The New York herald., 1850-02-18
The Politaes Of Europs.
ASPECT OF THE HUNG ARrAN QUESTION.


ASPECT OF THE HUNG ARrAN QUESTION.
Ma. EDIroR -
The great and enlightsnsA American peopls-spsets-
tors Of events which agitats and shake the continent
- Europe desire to bs able to Judge them With
smpsrtiahty and equity. Among the many different
end mournfu tragedies which have delugsd with blood
Che greatest part Of the old world during the lest
swo years, that Of Hungary occupies . prs-smi-
1snt place, ~ we'll account Of the chivalry sld
BAanty displayed during the time OF the struggle by
that nation also Of the numerous results
which It's end, In Its present state without lifting
the dark and hssy veil Of the future exert on
the ansirs and In . short time, the geographical
ponhguration Of some Of the ststss Of Europe
Thus the Hungarian question Is the most complex
that ever offered itself to the confederation Of the his
torsn, the statesman, the political
On Il before such public that Of this great ooun-
Try he should We think, do it with thorough know
ledge OF the subject matter thereby ng
conviction and an undoubted good faith in the pre-
on the one side too much of generous can put
OF psrtiality and on the othsr from every false
ns OF p:r.lity under which, only too eften, bad
Under the splendid tirs "rhs War Of Races in Hun
gary I" there appeared in this country article very
well calculated to mislesd the judgmsnt and the
convictions Of public opinion. aud Of all msn, Who,
nke the Americans. look for truth and light In
these dark and complicated matters. IL Is Q thick
and dark forest Of errors In HISTORICAL
toricsl quotations well In other OF rsasou
ing almost every line requires rsndcstion the la
Dor Of refutation consequently wdens more and more
exceeding the limits OF the Longest article aud thus
growing even into . thick volume
Nothing else can be done then to forewarn the
public against the credulty b. which the respectable
that mass Of srrors-vhch to remove would put in re-
qusftion whole stream Of and proofs as
Hercules cleaned the stables Of eugeus by turning up
on them the rivers Of Alpeus aud Peneus
assertions conained IA artice assertions
contrary 70 the past as we'll as to the present events
First The nnumerable errors In quotations relating
60 the old history OF the Huugarisas Thus often no.
deductions therefrom derived false for iustance
the marriage of Ferdinand brother of Chsles v WAS
the battle u Mobacz, In order TO find protection
against the Turks, through a lsndi.ss aud pennylsss
orchduke, then reduced TO expectations merely; but
the marriage was ferventy desired by charles v snd
Fe4dnsnd Many intrigues resorted 10, In order
toobtain the acquescence Of the Hung lriau and 3d.
nemisn mobility as well that OF the pssr aa uAcls
of the kingly bride Sigismsnd f. of Poland Hungary
was not strengthened by this marriage but by it was
the true OF the greatness ob,saed
mouse OF Austria this liae. OF which Zy
poor, inasmuch the hereditary Ss,es OF Bursaaiy
Flanders Spain and Italy beIoDgd to Philip aud his a.
Gle ferdipand vas but se sd-r Arc hduse Acquiring
by the marriage OF the heess Bohemia aud Haugsry
the most precious jewels in the srchducal baadea TINS
prsneh OF the house OF Austria thus able wsga
ponSerousiy In Germany, and sssu ne kind Of hsreo
sarsnip o. the imperial croEn for AIN ost thr centu.
nes; ana 70 this s reported the celebrated tu fer
.nusrte NUDE" The hspsburg we're powerful merely
~ virtue OF the strength bsstewed on them through
<ne Hungarian
Lei chronology speak :-Fsrdinsnd m trred the Hun
gafisn heress in 1926 and after ths ass in
the year 1881 that he elected King Rome and
ascended the throne IN tbe wear 1858 rhis IA
example Of manner in waion the historical facts
are nisrspreeented and misund-rstood- thus giving
birth to whole chain Of fsl-e raonioss aud dsduc
lions From the epoch Of this marriage until the last
wsr ct every historical pepeies IL ~as not the Hun
gsrisns Who we're the party bound bus on the con-
trary, they bestowed fsvors and obligations oo the
house Of Rapsburg
The interior political organization wa, not at ell
stitution undsr.ood BY svvr one versse Ia thsse
historical and iurisprudentiAl matters.
