New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-07

snd which. therefore, have their center oil
| gravity out of Austria. Thus the Poles nave
! their natural center of gravity in Russian
Poland; the Ruthenes in the other Malo-Russian
provinces united with Russia: the serbians IN
the Serbian principally. That these fragments
torn from their respective natlonalltles, VII
! continue 10 grayitate, each toward its natural
center. i. matter of course. and becomes more
and more evident as civilization. and with 1t the
want Of historical, national activity, is spread
among them. In either case, the Austrian
Slayonians are diyeeta membra, seeking their re-
uniop either among each other, or with the
main body of their separate nationslites.
This i. the cause which formerly rendered
Pausavism so active in Austria. In order
10 secure the restoration of each Slayonian ma
tionality. the different tribes of slayonians in
Austria long since began to work for union of
all the Slayonic tribes. The first appearance of
Austrian Psnslayism was merely literary. Do
browsky. Bohemian, the founder of the sclen-
tific phlology ofthe slayonic Dialects and hoar,
Sloyak poet from the Hungarian Carpathians,
were It's originators With Dobrowsky it was
the enthusiasm of scientific dlscOyerer; with
Kolar, political ideas soon became predominant
but still he yentured TO complain only; the
greatness of the past, the disgrace, the mlstor-
tune and foreign oppression OF the present, were
the themes of his poetry The dream OF the
| Panslayic Empire debating laws to Europe was
at that time hardly limited at
But the lamenting period soon passed away,
and historical research upon the political, litera-
nv and linguistic development OF the Slayonlc
race, made great progress. Shafarjik, kopitar
and Miklosich as linguists, Palatzky as hlsto-
ran, took the lead, followed by host ot lesser
men like Hanka and Cal The glorious epOchs
of Bohemian and Serbian history were glowing
" depicted in their contrast to the present de-
graded and broken state of those nations. While
in Germany philosophy formed the pretext
under the protection of which the most revolu-
tionary doctrines in politics or theology were
propOunded. in Austria, and under the very
nose of Metternch, historical and pathological
science was used by the Pansaylsts as cloak
to teach the doctrine of Slavonic unity, and to
create political party with the unmlstakable
aim of upsetting Austria, and insttuting vast
Slovenian empire in its place.
Austrian Pansayism was destitute of the
most essential elements of success. 1t wanted
both force and unity; force, because the Pan
slavic party consisted of portion of the edu-
Gated classes only, had no hold upon the masses,
and withal no strength capable of resisting both
the Austrian Government and the German and
Hungarian nationalties against which IL entered
the lists. unity, because its uniting principle
was mere ideal one, which. at the very first
attempt at realization, was broken mp by the
fact of diversity of language. OF this diversity,
a ludicrous illustration was afforded by the IA
nous Slovenian Congress at Prague In ISIS.
There, after various attempts TO make ont
Slavonc language that should be Ineligible to all
the MEMBERS they were obliged to resort to the
tongue most hated by them all-the German.
In fact, so long as the movement was limited TO
Austria it offered no great danger, but that very
center of unity and strength which 1t wanted,
was very soon found for it. The national up
rising of the Turkish Serbians, in the beginning
of this century, had called the attention of the
Russian Government TO the fact that there were
some seven millions of Sayonians in Turkey,
most resembled the Russian. Their religion
too, and their ecclesiastic language-old Sla
yonic or -Slayonic-were exactly the
same AS in Russia II was among these Serbians
and Bulgarians that the Gar for the first time
began an agitation supported by appeals to his
position as the protector of the Eastern Church.
1t was therefore only natural that as soon as this
psu.Iavist movement in Austria had gained con.
sstency, Russia should extend thther the ram-
fcations of her agencies. Where Roman Catho-
lie Slayonians were met with the religious side
of the question was dropped; Russia was
merely held up a. the proper head of the Sla-
yonc race, and the strong and united people
which was to realize the great Slayonic Empire
from the Elbe TO China, aud from the Adriatic
to the frozen ocean.
Metternich, in the latter years of his power
very well appreciated the danger and saw
through the Russian ntrgues He opposed the
movement with all the means in his power
But the only proper means-general freedom
Of expanson-dd not belong to his system
of policy. Accordingly, on Metternichs down
fall in l54c, she Slayonic movement broke out
stronger than ever, and embraced a large pro-
portion of the population. But here its reac-
tionary character at once came to light While
the German, Hungarian and Italian movements
were decidedly progressive and revolutionary
the slavonic party turned to the conservative
side. Ii was the SlavOnians that saved Austria
from destruction, and enabled Radetzky TO
advance on the NinciO and Wndischgratz TO