New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-28

they could choose their own Judges, Their ow,
Aldermen, thclr own !oca Assemblies for gov.
e.nment The oincd, too, the lowest Of them
! even IN IN election for the great Hungarian par
lament Of rs and - Tiey could turn on, o.
admit the noalenSn INTO tina; body
They were freed 90 lEom al their old Rob,
their ieudal Labor - 30 many DAYS IA The wear
10 their Landlords
Many of then had sccomc rch Nv On,
change, k0SsUth also came among them, aut
addressed Mcm especially. with MS stirring, pas.
Slonate eloquence They heard new words of
freedom, OF Brotherhood" OF the rights
when 1oo has gwen The lowest IN tins world
OF the wrongs which Austria would InGict on
their beloved Hungary. Every man became De.
voted, paSSionaieiy attached q the Hungarian
cause, and the IDEAS Sown then, By Ties,
speeches 81 hos>uin. are working vet mcred-
bly,. among that peaSanty. Ii Will be remcm.
hered also, THAI several months after this act Of
the Parhamon', when ne difference between
Austria and Hungary had hOpolessly widened.
the Emperor published Decree, ~ which \,
manum.t,ed also all the scrls Of Hungary. /,
the roar Of contest which was then rising .he
Decree was' probably hardly even kno.n 10 the
peasantry Of Hungary. and nothing mere VAS
heard tll the close Of The war
Then would have been The time, III the forming
a new Government IN Hungary, 10 have made .
really felt that Austria had freed thc peasants,
And n IS bur lust 20 say that these measures, ior
dong away with all icucal eNactlonS, wefs
faithfully carried out. after the revolution m b..
hernia and IN other PARIS of the Empire, by lhs
Austrian Goycament, though. after all, with p,
great sacrifices - Austria, rs the expense had
been land. nearly an. upon the shoulders Oi III,
peasants ana the propUctOrs II IS possible, ~
a udlcouS policy, that he Government night
have made the peasants believe they we're really
seeking the best interests Of their class. But at
once as n every class must be alike degraded
IN he unhappy country, they commenced oy
placing over them all the IRON rule 81 military
authority. All the privileges which they hal
enioyed under the Hungarian Ministry were 1t
once taken from them.
Their elections, their assemblies. their voting
of every kind, was At an end, for all baIlotn,
Is inconsistent with state of siege (NIesSs.
stand y
Their Judges aud town officers and rulers
were sent 10 them from a distance and Yero
either strangers or appointed from Hungarans
whom they despIsed. They found that they hal
no voice or vote in the matter, that they were
quite as much scrfs as before the Revolution ani
even IN Il worse condition. tor the new taxes
came upon them even more heavily than the old
ieudal labor Each peasant must pay tor tho
tobacco he raised. for his wine. has garden, his
house, his head and, more than that, he muss
labor ON the public roads tor the state, and ID
other services, until 1t all became more lntoer-
abc than the dctesied Robot. And indeed 10
severer tax could be laid upon such population
than m0nep tor Labor would have been much
easier for them to give throughout.
Il Is true agents OF Government have gone
among them and attempted to make the matter
clear 10 them they have shown them the elo-
oucnt Decree of The Emperor, proclamlng tree.
dom to all the SeriS IN his Empire they have
described the love he bears them, " his children
But the convincing argument to the peasants
- l.. - l. al.
lis IN the facts themselves "WheTe are the
rights" he SAYS. (Which / had under kossutb'
Where are our elections. our officers our
Judges could vote then could be chosen
tor an Cffce ! could speak and act then as
chose Where's all tins Now, have gsss
d'armss all the while watching me ] can no!
STIR without permission. 4 nave nothing what
ever to do IN the Government Besides. must
pay taxes for everything | eat, and drink. and
own. Vherr Is yo,v freedom ~
4 few phrases about the eXgencles OF state
of siege" will never answer such questions
and the Bauer put them, 81 similar, very often.
Besides all this the Hungarian party havcay very
strong hold on the peasants from the large amount
OF hOSSGh pofes kept IN cOnccalmeni by then,
and from the dlshon0rahe dealing OF The Aus
TRAN Government In that matter The govern.
ment, as | stated IN my last promised 70 redeem
these notes, AT least u certain fixed part of
their value but when certain quantity were
handed m, burned them, without ever paying
kreutzer e. their owners. This, Of course, has
destroyed the confidence of the Bauer IN tho
promises OF the government, and gives k0ssuih's
party great influence On the merely selfish
among them as they hope hereafter to get tho
value Of their paper The amount of these notes,
still concealed IN Hungary. IS immense exceed
ing, some think. 5O.O0O,O00 llorns
Probably the most disconnected class ia mo
Austrian donsAlons, At present, are the Hun
gaTlan peaSantry
I'm addition 10 the various tribes adverse 70 The
Hungarian party, there IN lnpouan, body
of noblemcn--" Mc W0gnafes men Owning
vast estates, who had always stood alo0i from
"the Revolutionlsts.' Many Of them had even
sided with the Austrans.
These men--desplsed sud hated m Hungary
any prudent Ministry should, OF course. have
preserved IN their attachment to Austria.
But. with that blindness which almost seems
70 have stricken The Austrian Government, they
have lost these too The Court journals have
sneered at their loyalty The Court itself has
turned a cold shoulder upon them. The At0lefa-
bic taxation has been laid upon them. and their
estates gems d'ames and spies watch them, ana
they fare 40 better than the Rebels Vnwof-
thy tools OF the Ministry, or ignorant Bohenlan',
have been put into some OF the high olnc'so VI
the nation, and, with a characteristic PRIDE, mo
magnates have refused 10 accept any Ounces
whatever under the Government ana acCViu'
Ingly live now, the majority, IN gloomy fe.fe'
inent on their estates know not a few ln-
stances among them. u men who have com
pletely changed their political views since tho
Revolution, and who are recognized now as he'
longing TO the Opposition as Delng CODY
disposed towards the Austrian Govern meDt.
The only distinct class Of men whom %,
Ministry might have gained, possibly, over
the Austrian side, are the Je'cs /, would have
been somewhat doaLt.ul, however, even 4 thef
had attempted II. It does not seem 10 haze
occurred TO them. And Haynaps prosecutions
Of this peOple--as cruel as the exacuOns OF the
Middle Ages-haye completely driven ont "has
little affection any Of them might have en'ef'am'
3D. toward the Imperial Government
The Ministry o. late, a, If conscious Of tner
mistakes have made various efforts 20 regain