New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-08
AUSTRIA.
Conclusion OF Mr.. Braces Account of his Ar
rest and imprisonment in Hungary.
VIENNA, Tuesday. July :, 1851.
To TIE EDITORS OF TIE TRIBUNE

on charge OF being emlS>ary OF may. The
remaining examinations were equally mockeries
Of Justice with these Il IS difficult 20 convey
the TaqiastIoa-ke tone Of them an-the petiytrcAs,
the attempts 20 entange. the means used 10 force
confession For instance, one morning. as entered
the court room. the AUfifor turned over my papers
IN a careless way, and asked, half uncoRsclously,
Wbere - met ietfcr from JJto1y" rose up, N
Indignation 1t such mean device >Ir, YOU know
that have told YOU again and again, have no ac-
oualn;ance with Cjhazy 80 ON beg your pardon,
Imean thai leftr }roR Czetc."
Another time he informed me that he had testl-
monv from one OF the family Of the BIS IN Macy
Maria that had visited M Z. T.. the distinguished
Revolutlon!et II London. l. VIII sc remembered.
thIe wa the gentleman 20 whom had card OF IN
PRODUCTION from hI> hrother.
We have this evidence SAID he. " Confess
your connection with that notorious reOei go show
me the evidence" SAID do not believe Al all
YOU have any suchtesiimony. This idmilyiS known
as one Of the most honorable families IN Hungary.
and they co3d not give such evidence. /; would
be no crime If had known ne whole Hungarian
Emigration. but Mr. b. have never even seen
ION the next day. when the evidence came mp. II
appeared II was mistake m tis translation Of the
Hungarian 'rords"
had d very large packet of letters of mtrodlc-
ton and these were carefully examined for some
expressions which could DE possibly turned against
me Among them all not a single dangerous ex-
pressIon was found. except IN letter from the
Countess b. in Pcsth, 10 lady in GrosSwaradln,
wherein was spoken Of As " eDr'r'ass'geT mtnScA
"a reliable man"
laughed a, once. as the Auditor commenced his
defamation over this, for It brought No, even then,
lrresstblv to my mind the eloquent efforts OF Ser
geant r. over Pickwicks dlnner-order to his land
lady, IN the celebrated case OF Bardwell rs. Pick
wick"
"Slr' There IS no occasion for laughter here
These are important words They imply that YOU
and the Countess b. have an understanding on some
matter which others dc not know Of plot, per-
haps. Explain, Sir"
replied that the Countess was very Cd lazy,
and the expression would be natural for her. IN m
Producing stranger hoped she wa night. could
not explain II IN any other way
In the last sessions the Auditor had his accusation
rather better arranged and Will give II, nearly
as possible, III his own words
I'VE know" sand he, THAT the emigrants from
Hungary IN america, keep up constant comInuni-
cation with the Democratic Societies IN Europe. We
Societies Is to preserve an uninterrupted intercourse
with the members OF the dlsafecied party IN Hun
gary and thus finally work out the overthrow OF the
existing Government, and all law and order You
are known to be- from America you are heard TO
speak as YOU were acquainted with the Hungarian
emigrants YOU have been travelling through the
principal countries Of EuIope, and You bring a
letter Of introduction from member of the Hun
md sit hsrl
men belonging to the dlsafecied party. You are
found with card OF introduction to dlsin-
gushed leader OF tins party in England. and
with certain forbidden works, Implying sympathy
IN your mode of thought with the men who are aim
ing at the rum Of order and government. There
fore. We charge YOU with beng emlssary of this
party, and here In Hungary with the design OF
spreading revolutionary movements. You are eH-
horted by the Court to confession"
Sit" sand |, the premises may be true. possibly
or not for must confess, know very little OF the
operations OF the Democratic Societies bat can
not see their connection with the conclusion II a
very long step from one to the other. There Is
very wide difference, beg you 10 observe, between
traveller, with certain political views, and an ennis
saIy endeavoring to spread them, and to overthrow
the existing Government. You seem 10 have for
gotten this III the accusation. And, furthermore,
would say. that, admitting all the facts you state
they do not even prove my political opinions and
that they might equally hold against every English
or American traveller, as against me- Remember
Sir. that the Hungarian enlgrants are scattered FAR
and WIDE over every Land What more natural for
d traveller, intending to enter the country, than to
take AZ least one letter of Introduction from them
Then, when here, YOU must admit, one OF the most
interesting topics 10 Hungarian of any party, would
be the condition of their countvmen IN Their new
homes and d traveller would most naturally speak
Of II. That he should visit some Of the compro-
missed party, too would be nearly inevitable. where
such large ma or,y were OF that party. And that
he should take card or even letter 70 their friends
again IN exile could not De considered even remark
able, much less suspicious The whole OF these
suspicious circumstances are such might hold
against almost every traveller. And when remem-
Ter the exceedingly street treatment have received
on such grounds, and the frivolous nature of these
proofs must consider the whole matter, either as
very much overturned, * that there are some
other hidden grounds of procedure"
He disclaimed any other motives than those appa-
rent in the case and brought me back 70 the for
hidden books. winch after al the mos; subsian-
tai thing he could bring Up agains, me. From the
pamphlet, "Aungarys Good Right" he read certain
passages with great Indignation, wherein the House
Of Hapsburg was rather sharply assaled and then
commented with equal yehemence over the portraits
Of hos>uth and Bay an, the History Of the War.
which had.
| smiled al ms stormlng - over the matter and
assured hin that such sentiments did not look al all
30 terrible - stranger 10 d supporter Of the Gov
eminent d" IL no country said I, i the holding
forbidden political books considered d crime IN a
stranger The books. II found on at,n. are liable peI
haps 10 contScauon-6ui beyond TINS he not held
sUllty. How car he know wha' are forbidden and
what not THIS History by Dr Schultz, Tor instance
was recommended 10 INT by the Royal Liora, IN
Berlin as an impartial, anle worS. You will see that
halt j. mere statistics. II appears The Police has
cided ihis dangerous ocos How can the traveller
know