New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-26


he sake OF the interests which free nations haven
CON uon. lbslleye that II Viii fnd II IN fraernd
oonfecerSces with neigh oonng coantries-s thought
| ~acn hes very near nv heart, SINCE oy 10 under
sssnc not fusion Of the bundafies Of nv owa aad
.snef countries, but an asso ,ianon having fot lis
Only era united action against exterior aggression
Inc t"esNoa OF hrionsiliies Is the spDe o. DIS
eord winch me cabinet OF 5, Petersburg has throw
IN the midst OF nations order TO draw them under
| rs altClsposng protection. Passions 81 ready 10
sacrifice Toe int,fes and even hhert, itself 70 the
vsniy OF their illusions passions excited nv olsnt
| men. yensl 0relse amblEous-hAye sosu the seeds
| ofhared where love and fraternity ought TO s,nne
snd OF these the sacreglous nature OF Austria hss
availed Itself 10 DIVIDE those popular forces which,
united 10 the love of liberty would have overturned
her and thus she has excited race TO nse against
In order that IN the end, she might deceive and
| do not believe tha, the progress of humanity.
which ia only possible by liberty. has gained anything
| by these Tiyalrles.
| / DO not zee the question OF nationality raised II
| the United States OF America on the contay,
| see different populations united by the principle Of
| liberty. and hence | see them grsat-tree-hspey.
To ne this Is interesting Out OF liberty there 10
| no salssi
In Europe the question of nationality has beca
thrust INTO the foreground, and liberty viii long feel
the effects OF this mistake IL Is disastrous Never
| tbeless We must take the question OF race we
! fnc Il Ii is there. and II must have a solution
| Ihave already given one. Let II then be remcua-
bered, that in Hungary We have not to do with nA-
| tlop SliteS gathered out and established separ
ated territories, but with populations OF many races,
inh shitlDg and the sane country IN which thoy
] live lnteimlnged one with another IN such man
! ner thsi no uarkrg out of territorial nationality
| would be possible Under such circumstances there
is no conceivable settlement OF the question other
than that which have gwen. He who desires moro
would Cypress my nation TO the proht Of his and ne
who asks not 10 Cypress another should not permit
another 10 Cypress hum
| hold nationality IN great acccun, would be al
any psips to be Just ano | earnestly seek the means
OF guarding every susceptibility OF this sentiment.
would grant all to nationality within the state, but
would make no concession whatever 10 those unrca-
sonable demands which involve the sacrifice OF the
states ext, tence. such sacrifice were death.
state may submit TO death. but It does not commit
suicide. II a future be possible.
Thus far am l. and thus far are my friends-l vii
add, thus far Is my countryready 10 sacrincs all bv
the eXtence ana the red future OF nay couLtry.
for The sett ement OF the question OF nanohality
Asto Croatia and slayonia. II they vii ally them
selves with To combat Austria ami reconQuer our
comm on independence. declare that although Tor
eight centuries these countries have belonged 10 the
crown OF Hungary, We are ready to renounce them
and 10 recognize their ncependenCe as sovereign
states, only adding 10 that recognition some Ju@ 90
mands, IN nowise affecting the question OF ince-
pendeTce
And why do say that we are ready 10 make sush
a eacrihce Because Croatia and Slavon,a hAvs
acircumscribed Territory, geographically defined oy
the Adnatlc sea- the Brave the save, and the Dsa.
ube because The inhabitants OF this well defined
territory form HOMOGENEOUS national population,
vi mixed with Hungarians, there are but three OF
four Hungarian villages. whose inhabitants, II hey
j
the Croas and Slavonians settled on this territory
are nation, are Just the Serbs IN Servia and the
| Wslst hlars Ia Modo- Walscha. Thus II tue
| Croatlans and Slayonians, bound Tor so msNJ
/ years with Hungary desire 10 be independent
ano would to God they we're, and under his olss.-
| ing our common Independence once conquered,
AZ they would confederate With us TO guarantee oM
mutual security, We should De ready 10 leasc s1e
them II not. well, we should remain each apart,
| but good nelghb0rs.
| Without our alliance they could not succeed
| gsinst Austria united With us. success 10 certain
| To the recognition OF their subsequent indcpond-
once should attach but the three following Goa
dliofs .
