The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-01-13
TorALs nor All HuNcAnY.

Magyars. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 4,605, ST.
olayonlans.. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1905, 76l
Germans. Observation-Disclosures. 1,42l ,50l
w dliacnlans. .s................... 2,3l ,J4l
Szekers. ................... $50 ,00l
Jews and others. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 372,9 0t
Grand total. 1886, III
By still more recent account, taken from thu
oinclal statistics OF Austria, it appears that Hun
gary, including Pennsylvania and military from
ilers, has $4,000 square miles, with l4,50OOO(
inhabitants, and contains
Cities rs 4
Towns $50
Villages .. -. 10000
Roman Catholics, 100000
Greeks 80. j.. 100000
Professionals !. 3,250,000
Jews 100000
Hungary is about the size of Great Britain
and comprehends nearly half OF the territory Of
Austria
1t is stated by another authority that the pop.
ulatlon OF Hungary is nearly 100000; that
OF England Gin lS4I) nearly 100000; that Of
Prussia about 100000.
Thus it is evident that, in point Of power, SO
far as power depends upon population, Hungary
possesses as much power as England proper, or
there is population enough, there are people
enough. Who, then, are they? They are dis
tinct from the nations that surround them They
are distinct from the Austrians aud Germans on
the west, and the Turks on the east; and | will
say in the next place that they are an enlight-
ened nation. They have their history they
have their traditions; they have their seminaries
of education they have their literature; they
have books of learning; they have poetry; they
have the drama; and, among the people, there
are vast numbers of persons of reading and
knowledge. They are attached to their own in
stitutions-institution which have existed for
more than thousand years.
Gentlemen, it is remarkable that on the west
ern coasts of Europe political light exists
There is sun in the political armament and
that sun sheds his beams on those who are able
to enjoy them. But in Eastern Europe gen.
orally speaking, and on the confines between
Eastern Europe and Asia, there is no political
sun in the heavens. II is all an arctic zone of.
political life. [Applause.l The luminary that
enlightens the world in general, seldom rises
there above the horizon. The light which they
possess is at best crepuscular, kind of twilight,
and they are under the necessity of cropping
about to catch, as they may, any stray CLEANS of
the light of day. Hear, hear. Gentlemen,
the country of which your guest to- night is a
native, is remarkable exception. She has
shown through her whole history, for many hun
dreds Of years, an enlightened attachment to the
principles of civil liberty, and of law, and of
order, and obedience to the constitution which
the will of the great majority have established.
That Is the fact; and it ought to be known
wherever the question of the practicability of
Hungarian liberty and independence is dis
cussed IL ought to be known that Hungary
stands far above her neighbors in all that re.
spects free institutions, constitutional govern
ment, and hereditary love of liberty. [Ap.
plause.
Gentlemen, have taken the pains to prepare
some facts from an intelligent writer, and that
writer is a lady. She must of course be great
authority. She says:
"The Hungarian nation has been dstin.
guished from its first appearance in history for
uniting to passionate love of liberty scrupu-
lous reverence for law The Magyars did not
enter the plains of Dacia an undisciplined rabble
From the first they possessed a fixed form of
government, and were distinguished for their
TO their leaders and their laws.
To these habits of discipline, in which the Mag.
vars were trained to their love of order and
regard for law, it is to be ascribed that they did
not pass away, like the common hordes of bsr.
barian adventures, but established permanent
kingdom in the country they invaded To these
qualities not less than to their courage, is to be
ascribed their successful maintenance of their
constitutional rights against all the attacks of a
power before which the liberties of so many
other nations have fallen.
"The ancient institutions of the Mapyars
were eminently democratic. Their chief ruler
was elected by the votes of the people. For the
first century after their establishment in the
country he receiyedonly the title of Vezer, or
leader. In the year 1000 they bestowed the
title of King on Stephen, of the family Of Arpad
the leader under whose guidance they had en-
tered Pannonia The power Of the King was,
however, strictly limited. The consent Of the
people was necessary to give efficacy to every
royal act. The excellent prince who first filled
the throne of Hungary bad no disposition 10 in.
fringe the liberties Of the people. On the con.
trary, he eudeavored TO guard them against the
of future soyereigns. He framed
a code Of laws, founded on the ancient nsttu.
tons Of Magyars, which have ever since
been regarded as Of the highest authority.
These statutes were drawn up for the guidance
Of his son Emeric, whom he educated as his sue
cessor in the kingdom. The enlightened and
nuHdne hIlfll in WHICH incsc ucCfecB are COM |
posed gives a very high idea Of the civilization |
and political advancement Of Hungary at this !
period. We find in them an express recognition
Of the principle of universal equaity-'Omnes
hOmineS uniuS SUM cOHdfiOnis.'"
IL is in the following terms that he prescribes |
the duty Of king towards his subjects:
"Let them be to thee, my son, as brothers
and fathers; reduce none of them to servitude, |
neither call them thy servants. Let them fight |
for thee, not serve thee. Govern them without
violence and without pride--peacefully, humbly,
humanely. Remembering that nothing eIevates
but humility, that nothing abuses but pride and
m evil will.
"My son, pray thee, Icommand thee, TO show
myself propitious, not only to thy kindred, not
only to princes, to leaders, to the rich, not only
10 thy country people, but likewise TO strangers,
and to all that come unto thee. Be patient |
with all, not only with the powerful, but with
those lacking power. Bear ever in thy mind this |
precept Of the Lord, 4 will have mercy, and not
sacrifice"
He recognises the right Of the people to de-
pose an unworthy prince