The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-19
Our vienna Correspondence.
vienna, June ls, 1859.

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The Tour of the Emperor through Hsagary-- THt
| Condition OF the Magyar Peopts-the Sches'cig-
| Holtsin Revolution dtlstriaa Finances, &c, &C.
| Though il was already ON tine 9th instant, when
the Emperor of Austria set out for his tour through
Hungary, !, deslgnedly, waited until now, before
sending you some particulars of it, forit would have
been Of little TO you, to send you either mere
extracts from official reports, or vague and contra
dictory rumors And, moreover, hear myself, with
1 disgust, servio exaggerntions, as well as standing
| phrases Of party accounts. Yet, at present, am
fully enabled to tell you the plain truth about the
reception the Emperor has found in Hungary, not
only on tAe part Of the public authorities, but Of all
classes Of the people. 1t has been, in a word
very favorable one; nay, it may, indeed, be called
an enthusiastic reception, and has, literally, sur
passed even the most sanguine hopes of the adhe-
rents of the Emperor, and, perhaps, of the Empe-
! ror himself.
| On the whole route--from Pesth and Buda 10
| Kecskemet, Debreczin, the Puszta of Mezohegyes
| Temesvar, Arad-through the chief seat Of tho
Magyars. proper, the Emperor has been hailed with
unparalleled enthusiasm. The population of even
the smallest towns, have rivaled the larger towns
and cities, in manifold festivities and, Mt the same
| time, welcomed the monarch with hearty and sim
ccre joy; and the population of the pusztas, and
other countrymen, spontaneously focked from all
parts to manifest their feelings, in the cheer
| full manners and to greet whom! king Of Hun
| gary! Or u governor Of Hungary! Or president
OF a Hungarian republic! Not ut all. No, but t.
greet the Emperor Of Austria. the actual and be-
loved ruler OF Hungary, we'll of all other
| lands, or provinces, of the Austrian empire. And
this has happened, and happens still, (for the En-
perOr will not return to Vienna before the 10th Of
/ n n n VIII mt nnifa
years have passed. since the suppression Of the Hun
| garian revolution, on which Lord Palmerston, and
other political incendiaries, founded the most
travagan hopes for the destruction of the Austrian
| empire.
| All this is not fiction, not dream; no, indeed
not. it is real fact the enthusiastic reception Of the
| Emperor is fact completely beyond all doubt,
| that even decided antagonists OF tho imperial
| Austrian government in Hungary, who have been
eycwitnesses of the reception, IRE compelled to nd
| nit, at least, that 1t was very favorable one.
Some of them fastened to London, to bring, person.
ally, the sad news to their Magyar friends there,
among whom, since, great dependency prevailing
| They would rather have expected the downfall of
heaven. than the possibility Of such a success of the
| Emperor journey.
| How to explain this success, you will ask, The
simple answer is that the Hungarian people begin
understand that their present condition is by far
preferable any former, and that they actually
| enjoy all the blessings which their former Hunga-
rulers and pretended benetactors only promised
| them. Ire farmer instead OF being the bondsman
of despotic noble instead OF working for him iol
day in the year grauitously, instead of paying to
him the ninth part Of all his products instead Of be-
ing even compelled to pay the costs Of lay suits be-
tween the mobiles themselves, as f,rmery is at pre-
sent free man, and bis estate is subject to
ptrior, to conditions; while at the time he
has ample opportunity to sell his products advantn
geously The export of grain, cattle, timber, ETC.,
is Increasing every day; and of many estates the
ue has raised to thrice the price of last year. Of
oiherj Improvements teld you in my last letter. In
short, Hungary is at present on the way of becom-
ing one Of the wealthicst and happiest countries.
Thus, the Hungarian people, having every reason
to be satisfied with their present condition. 1t is not
to be wondered Mt, the cordial welcome with which
they hail their ruler. who, moreover, is endowed
with the most eminent qualities Of heart and spirit:
| Young as he is, he nevertheless has irmnes. and
so intimately acquainted with all administrative
branches and public affairs in Hungary, that the
, Magyars have been astonished at it. Everybody
has free access to him, tho grandee we'll rs the
simplest farmer from puszta; and everybody can
converse with him in the language he is accustomed
to. For the emperor speaks the Magyar, the Sla-
vonic, the Servian. as uenty as he speaks the Ger
man or the French.
You remember, perhaps, that while the public
opinion in America was determinedy in favor OF
the Hungarian revolution, it did not exactly know
what to think of the Sleswick Holstein revolution,
for which there scarcely any lively sympathy
in your country. Only some immigrated Germans
fought with their pen for this cause the Amer
icaAs paid but little attention to it. In Germany
question the legality Of the war against Den.
mark, to MAINTAIN that the great majority Of the
people in Sleswick and Hostein never harbored the
desire to disown the political connection with Den.
mark, was decried q traitor or considered q
madmaD. In short, 1t was Of the latest fashion to
sympathisc with the Sleswick Holstein cause. At
present the whole affairs nearly forgotten although
meanw hc moro than a hundred million Of dollars
are squaDdered away. and many thousands Of human
lives sacrificed for nothing
AS in iGermany, relative to Sleswich Holstein,
it was three years ago, in America, almost the
with regard to Hungary. To embrace and defend
tho Hungarian cause, of the latest fashion and
there were but few who publicly pronounced other
sentiments, or adventured path carefully, shunn
ed by oil the rest. Among them was IN American
gentleman, who, months before the suppression
Of the Hungarian revolution, made in one Of tho
New York newspapers the following rcmarks:-
"The present aspect Of Europe seems TO puzzle the
political quidnuncs of both hcmisphercs but, for
| my part, sec mystery in it, being more and
more convinced that the end is at hand that HUI
gary will fight 70 pitched battles, but, soon as
she shakes off the rcd incubus from her breast, re-
turn with honor TO her former peaceful, condition
secured by liberal concessions, SC.
This prediction is fulfilled; Hungary has got rid
OF her red incubus, and returned to her former
peaceful condition and this condition has since i'm
proved to such degree that tho Hungarian nation,
filled with gratitude, mako every effort to express
their acknowledgment ard thankful feelings to
the Emperor, during his tour through the country.
How is il now with the predictions and exer-
tons Of M. kossuihg Not bit better than with
the former predictions and exerions Of the friends
OF the Slcswick Hclstein cause. Also in Sloswick
and Holstein the people have, rs soon as they get
rid Of their red incubus, returned to their former
peaceful condition, and they their pretended
bencfactors, who, like the benefactor of Hungary,
hayo absquatulated, and packed themselves of ho-
times to foreign countries. There they will fall in
oblivion together with che Hungarian refugees and
like the Poles, who long since are forgotten.
kossuth, ard other noisy gentlemen OF the "bonnet
rouge in Hungary, Italy and Germany, fanced to
dilacerate the Austrian Empire; and. subsequently,
60 TO ruin in consequence Of the complicated con-
! dition of the Austrian finances which, TO involve
in perplexities, they indeed have done all in their
| power. While in 1915 the public revenue and OK.
penditure had yielded surplus OF ISL 600 forms,
and in 1916 (when the troubles in Galica increased
the eSpenditure,) still that Of l,l300 900 forms,