Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1851-10-30


lith April, 1919, and which :ihe whole
nation solcmnly accepted, and scaled
4 with their blood.
declare 70 you. in the most solemn
manner, that all which has tnacn place
or mat may hereafter take place, pro-
ccrdiag either from individuals or gov
erhh-nt, contrary Ia this declaration,
\ which = in perfect accord with the fun
d'mcntal law OF Hungary, is illegal and
unjust.
VI Before you assert that the accusa-
tion that the Magyars was unjust to the
other raccs--hy means oi which n por-
ton of the Servians. Wallarhans, Sla-
vonlans, and Germans, dwelling in liun-
gary. was excited against us-is an i'm
ploue slandcr, cir ulated by the house
Of Hspsburg. which shrinks from no
crime TO weaken the united forces of our
army, to conquer one race after anoil-
er. and thus bring them all under the
yoke oi slavery.
\ u Is true, some oi the races in Hun
II gary had Reason 10 complain; but these
i subjects Of coInplant were the inevita-
bile consequences OF TIE prc-cxisting
state of things and the Austrian inter.
terence. But the CroatLins had no rea-
son 10 complain. This race Of half
million, IN sepera'e province, had
national assembly of its own, and cn-
| Joy"d creates privileges than even the
/ Hunyarlans. They contributed proper
tiohaliy hut hall as much in taxes they
| possessed equal rights with Hungary !;
whilst The Hungarian Protcstants, on
account vi their religion. were not suffer.
Ell 10 own lapds in Croatia. Their
| gri 'vanccs and ours were the same in
the perpetual violation oi the consttu-
lion by The imperial government. But
\ th"ir own peculiar grievances arose from
| lhc evils Gf iormer times, and from the
/ Austrian system OF government, which
iorrihly placed the Slayonian, Servian,
and Waiiachian boundary districts on
The German military footing.
I The moment however, our people
I became free and enjoyed .helr political
! rights, they became Just and placed all
{ things upon a basis OF freedom aud per-
feet equality. But some Of these races,
, hlnded by the internal ISLANDERS and sug-
gcsiions of Austria, took up arms
against Us. This people. who for CEN
'u'ies had endured slavery, fought
against their own freedom God for
give them They knew moi what they
did.
In America people of different Ian.
gnages dwell but Who says that il is
unjust for senators and representatives
To use the English language in their de-
bates, and to make il the official Ian
guage OF The government
This was what the Magyar race ask
ed in Hungary. There was this older
encc d ly-ihut in America il was not
necessary TO establish this BY law, for
the original settlers had stamped their
language IN the country but IN Hun
gary law was necessary to make the
Magyar the official language. The use
OF the Latin languagc--a bad relic OF
the middle ages, winch tfe clergy and
aglstocracy preserved as something pre-
cious, i'm ttating the ancient despots who
caused the laws to he written ~ small
letters, and placed OH high towers, that
the people might not understand their
rlghts-had been retained among Us. Ii
was necessary 10 have living, spoken,
popular language. And what other
could we have than the noble Magyar 2
In the genera! adminisl ration the pre-
dO,ninauce Of our language. and conse-
puently the race that spoke it. was a ne
cossity but in the administration Of
county affairs, which in some respects
rcsemp;ed that If the Individual States
IN North America, the use OF each Ian
guagc was granted. In the courts, in
,hc trial by jury in the right Of petition,
in the republication OF all laws and ordi-
nances, tie various races had the right
TO use their own language. In one
word, nothing was lett undonc which
could tend to place all on a footing Of
the most perfect equality. True, we
did not--as Austria has done for polti-
cal purposes solely, to enslavc all the
people and make the brave TIungarians
Il subordinate nation--make a territorial
division oil the lands. We respected
rights, and wished 10 progress. but were
too honcst.to commence system Of spO-
. lntion. Aud who has been benefited
by this policy Of the Vienna bureaucra-
cy2 Not even those on whom the pre-
tended lavors have been conferred.
When those races ciamored for ma
tional rights, boldly demanded what
"dr "uil'iilg, anu "itut CouiI Dc RTdIt-
ed without injury to the country. No
! one answered but reckless men, who
spoke of territorial division. The Ser
viaus dcsired To have the cOmilat BAGS
| and the three counties oi the Banat as Il
separate Scrviau State. The Wallachi-
aus wished To nave Pennsylvania. They
('he Servians) did not consider that
they owned no separate portion Of the
land in Hungary. and that in Bacs and
tie Banat were Wallachians, Germans,
and Alagyars, Who could not be made
subordinate 10 the less numerous Servi
ans. So, also, in Transylvania there
were Mayors, JekIers, aud SaAons,
who would complain of such a conneX-
ion with Wdildchii.
A. there were various races speaking
different languages ia Hungary, and di-
vided into as many municipalities, who
could blame Us for laying the foundation
of government IN just equality 10 all
CeUatia alone was separate territory
aud how often We have sand TO her that
il she would rcmain in union with us,
VIC wou d give her the hand OF brother
hood. hat a she wished To separate we
would not hm Ter her We ,ou Il not,
however. pern,t such division Of Hun
gary as would have destroyed her as a
nation. II was Austri who sowcd the
seeds Of division and dissolution.
ClIlzcrs OF America 10 you declare
hon, silly that nv aim in the federation
A. n II