The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-12-16

territories Of the world be anew divided By languages
nns You 'x. TIA,
to humsnity-s deathblow to ciAzstion and pro-
gress and throw bsck mankind BY centriss-it
eternal source Of strife to because there Is holy
alnost religious tie, By which mans heart to his home
bound, and no man ever wsuld consent to sban-
another language than he himself and, by this reason,
claims for him that sacred spot where the ashes Of his
hsrshewhsre his own cradle stood he dream
ed the happy dreams Of youth and whore nature itself
bears mark Of his manhoods lsborious toll Tho idea
worse than the old migration Of nations wasdespot
ism only would rise out Of the strife. Mankinds f.
nacisD Is really curious Nobody Of the advocates
of this mischevous theory Is willing to yield for
himself-but others he desires yield to it. Every
Frenchmap becomes furious when his Alsace is claimed
to Germany Dy the right Of languageo the borders of
his Pyrences to span-but there are seine amongst the
very who feel revolted 1t this idea, who claim
Germany that it should yield large territory because
one part OF the inhabitants speak different tongue and
God himself has limited by its range OF mountains
the system of streams rs also by all the links Of
right hand, Transy lvania, and to give 1t up the
neighborng Wallachia, to cut out, like Shylock
pound of our very breast--the Banat-Nnd the rich
country between the Danube and Thesis augment By
it Turkish Serbia and forth II is the ambition
Of eonque,t, but an easy conquest, not b. arms but
idea cannot will not be advocated by any man
in the United states which aid not open les hosptable
shores to humanity and greet the nockiug msions Of
emgrsnts with the right Of Citizen Ia order that the
Union may be cut to pieces and your single States
divided into new framed countries by and
according to language And do you know, gentlemen
whence this absurd theory sprung up the European
Contins mt! 1t was the Idea of Psnslsvisns-t is
the idea that the mighty stock OF Scavonic Is
ciled to rule the world the Roman did IL
Russian potit the internal idea to make out Of
world Perhaps yeu sss not aware Of the historical origin
Of this plot 1t after the third division Of Poland
fate the Prince cssrtonky to the court Of Ca
thsrins Of Russia He subsequently, became minister Of
Als1aSdsr tn: Car Was in ,Si. quality that With
csimed nom the young Gear the restoration Of Poland
suggesting for equivalent the idea Of Russian prspond
erance over all nsiors of the old sclavonic be-
lieve his intention sincere believe he thought
not to msconsiler those natural borders, which
the nations has drawn But be forgot tia. the spirits
which he raises, he will not be able to master more
and that ancalsd fAnstoi'm viii sredr, f.nsasicai
frame itself must burst In pieces lie forgot that
Russian prePonderanoe cannot be proptious to liberty
lopmsnt Of the sclavs nationality because Scsvonic
nations weud by this IDEA be degraded individuals
by despotism Russia got hold Of the sensible idea very
readily May be that young Alexander had in tbs rst
moment noble incinAtions he was young, and the
heart of youth Is susceptible noble ssntimsnts
1t b rot common in history to such Francis Jossphs
of young and yet suoh Nero he Is But few
years Of sufficient to exneuish every spark
Of noble ssntiment If there in Alexandsrsyoung
heart Upon the throne the Romanows the
policies Of st. Petersburg not that air. where the plant
Of can grow aud the sensible idea become
soon weapon Of honor, oppression and Russian pre-
lavism to break Turkey down. and TO make bsolute
satellite out Of Austria Turkey withstsnds yet but
Austria has fallen In the snare. Russia sent out its
agents its money It's venomous secret diplomacy
through the world 10 spoke to the Sclave nations
hatred against foreign domnion-of inispsnlencs of
religion connected with nationality under its
supremacy; but chiefly II spoke to them of Psus-
lavsm under the professionals Of the Gar The mil
lions Of ITS own large empire also. all opprsssed-
all In ssrvitude- all a tool to his own ambition lie
haterd them with the idea to become the rulers the
world, in order that they might not think Of liberty
He knew thatm harh tuvon
1t once. He gave them ambition, and excludsd the
spirit Of liberty This ambition got hold Of all the sclaye
source q o,ssnt 10. Of nssiossi.y Sus q the DO,
Dinien OF languages. That word language" replaced
development Of bsrty. Only part Of the sclavonc
races faw the matter clear and withstood the cur
Polish only one. who that t
to fight for liberty IL TO fight for nationality Therefore
they fought in cur ranks, and were willing to aosk in
Thousands OF thousands to aid in struggle but
could not avn them, 90 could not accept them. We
ourselves, We had hundred fold hands ready to
FIGHT than arms-spd nobody was In the world to help
with There is the origin and real nature
Of the question Of mathematics in Europe Now let me
Fsh % a snS under Ss
whent the fret King CT Hungary St Stephen, becoming
Christian nimself converted the Hungarian nation to
ny whom be invited TO assist him in his pous work They
did but II natural that the pious assistance hap
Rsrsd also to Be .eeGnpsnsa hy Tome worldly dessns
ers And they persuaded the King TO adopt curious
principle. which be laid down In his political testament.