Aftsr errors CT this Kind there found others
cerning events occurring from 1880 ls4s aud then
errors and misapprehension of facts relstng she
that time succeeded each other with the rtpidty Of
lightning. Every one Of these events MARKS it may
eaid. whels era or epoch by Itself veil by its
results and manifestations 10 exhibit tn whole con.
scientiously, would require time aud volu mes for
Who viii not acknowledge that the st years
equal TO centuries of existence their usnee upon
every shaken by the terrible IRA ptious OF Is4s!
For this reason IL Is also posbs these
events at the full speed OF rid~r the stsepe chase
as the French gentlemen have done Who served
models for the American reviewers su, facts Of
the greatest weight we're passed by in silence facts
Of this mournful and bloody epi, de. rus nor
single word IL raid respecting the competition of the
Viennsse Diet OF ls4s where toe B0hsmisns aud
rous other Scsvonians pha .a on the
extr sme right, waiting aud oBoaYring, quite ia mill
Governor Of 0ssea but sspirios % the 1.t Of pre-
per and foe to the sePsrae suth1Tiy Of the huasa
rfau crown.
But many other facts Of equal weight are omitted
Almost ~ motives assigned TO the actions of ind-
yiduas, as we'll ss TO the mass Of the people q, Large
In Vienna, In Hungary, And In the Scisvonian
tries put In fails. light aud uots by tue quoted
Freneh snthoritss psri-ct snorauoe, or perfect bad
faith Many OF those motive springs their source,
in the past history these different tribe as
burning sparh ere elected oy he shock of1sI Others
finally belong TO ths darker side "f hausn nature
AZ most Of the facts pref.nt-d sh,rn la
the fsisest possible light slnost the dsductoos
are st least erroneous aud cannot b. otherwise
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most false conclusions And the Bano-r OF them is
innnitenso .. TO render their rsctiocs,ion inpos.
give the best illustration OF the whole
The review tasss as one ot the pivets OF it,
iDgs the constitation Of Avn Marco 1873 trib atos
e. this document the most c,a ev-tious r..uts rhe
review proclsims that the srtic aselsring that all
tribes have an equality OF rgnts and tribs has
nvios BILE right TO preserve snd f1-sr its nation
alty ana language sss received With he Sls
yonisn Not~ithstandug this srtcie aud -o@- others
judged equally favorsbs By IA. revi- tue sbOvs
sttutiop. lar from being oofdng TO the asrtions
Of these eentem.p -receved With appsass snd popu-
lar With slavonisns, Crosts Wail-ohtsns, Ss, vas
greeted slDost every where ~iss ois.s and an al.
versions s IN Prague, Agrsm 40 rhe proofs srs TO
be found every vhsre dsez the lsIs and almost
every steamer brings to this county news OF fresh
grotssts,ions on TOE part of the msss quiet e,
which ere foIlo.sd b, other pro,.stssions in AZ,
rem and all the more populoas c'ti-s; snf while
ssr,,.ps srunb,. aud bre.s o., ~ ,br..s's,as. rs
Thus there is everS where general discomfort; and
vithou, beos prophet u, sssy % predict for Ass
var With cbvairous Hungary Apd all this. ut the
time, while the review prsisinx highly that
constitution, and susuriug for ~ the most happy results
That u happens Otherwise, T. 70 be accounted for
tbus this coustitation s per6dous gift cf Austria.
The SciavontADr that, undsr tte ltbe
ral appearance there quietly oistsd the deadly
venom OF feebtrsization, by means cf 0ermapism The
lstter far deeply repusie aud hateful to every
eolavcatan, than ssyArisa And TO speak
briefly the teDdeooies of the In the years be-
tween 1884 and as 90 make their sbgusge that govern
mental and diplomatic relations toe their Scla-
vooiap depepdsnciss -tebd-pcies b. shich the Scls
vopians have been the meet rsssperat.d, and which
caused come outbreaks at Agrsn, before 1919, have
bern sugeeeted 20 tbs Nar, srs By the Austrian
cabinet vho, fghtsnsd At tnst tins by the progress
Of fsnssvisn excited and pit-d assinst Mssy arsm.
The above mentioned csostitution OF lste. like
the apples Of the wsipprsisn,sht Of Goetns. which,
under briilbant and fr~sh rind conaioed ashes aad
corruption 10 vas as the Lamiss OF antiquity, who
by their treseberous exterior deceived the old
Mspbtstophcies and hsw then, erv.ct that the Gre
.dulous fstth OF the revieuers could resist
The perady, fslsshood bad faith and treachery,
which for centuries have pired and directed every