New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-09-20
Hungary
observations on the Country ard People.
PY rR HRACE

Il should be stated here, n the mrs: OF
tre,e letters from Hungary that very great care Is
OBLIGED 70 be used VIII reference 10 dates an the
names o. places and persons. for tear o! any unpeA
eart consequences 20 ny acqunn1@nces 4aa friends
m Hungary No one can have an i1ea no" closely
everything IN American 'oulnals, 10 regard 10 Hun
earan Affairs. Is Tatcheu m VIENNA and Pe'th. l
Iave t,oon before this TIE Tt45'sn, 10 se I'D me
hands Of the Secret Police should observe here
too tat ny object n these letters Is not so much %
nre.ent theories with respect 10 Hungary as to give
tie facts. as they come before me
Ofcourse mus, express my conclusions, out Inc
data W. te d, hanl. from which others can ORA"
theirs. I would only remark that the principle
which has guided me n many Of my rearcnes' Is
that there can be no better test Of the government OF
country and Of the degree OF liberty which i mas
en5oyed than the tone and character OF IL inhao-
ants Nv time IN Pesth was very ousi!y employed
indeed There were The usual researches oi
traveler-then the forming acquaintance Win lle
clflzens with reference to Learning the views OF the
different DO itcai parties. aid IN planning my route IA
the interior and pecldy the nVe>lgdlloH OF we ~
political constitution and laws OF huhsdiy lol VT IN
Inc archives Of Pesth offer the best adv dIdges ne
whole society OF Pes,h. ia thls ~ tlmt ol Ut
preston. Is exceedingly pleasant ior the sIahsel'
DeSulte the German influence upon A., dnO the TACT,
almost all intercourse = III tAt htiuidt s.l-
guaoe the ueope have preserved tier genuine Hun
earfan traits One feels at once he i IN different
atmosphere from that which fills the German circles
There Is a life kind OF stormy eloQuence anout ihe
conversation such as YOU never meet IN Germany.
The neople love 20 talk and certainly talk very We'll
such Iosv coffee houses have not seen IN Europe
Then one l. conscious a once oil Oclhg III >oCetS'
where wit Is N vogue much more than IN Germany
Keen lively vii Il Is too. Joke against Austrian
stl1 idfy poes over Pesth, with the Qulchhes> OF
thought But such nation OF orators ~ they seem
from hat one see, IN the Caplial Inc "a.te' MO
brings vour coffee IN the morning. when ne mas YOU
are an American. makes speech ne clefA ID lAe
coach-offce where You are booking your name runs
of INTO a harangue over the wrong OF hungary
which would do horror 10 stump orator wen
sneak In private society WIKI an ease, hre suS Is
Ihavc never anywhere seen. And the theme every
where which lights the eye, and thnls me voice
Is Hungary, their beautiful, theH once hippF
FatheIland, what II has been ana Whd' ~ -
now lis glory, IT'S wrongs. Us hopes win
our cool English habit II Is difficult 10 under
stand TO imagine the natural, pass onae eloquence
Wiih which almost every Hungarian SPEAKS Oh thal
subject Ii should he misunderstanding HUNK iIldns
whom we IN America, are men III io,eisi i'i'u,
speaklng a strange language, and affected oy al OUT
customs They would not wish II, they conid ho'
sneak there as they do here. ! extract nom my
journal pas sage Of the political sentiments OF the
peoule of Pesth Il happened to call upon WORK
man to-day As soon nc found was an Amer
can about to travel IN Hungary he burst iofth, y,
sir If YOU could only have seen our country loui oI
wears ago 90 ilbt ut4i'NS tltiN WV
and happy a country IN Europe. Wine anu corn
and everything so cheapfoT the poor man-the gen
II, making improvements ana reforming every "H.iei
and We had our ParlameniS here IN Ieslh' Just ~
Won IN .merica-and we voted for Othcers-and were
independent of Austria. And now there Is TAX on
everything. We have 70 pay three guideh W 1l
for poll iax-and every pound OF hesn Is taxed "HlSh
we buy and there Is tax on the gardens anu Oh III.
