Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-11-29

kingdoms and hereditary prsvir ces ii and out Of German,
ere 70 b poese:ssd. indcis6 and sspaab jointly sus
/ Il once. with the kingdom Of Hongary..' -
That the connexion sndvisibls and insepasbls herr
aed 10 limited to the existence Of The house AZ Hspsbsu
il not only evident from what pseceds but placed beyond
the reach Of cav controversy BY that clause Of the article
which that upon the failure Of the heirs Of said line
there aha revive and into operation the ancient and
approved custom and Perogsve Of the Diet in the election
and coronation o. king
"Nothng surely can be more futile than an ATTEMPT q
soy the Independence Of Hungary by the production OF
document which with full admission of al the right.
liberes and privileges Of the Kingdom and concludes
with acknowledgment that upon the extinction Of the pre-
sent dynasty, the union with Austria end and
the exercise Of her ancient and cherished pre-
roga,ive Of eecting and browning her own monarch .
"Ths further concessions Of their rights on the part Of the
Diet whilst did not weaken the Independence Of the king
dom, brought to the throne in l740 the weknown Empress
Queen Maria Theresa This princess BY her voluntary re-
cognon Of the ancient laws and liberties Of Hungary and
by her personal qualities and troubles the hearts Of the
chvalrous Magys How, In he hour Of her utmost need
with her infant in her arms se entered the Hunssrian
Parliament and implored their aid against her foreign foss
and how every sword eaped from its sabbard and evey
tongue exclaimed, Mraur pro yrge nostro Maria TOesa
il familiar to ALL and constitutes indeed Of the golden
pages OF history. es
ssJoseph ri, tie son and successor Of Maria Theresa,
made many attempts to incorporate Hungary with Ausra
under that system of Capitalization besurocraiic rule
which has been the policy Of imperial house. bat the
nation boldly and successfully resisted them And although
be had acknowledged the rights and privileges Of The HuDga
an States By his circular letter on his mothers DEATH yet
is historical and ndspuabe fact that he declined the
ceremony Of coronation from unwlingness 10 confirm
those rights and privileges by solemn OATH
That was the opinion Of Joseph that Hungary was an
independent country. what better evidence could he de-
sired than bis efforts for s amagamation with Austria and
his refusal to take the oath Of coronaon which would
pledge him to sustain her independence and thus defeat the
most Cherished object Of his reign His reign though short
was sufficiently long to enable him to many Of the
errors Tito which his prudent zeal hsd betrayed him but
was unfortunately only in his last days thar be listened
with comPlseency to the demands Of the Hunsans re-
stored their constitution had existed at bis accession
promised speedily to soemnze the ceremony Of bis corona-
ton and, a. earnes Of his Intention sent back the
crown Of ST. Stephen which, by his wanon order had been
forcbly removed from Pesth to Vienna.
Tie efforts Of Joseph to subvert the institutions Of ths
country produced excitement in Hungary which even the
grave Of that monarch was powerless to queIl.
Public gazettes declared the hereditary rights Of the
Hspsburg dynasty forfeited the conas Of Pesh Zsmpleu
and Szaboz called arms and people every where raised
the cry recently repeated We ,Ua,,t no austrian,
Joseph followed by his brother Leopold and the times
under which ne came forward such obliged the Diet
70 exact Of him securities against renewal Of the arbitrary
proceedn to which Joseph had esorted For this purpose
certain articles were prepared BY the Diet Of $780, the
ure Of declaratory acts implying concession but
merely re-asserng what the Hungarian constitution had pro-
vded long before the first Hapsbug ascended the throne and
which Leopold did not hesitate to recognise and confirm.
Art TO- That Hungary sA free and Independent nation
IN her entire system of egeaton ard government that she
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that she shall have her separate existence and her
anu snouo consequently DC governed Dy Kings
a.0olulns = nel nauona' avs ana customs.
cannc. express more uiy 2! renuer more clear
na las oone - me foregoing auce .ne ngn.s 81 Hun
sly ano me na!uie o. Us conne1on WIN Austria Com.
0' ~ = = ssPe,nuous, ms'ne.P1esuon imPosaDie. mat
may noeed De regarded oy the Hungnians az the
=. l.unsIy ngu~ 20 oDg % y remains part
Of the constitution Of the land her liberties safe when
ls nsl ioe'es are gone seems 700, as designed 70
meet tne very Crisis winch mas occurred.
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