in the possession OF their ex-
elusive privileges to the injury OF the mass OF the
Hungarian population.
In support Of these charges, Bowen asserts
that the nobility of Hungary were exclusively OF
the Magyar race. He ascribes to them the pos
session of oil the land and all the political power
in the country, and declares that as party, they
have been continually opposed to all reform IN
Hungary. The reforms, according to the PROBES
sor, have been effected by the magnates, in con
junction with the Austrian Government, and the
war was occasioned by the refusal ofthe Ma8yars
to admit the other races of their countrymen to
equality Of political rights.
We have Just said that Mr., Bowen asserts
that all the mobiles of Hungary are OF the Magyar
race This statement, in the sense intended by
the Professor, is wholly without foundation. The
number of mobiles in some of the Counties exceeds
by thousands in some cases-the whole number
| of Magyar inhabitants Of those Counties In the
Slovac County of Zoyom, for instance there
but 200 Magyar inhabitants while there are 2, l52
mobiles, and hence at least ,952 SloVac mobiles in
that County alone. So of others.
Bowen ascrbcs the possession Of all the land in
the country and all the political power to mobiles
of the Magyar race With regard to the land
this is SO far from being correct that for many
wears the land has not been secured to mobiles, nor
has there ever been time when it has been ex.
clusvely possessed by Magyar mobiles. Slovenian
mobiles own estates even in the most purely Mag
var Counties. Propretors OF German descent are
to be found in every part of the kingdom In the
County OF Pest three OF the largest proprletors out
OF five are Slavonic The result appears
from the inspection of reliable documents in many
other Counties
Equally incorrect is Mr. Bowenis assertion that
all the Magyar mobiles own land. Many of them
hire land of the large proprictors They are
sometimes much poorer than the peasants among
whom they live. Among them are found the same
inequalities of wealth and station that are found
among the citizens of other countries. Many OF
them follow the humblest occupations. The
founder OF one of the princeIy families was poor
slavonian who while obtaining his educatiOn
lived on fragments Of food that he gathered from
door to door
Nor is the Professor any more fortunate in his
assertion that the Magyars were in exclusive pos
session of political power. The County Assem-
blies were composed of all the mobiles OF the coun-
try, of whatever race, condition, or fortune.
But the nobility, according to Bowen, were op-
posed to all reform of their institutions Not q
fact does he adduce in support of this position.
His opinion is founded solely on theoretical as
symptoms His views, however, are set aside by
the single fact that from the year 1880, the liberal
party had a constant majority in the lower house,
But the EIdmRer is not content with this Fol
lowing Bowen step by step, through his lncoheI-
ent assertions, it convcts him Of the most eyre
gious blundcrs out of his own mouth his state
ments in one portion of his article being complete
ly at variance with those III another. The posi-
tons of the Examiner are fortified with impregna-
bic authorities; nothing is taken on trust nothing
is CLOSED over with hasty or superficial treat
ment the whole discussion shows extraordi-
nary patience, GOODNESS and selfpossession and a
mastery of the subject in its minutest details,
which may well cause the historical Professor Of
Harvard to blush with shame. The author has
not yet done with him, however. The subject is
to be pursued in another article, examining his
sneciGc stntnlnents in resard tn the uar and the