New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-01-19
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.


One would suppose that by tbs tn' t'@ nature
and general facts Of the Hungarian War ct la'!e
,eodence ought b. be toierably well established at
east m tbs country. It IS true that IN Europe
,hev have for obvious reasons been subjects ~ con
,ooyersy and although tho great body Of civilized
,oonle there have already pronounced Judgment Do
n. case. the organs If toe party declared en'ii
.J.s,riously continue to prpnulgatc those llbes on
,.;, anita .onis,s which are thoiro~n sole defense
oo ,,s add, the Atlantic the same lIbos were 'o-
.,,es widely brought 10 the notice OF tho pubic,
and IN cause shown decidedly srcuted. Never
,hoess the, have just been reyl - hy Inc Ld"0r~
n the North American Review, what wonder
that the North American should rer're anything
and Brownson's Quarterly, both Boston pnblca
tons We are not much surprised at this ever
man has bls work and does trcs 10 do What SUITS
h. talents and temper and this tune, as Il seems
these two distinguished writers, ordinarily Tar apart
p,rsue common end and enjoy common satlsiac
no, This is thing hitherto unknown the annals
# Yankee literature rich MS they are IN queer no
tons.
Mr. Bowen has SAID hs say through hiiy odd
p,ses Of his rovew after having delivered The
substance Of his ideas Us a public iectuie NJ.
Brownson has not vet cot beyond the lecture stage
with his but they viii probably accomplish Their
dne period aud soon appear IN thor final shape
Meanwhile. as each Of these eminent authorities III
historical matters has, with extreme ha'ncss, con
,radicted aud gansayod certain statements to winch
The Tribune has given some currency. they VIII
permit us a passing notice OF their labors'
II NAV be provoking to see the truth OF history
perverted by writer's whom strong faith, strong stu
pdty stronger venalty, or party spirit strongest OF
AL engages on the SIDE of despoiisn; but yet there
ia encouragement 20 be extracted from the~ as
saults 1t cheering mark that the human FANNY
Is getting better Of some bad ailments whom those
concentrated Royalties, Emperors and Kings Oy
grace Of God. not TO speak Of bayonet and cannon
with their ermned mlnions and Ministers must
come down TO the public prints, and get themselves
defended at that tribunal of the world What i
they 10 so BY assailing ideas the most vital and
persons whom we revere for the tenor OF their ves
md the depth of their msfortunes 1t Is no more
than should be expected Any pensloned Sf00fS
Anscrer or London Times may proclaim the Pans
Bouscs to Re nothing but ierocious bandits CAL
Kossuth scoundrely robber or denounce the
movement of which no was the soul as goddess
rio, and any American by accident but Austrianhu'
.ian or Jesuit by nature, in whom tyrannous DIS
position or muddled mind renders brides needless
may take up and repeat the lie. They do no seri
Gus or permanent harm to the parties they calarlal
ae stil less to the sacred cause of truth and tree
dom The Just instinct OF the people rejects that ne
and the next keen shock Of that preusvc electricity
vhth remolds the world and hcrads IN the new
era will pitch its authors and their patrons into oh
Iivion.
Ii is 40 purpose Of ours to 40 through the Mort"
Awe1cds's essay and deal with its many points III
succession or otherwise Heaven forbid tina, even
an abstract Of that dull and houndcunS narrative
should be inflicted ON our readers without some
dire necessity, which luckily does not exist Not
knowing ANYTHING about the subject ON which nc
writes except what he borrows from good book
by Degersuio. published before the War, and a
series ID articles in the RcrHe deS Dtpt Nondts' a
work which Mr. Robert w slsh has OF late zeal
ousy endeavored to puff into reFute IN this ooun
try and which is worse than worthless ON all ques
tons connected with revolutionary politics he
haoders ysriously as uniniorned special PleadeT
could help dong especially Il he were not more
than half awake The positions no sbOrs to make
cut are two. namely
The War was not a struggle for independence
against despotic encpschment, but icud OF hos
Via races indeed the tito Of the article is " The
War Of Races IN Hungary
II TWAS an attempt of the Magyar untitled
nobility to preserve their Oustocrstc privileges
ADD the dominion Of their race against the liberal
Constitution of Austria. whereby equal represent
iuon, equal suffrage, individual liberty and the
Secdom cf the press established.
This being the case, the sympathy iclt for the
Hapsarians 10y tho people OF this couatry is alto
ge,hcr mistaken
Such Is the substance Of Mr.. B0wens article
Aeccrd,as TO ourvoyieN or the population OF Hun
gary consists of 1900 coo MsSySrs. 100000 Sow
scks. Slovenian tribe residing Ia the north ,
$4,000 Rusniaks, zoo 0oo Crostans and 700 900 Ser.
Mans also Slavonic tribes the two last RESIDING m
the south Beside there are a million Of Germans
million Of Wsnachisns $4,000 Jews ~, Ac.
he chief parties to the War O! Races were OF
course the Masysrs and Slsyonians, the Huns ariaas
Asging excited the animosiy Of the lsiteE by tae''
donmeerinc and unwise mole Of treating them
Vow what are the facts
The w.r was begun by the Servians and Croa-
tsns 10 all 900 souls these tribes live IN the
South, under the organization Of the Military
srunhers BY which every man is made soldier
Commanded BY Austrian officers. and directly sub
yet 10 orders issuing from the Imperial Govern
neat al Vienna. Intimate personal relations or
naea Intercourse with the Magyars they had never
aAd the law passed many years before by the
hungarian diet, whereby the Magyar was made
We diplomatic language" or medium for official
a'ercourse between the general authorities and
nc special tribes as well as for the discussions o;
ne Diet, had been exaggerated among them into a
equation that it should be the only tongue taught
schools o. allowed even in the smallest Judicial
s'0oescilgs, and an attempt to extinguish their
wa aAscas6y and absorb Il ia that Of The Mag.