That Is that s not good when the people Of country
Is but Q. one sxtrecticn and speaks tongue There
wss yet adopted another rule that is to advise the an
gusse Of the church Lanfor the diplomatic Language
Ct the government legislature law and all public pro
eeedpgs So Il became Of that the raI
othe country that spoke Latin The Susarap coaroely
This IS Il origin Of that fatality hal democracy aid not
dovlope for centuries IN Hungary Thepubc proceedings
having been carried on 10 Latin the laws given In Letin
inilIlstEa being csrufd ~ In lain the -es. mass 0,
the people being asrlcuurers did not psrtaks Ia IT,
ard the few Who out Of the ranks Of the people psrtook
in It, became. By the very instructon, severed and
Language, introduced into the public life Of living
ration was the most mischieyous barrier against liberty
Protestant ehupes introduoins hs national Language
into the Divine services, become medium In the
sevelopement Of the spirit Of liberty: 30 were our
ancient struggles for religious liberty always con.
n,cted with the maintenance OF political rishrs nni
still, Latin public life went ON 90 far as 70 1850
Al that time Joseph Of HsPsburg, aiming at central
rahed the national spirit Of Hungary; and our fore
fathers, secirg that the dead Latin language ex.
cuesd the people from the public concerns cannot b
o. the viepnete csbinet OF 0crmsnizng Hungary and
so melting into the common aosolutsm ofthe Austrian
I pubic LIFE Of the people itself begun h the wear RIO
yaseee avs In the direction that by and by step by
step the Latin language should be replaced In the pub
lie proceedings Of the Leylature and Of the Govern
nent, BY living language, familiar to the people It.
self And Hungary being Hungary, what was more
natural than that being in the necessity To choose
language they cheese the Hungarian language In and
for Hurgsiy the mere because that the language
spohsn in Hungary not only BY comparative majority
Of the people, but almost by ABSOLUTE majority;
that ", those Who spoke Hungarian, not only
than those who spoke whatever Of the other
languages but II not mere At least equal to- all those
who spoke several other languages together Be kind
20 mark well gentlemen, no other language was OPP
pressed-the Hungarian language was upon nobody
enforcr,ihsrever another lAnsu,ge was In use,
In public e; for Instance Of whatever shurcp, --'er
sohool whatever community II was NOT replaced
BY the dupearian language II was only the dead
Latin, which ~ and by became eliminated from the az
plomstic ubc life, and rsplseed by the living auusa-
ran In Hungary In Hungary, gentlemen be pleased TO
marx H. never was THE easurs sxtsn1ed into the mu-
nicTn public life OF Crota and scISvonis which though
belonging fer eight hundred to Hungary s,ili we're
not hunesry but distinct nation with distinct NUM-
cpal public life. They themselves, Crostisns ami scla.
vormns REPEATEDLY urged IL In the parliament
70 shord them opportunity TO learn the Hungarian LAM
eusge that having the right they might enjoy the
sneht o. beng employed TO common governmental Offices
CT burgary. This opportunity afforded 10 thsm,
but nobody forced 10 Of 10 desired