New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-04-14

because II proved that hungary was uo
province, no department of Austria, but an
Independent Kingdom, which had chosen
succession of Austrian princes for its
chief magistrates on certain specified condi-
tons, to which conditions each of them
must, not in Austria but in Hungary. sub
scribe and swear before he was legally King
Of Hungary Can any marvel that a
proud and martial people, who had been
obliged to struggle for centuries against
perpetual conspiracy of their Kings to sub
vert their Constitution and liberties, and
reduce Hungary to the condition Of mere
province of despotic empire like Bohemia
or Gallicia, should cling to that Constitution
as the sheet-anchor of their National
safety
Yet it is false, grossly false, that the
Msgyars have uniformly resisted Reforms
in that Constitution. On the contrary,
they have repeatedly, by the official acts
of their Diets, called their Kings atten-
ton to the necessity of such Reforms,
and urged their adoption; but they have
from time to time been evasively put of,
or the Diets arbitrarily adjourned by the
sovereign. But at length, in glorious l343,
there were signs throughout Europe of
general upheaval-of the People growing
too mighty for the Despots. Austria felt
the impulse so, of course, did long patient
Hungary. Her Diet was discussing and
urging Radical Reforms before the RevOlu-
ton of February in France and in March
of that year. the Diet matured and adopted
a series of Constitutional Reforms whereof
the following are the most essential:
/. A distinct Constitutional Ministry for Hun
gary responsible to the Nation through the Diet.
>. The extension Of the Right Of SaGfage 10
EVERY CITIZEN OF HUNGARY, 1rithOut distinction
Of caste or race involving an entire abolition OF the
political privileges Of the Mobiles.
g. 4 Reformed System Of Taxation, so that all
| the People and all the Property IN Hungary cere
henceforh subject TO equal assessment, whereby
all the exemptions and privileges hitherto en-
! loved by the Mobiles were utterly abolished
1. Abolition of the Lrbarial or Feudal relations
existing between the Peasants and the MOBILES
whereby the Rents previously due from the
Peasants 10 the Mobiles were abolished, the State
undertaking to compensate the after
5. Abolition Of Tithes.
&. Abolition Of the Censorship and the estab
! lishment Of Freedom Of the Press-no penalties
to be inflicted for its alleged abuse except on the
verdict Of Jury.
!. Establishment Of a National Guard, to guard
the internal peace and security of the Country
See Count Teekis Statement also Dr.. Schuttes
Hungary, VOL H., page 10
U1Lono y aforuoc ,f.aYa dabafad
between the 18th and 23d of March-more
strictly the first was perfected on the 10th,
and all adopted by both Houses of tho
Diet with almost entire unanimity and
deep enthusiasm, although many of those
who voted for them were reduced from
wealth to poverty thereby. There was
not one particle Of them all which increased
the privileges of the Mobiles or of the Mag
5~--, -, .h~ CONTRARY. they all tended to
abolish and efiacc all distinctions of Race
or Caste previously existing in Hungary.
Every syllable applied equally to Croatia,
Transylvania, and the districts most thor
oughly Slovenian with those mainly in
habited by Magyars. There was no as
sumption of superiority for any Race, but
remuneration of such as had existed
And all this, bear in mind in March,
l646-one year before the illegal" and
utterly fallacious pretense of granting Free
dom and Equality to the then victorious
Hungarians by the Emperor of Austria
months before there was any War OF
Races in Hungary" or any commotion
tending thereto.
But how came there to be what's call
ed War Of Races there at all!
Simply through the cold-blOoded craft
and perGdy of the Austrian Court. The
Emperor approved and signed these Re-
forms April 18th, l843, at time when
las is alleged by his apologists) his Aus
TRAN throne was tottering, and he could not
we'll refuse Hungary anything that she
chose to demand. Butthe immediate dan
ger of Democratic reconstruction of Aus
tria passed away, and hen the Court set TO
tcork TO recall its concessions 10 Hungary,
as so many Kings and and Courts have done
in other cases. To this end, Jellachich
was sent into Croatia to stir up War of
Races there-Croatia being no independ-
ent State, as Hungary was, but as integral
portion Of Hungary as Long Island or
St. Lawrence County is Of this State
Brotrnson's Reriele, quoted approvingly by
The Courier, admits and justifes this King
ly treachery, pleading that the signature of