The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-01-08
THE DELIvERANCE OF HUNGARY

lnE UELlsEhhNCE UF HUNGARY,
Now that Kossuth is here, after all the periIs
through which he has passed and the subject
of Hungary is freely canvassed by all classes of
our people,, the question is pertinent, What
chance will Hungary have against her enemies
in another struggle Mr. Charles L. Brace,
who was lately prisoner in Austria, and who
has travelled extensively in Hungary, thus sums
nns ip letter to the Tribune. the causss'
failure IN the i.s0 IsroiissIoa; ssf sf,c 49, ,
ss'ceess x future struggle We cssfnisnd
his observations to attention:
"The jealousies of Croat toward Magyar the
antpathy of Sclavonan for Hungarian, and of
Wallach to all, in the last war, exceedingly
checked and hampered all the operations of
the defending army There were forces enough
wasted in the guerilla warfare with the Croats
and Raizen who had been deceived and stimu-
lated by the agents of Government in most
singular manner against the Hungarian Min
istry, to have held the whole army of the Rus
SLAMS at bay. There was no great danger to
be sure ever from these enemies still, the mere
fear of them kept large bodies of soldiers al
ways posted in that part of Hungary and these
petty conflicts exhausted the resources of the
richest district of the country Then again in
Seibenbdrgen-the only part of Hungary, per-
haps, where there was any peasant-war-the
Wallach peasants had been exceedingly ex-
cited by the priests and officers of Government
against their old Protestant landlords Though
Bem's campaign in this province was perhaps
the most glorious in the war, il would have
been more completely successful if the peas
ants had been with him. They hung upon his
march, and in various ways exceedingly ham
pered his more important movements
IL the various Nationalities' had been
more completely in harmony, and if the peas
ants had been everywhere favorable to the
cause, much better plan too, of the campaign
might have been formed The Hungarians
could have made their base the mountains of
Sebenbirgen, and the marshy, difficult country
near the Lower Danube, where they could
have fought every step of ground, even as the
Spaniards did through their mountains against
Napoleon.
"A few months delay, too, would have saved
them, as no foreign army could at all endure
the Thesis feverS, as they call them, which
come on usually in September and October
and are terrible scOurge on the low lands to
strangers
AS it was, with foes on every side, they were
forced to make their centre and base the open
Hungarian plain, which it was not possible to
defend against superior numbers.
Beside these elements of disunion, there was
the cOldness of the odd Conservative Party
and of the 'Nagnatcs to cramp the full ef-
forts of the nation
In reply to the question, whether these d.
verse parties and races would unite in another
effort for independence, Mr.. Brace gives it as
his opinion that they would After carefulob
servation and intercourse with every class Of
society, he supports his opinion by the follow
ing considerations
=" No one can understand, who has not been
among them, the utter and most unparalleled
stupidity of the administration of the Austrians
since the revolution, over the races of Hun
gary--all which prudent statesmen would
have gained, they have lost The affections of
the peasants the confidence of the m0neyed
men, the loyalty of the once faithful Nation
alities, the attachment of the Conservatives'-
all--they have let 60, as though their Empire
was founded on the most immovable basis
They have appeared to revel in the pride of
their victory. 1t seemed rs if they were deter
mined to contrive every measure so as most to
gall and offend the quick national pride. No
conciliatory measures not show of forbear-
ance or generosity, such as would have wiped
away, with minds like the Hungarians', centu-
ries of wrong-al cold, harsh, humliating OPP
preston. They had forgotten that the Grand
Austrian Empire rests on foundation of sand,
and they have trodden the conquered under
them, as though affection, and loyalty, and
the like, had no relation to q power such as
theirs.
"They have tempted the peasants with pub
Inc promises-such as that of redeeming the
Kossuth notes which they have never kept
they have shorn them of every privilege grant
ed them by the Hungarian Ministry, and laid
the intolerable taxes of Austrian bankruptcy
upon their shoulders.
"The various races of Hungary, who bad so
faithfully served them, they have not any the
more spared The Croat has lost his Proyin-
cial Legislature, which he enjoyed under the
worst Hungarian domination On him ana OH
every other, Wallach, Scavonian and Raizen'
have come the oppressive taxation Of Austria
the annoying police system and the insulting
rule of martial law as if they equally were
among the conquered
"The Conservatives too, and the higher
nobility, find themselves alike cast aside now
tfut tucy ltNt ScTNeu the urn vi .h"''
tiers. Not reward for one GOODNESS at court
constituted insult against the nation, when no
Hungarian can ever cease to love; taxa.lon
and annoyance from the ofhcials--thIs y o.
they have now. IL il notorious tha' e. :.
one among them will hold n simple ""'oo ;"
Hungary, now, under the Au'tr''" e''''"
ment. o,...,o. ,..,,,IJ
"Who can doubt that all these glasses "a wouiu
combine, heart and hand, with ",e NUM- '''''''
in onv national attempt for freedom
ain fact heard the most constant hints :"
th;s evcrvwbere Every rank and nationality
cI. ~ y~adat;on. | was assured, and !
hava has e confirmed by correspondence IN
Government Journals that the various W III
,.ors on the very verge of revolt The Wal
labs had found that the emssaries OF Govern
Zen, had cheated them in every way, and both
Croats and they were becoming more and more
united with the Magyars in their common mis-
fortunes. ,e
aTbere was no greater proof of this TO me
than the growing popularity Of the name o.
Magyar, now when the MaWars were IN dls,
grace with every loyal Austrian-such tna'
the censns this year would show eight m,h'o"'
of Magyars, instead Of five millionaire ca
pccted returns. A most remarkable iacn nv
confirmed to me by the Royal Chief OF .ono
in Hungary, in whose house J had the "o"''
to be in arrest in Pesth .,.u.
Ser myself, do not have the reino
doubt nor do believe has any refiecting ""