houS,s And then we gam nothing. We have lost
our Constitution and our nights lhere l. no more Eo
ing or elections, or Parliament, here IN resin Inc
whole country Is dead "
1 have been to see an acqualhsahce
since. of The Government party lie regretted ex-
tremely had chosen the present time To uaVel III
Huneary-it would give me so Imperfect an lded OF
the nation If | could have come before the keVo
luton would have seen the country III lts prdS anu
glory intensely active and excited nitspoh cal NE
and every kind OF material improvement gong on
or # / could have come immediately after the
Revolution. the very aspect OF the national eKcile
meut-lnspiration, would have been grand 70 LOOK
upon But now the whole country was iiieiessI
spiIitless-oast down. " We have StaAed an salu
he. on the game, and have los, all The Govern
ment too. regret 10 say. i not wen adflSeu ot
does not understand the Hungarian character and
everything goes on wrong. NO man can pIeulV' Tic
future Tie present condition cannot last
continue my journal with reference TO another
matter vs. Inch interested me ia Pestn
OF course. there has been great deal OF CONVEX,
Sailou here IN Pesth ABOUT GTgty and hoSsufh, ana
have bee1, quite curious to find out what the gen
eral opinion OF these men Is, and whether u agreed
with that IN foreign countries hosSuih Iotno' %
Low here, residing IN the city. and suspect III
various WaNs the people get great Gea Oh lhloIma
ton about him and his movements ,,
To saw that ho sulh Is beloved here, seems AaTuif
necessary, after what have seen lie j. llotlZeu
Every word andtEalt OF MS character )
with an indescnbanle affection Even his faults are
sucL as the people hail love, when they oldlne
They all acknowledge he dld not possess All we
Qualities of a revolutionary leader Ihefe VS. 700
much tenderness IN him lie had none oil 'n1 lus'
seventy OF Washington, the sternness OF a
Cromwell lie never could sign death" Az AM;
they say, through his whole administrator Nl'u
there was little doubt. n he had hrough' "oIs'f uo
fore Court artlal, three months before tAe maj
surrender ne might have saved the county Dulh
never could force himself 10 II, though oiIeH Wsed
by his friends Some one told me, VINO OeneFe
vas present, that proposition was maze D, one OF
the Ministry. on certain occasloi 10 Al ol'o "'iA
ID some Austrian traitors. 49,
He remarked immodia,el, thai he must resign his
place. If any such measures were seriously CoH'
sldCTed.
They al lament that he did not also possess strate
glca talents a. Washington, that the ialdl NV
SION which mlaec the Hungarian cause Uls''' "1'e
been avoided. A
MANY think too, that he not idr-Seems enough.
Is a State ,man and vas too much wrapped up III As
visionary ideas to Judge vel OF distant bulope Al
rohtlcs And thai accordingly. he had reckohed 100
much on aid from other Powers IN the beginning OF
the struggle. winch had been never even promised
him Tie OlG Conservatives all say thal' even Il
he had succeeded. be would never have oeeh a 5ooI
statesman. He was only an " agliator SlIi WIN
have never net he man vel, even III the most con
seryauye circles OF Vienna. who doubted the PURIFY
OF kosSuihS motives. or could cast a sur On the
stainless honor Of his political course.
To all III Germany or Hungary, who love Tee
principles. he has enGeaIed hlmse1 by a long ana
unNaVerng course OF devotion 10 freedom. lis hfsl
elo4ts were gwen 10 It. HIS independent course cO>'
him nearly three years from the best OF his ME IN
an Austrian dungeon. He came forth, broken indeed
in health hut Lot spirit tO Work again IN the same
good cause ana since, through danger and ooloquy,
he has laooIed steadily Tor TIE renoI alton Of Hun
gary.
A man from the middle classes, he has never
po>se>sed the confidence Of the great nooIlty-the
masnaies-bu, the h,art II the people : his.
Through MS words, more than ~ ANY other
influence did the Parliament OF 1892 do away
Win many OF those abomlnable eKaclOns on the
peassrtry of Huugary-and. the result IN
great paIt OF his increasing efforts may consider,
tlaG grand at OF justice ana generosty-One of the
srsIuest on record IN tl>tory-Oi the Parliament OF
a. '+,-bv " Inch every cXaSuOn and our-eL Of The
Hungarian PeaSantry Was removed, with The loss 10