D. That to the town Of Flume on the Adnatc, the
int abiraIts Of which are Italians, and belong net.
ther by right nor affection to Croatia (for before -
well as AFTER the revolution they alsa,s pro1essse
against incorporation With Croatia. shall be granted
the power 10 constitute itself free ciy like mo
HaIse TowIs), or TO remain united to Hungary, -
Il may choose.
. That Croatia and Slavonia shall adopt the sys-
TEN o. Tree trade so that we may not nn1 ourselves
| nierC lcteo 10 approach the sea.
| & That the fortress Of Peterwardein, which froD
its eeog, aphca situation Is neither necessary nor Of
any value to Slsyonis, but which, forming the key
/ Of southern Hungary and OF The DANUBE, IL mus
pepssoie to Hungary may remain ours A.
This is ali these granted. may Croatia and sla
| Voris be nee and independent. Here, then, Is vines
! have 70 say upon this question
Vow, 20 rfcsk OF the remaining populations In
/ hsbiiirg Hungary, and (whst Is out part OF Hua-
saryJ Trsnsy saLa. In thelr regard 1t Is not posi-
/ pie physically speaking. 10 make such sscnhce,
because there exists no geographically subscribed
ieInioIy, supporting homo genous population.
such AS is that of Croatia aud Sagoala
Take that part of Hungary tthe BAGS and tho Ma
natl called at present he Woy ~odlDa OF servia-
Accoidu to the last usirian census and after all
the pains OF The government Ia place the hsgyan
IN minority The eniUe population of this part Of
Hungary is 500 l6l. Our Of thus numDer The Serbs
counted Only s14t0o the Maeyars $4,000 Il. e ~
600 aud 81 900 BunyeyacZ Who speak the servian
language but aIe Roman Catholics aud refuse ~ DO
rtckoltd among the srIbs, against whom they
fought CunIg the last var, ana on behalf 81 the
MagysTsD GtinaDS Seb,1St, Nallachidns 3D,outs
various % 62s
With what reason then could any one ASK that this
portion OF Hungary should be detached TO form
strylaB prOvibce, when the Serbs. who are new
comeIs having only nhabie the country since Lee
pold 90 not make even one hhh part OF The pOpula-
IiOD' Is this Just, reasonable. or lair
The same Is true OF each other nationality.
AND who, now looking at the conditlon OF these
natonaiiues, not separated by geographical Limits,
tut gsd on the soil, can ash ina. the terri
tory OF Hungary mutllated her aphlcal fSf-
tier destroyed. The Msgyars OF the mixed population
sacrificed. aHc the booy OF the state muuated-ths
body Of Hungary, state essential - the liberty "a
Europe herself
What, then is the solution Of this difficulty IL
b. simple have already given It, THIS territory
males part Of Hungary, and Hungarian lot a re-
main. Hungary IS not ta6a'G rasd u exiHs IN
thus Hungary the Magyars eight millions according
10 the late Austrian census) make, supposns No
we're % take them but at six and half millions.
not only relative majority as measured sgan~
each sc pafate race but also an absolute majority a.
compared with the BODY OF the other races united.
Neyerhesss, We aspire not 10 domination, We as
o Ie to nothing but freedom, equality, Drotnerhond
Tor all without distinction, and we ssy-Hunguy
eAsts AID shall exist for II has both night and living
70 CO. Hungary IS a stste-se will not permit It 70
be rent and parted like the Saylors garments, but
vc vii that the people who inoaoi. DO free, equai
ami brethren. As for nationality, II VIII be abun.
cartly euaraIto ed for all the purpose OF life ss1
social development, o. liberty OF association, oy po-
lltice existence IN the oommunes, the ctparImenss
sns in the state by the vote Of the Ority, and TIE
r1hls reserved 10 he minority as well as TO each
inc,vduai.
Ths, thee, IS my solutlon-Libery
know that 4 has been proposed, or rather de-
s4lneo 10 establish great DaIuolan confederation,
comIOted OF Hungary MoidayIa. Walachia, &C..
ore that n all have frontiers but Tor interior al
uirnraiioD. the frontiers Of provinces determined
according 10 nationality.
suppos rg g, now, that this were equitable IN snec
n IT WOULD be impossible IN practice Let me eps..
plainly Some OF these projectors, ~ ha,e .nsr IN