New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-05

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THE parliamentary speeches OF Kossuih were
| like flaming arrows. which he hurled into kin
| bred minds, to urge them to fanatic enthls
asm." His oratory," continues the same writer,
"was like large battery with heavy ordnance
| discharging the most fearful missiles The pol
sonous sting Of his replies, his despotic power
in the House, his intrigues ont OF doors, had the
power OF an army against the stant-stll policy
of Metternich." Thus, he vanqushed the Con
seryatives, while, on the other hand, the ultra
Socialists, melted by bis fire, rushed into his
arms as the most wise and JudIcious leader they
could adopt.
| Kossuth's policy. as unfolded In a programme
| published IN 1871 had two aspects the one re-
| atlng 10 foreign and international affairs, and
| the other to the domestic administration. With
regard to Austria 1t simply asserted that the in
dependence and integrity of the kingdom should
be maintained on the old basis OF the laws and
| Constitution, but that tho king should act, no;
through foreigners, but native Hungarians
Nothing like a revolt however, from the Aus
TRAN connection was proposed. The patriot,
meant merely to go back to the old system, I'M
| der which they had some opportunity Of mlnag-
| ing their own affairs They even proiessed the
wamest attachment to the throne, so long as
they were permitted the exercise of their rights.
dating back some eigi/ hundred years They
were not then either rebels or revolutlonstS, but
erred rather on the side of devotion to law and
order
But their internal policy showed that while
they could be tolerant, moderate and even too
| loyal to a House which had inflicted so many
wrongs upon them, they were determined to be
| fearless and Just in respect to the people. They
proclaimed their objects in the following propo-
sltions:
l. That all the peasants of the Kingdom, what
ever might be their religion race. should be at
once exempted from all urbarial dues and obhga-
tions to their landlords, for which the latter TO
receive an indemnity from the State
O. That, withou. exception of religion or race, all
the inhabitants Of the country noble and noble,
should be declared equal before the law.
g. That every inhabitant whose income amounted
to ten pounds nifty dolars,) which included all per-
sons not vagabonds State paupers, should possess
| the elective franchise.
f. That every inhabitant should bear his equal
| proportion OF the expense of the Government, by
being taxed on his income.
s. That the Hungarian Diet, not the Chancery at
Vienna, should decide on the employment of the
| public revenue
g. That the revenue and other National interests
should be put into the hands OF Cabine, OF native
| Ministers, VINO would be responsible to the people
whose interests they represented.
Beside these more general principles, 1t was
proposed that ali real estate should be held re-
sponsible for its owners debts; that the whole
tnhing system which had been so oppressive to
the poor, should be abolished that the mobiles,
| though they were abont to relinquiSh more than
| half their possessions, should be taxed on what
remained that the Jewish and foreign inhablt
ants should no longer be subject to special leg
| islation, but be brought under the laws common
to all the citizens; and that eight millions OF
dollars should be Immediately expended in works
of internal improvement.
These laws we've all regularly carried through
both Chambers, and five millions of serfs raised
in one day to the dignity of landholders and free
| citizens-the most generous and sublime legls-
| lative act on record
As the first step to the realization OF the for
e,gn policy, Kossuth moved the appointment of
an independent Hungarian Ministry. The very
day he made the motion news came by telegraph
of the outbreak of the late French Revolution
| Allminds were so excited that the motion was
carried by storm. A committee was at once ap-
pointed, with Kossuth at the head, to repair to
| the Emperor, and to demand the new cabinet
| II reached Vienna on the 18th March, lS4s, when
they found the Austrian people themselves In
| arms against the Government. Its chairman
was lifted literally on the hands of the excited
masses into the imperial palace. But what
scene was Mat On the one side, the Emperor,
representing the imperial glorles of five hundred
| years, with his glitterng train OF statesmen and
soldiers,-on the other, the poor advocate, lately
a prisoner, with no weapon but his tongue and
his cause, the cause of thirty millions ef free.
men. Modestly, but firmly, he stated his de-
mands the Emperor hesltated; the ministers
and gay folks around smiled IN scorn but the
| loud clamors of the people came up from the
streets, and the echoes of the Paris bruit had not
vet died away. The Emperor relaxed and grant
| ed all that was asked Kossuth and his deputa-
! ton returned. TO tell the news to grateful Hun
| gary. which. in the frenzy OF Its happiness
strewed his path with flowers and sent UP ms
name in the same breath which bore their
| praises TO God.
Now. mark the doube-distilled and internal
treachery of this Emperor and his tribe; mark,
how the cup was dashed from the lips that would
have drunk oblivion for all the past and infinite
| loy for the future from its contents mark, what
infamous wrongs the people have always to re-
venge or pardon While the valleys OF Hungary
were still vocal with the songs Of re ocIng while
the bonfres were yet unextingulshed upon the
hills. this lying Emperor, through his agents,
was secretly stirring up among the different peo-
ple Of Hungary relentless and bloody war Of
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