New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-04-14


man colonists are thickly implanted. This Magyar
land proper is surrounded by various Slavic poeuls
tions on the NORTH east and south, and on the west
and northwest by Germans or Austrians, and Ger.
manized Slavi. Should disruption of the Austrian
Empire ever occur, the borders Of the Magyar ma
tionsty are pointed out by these facts. Keeping
within their bounds, the Magysrs must enter fed.
GRAFTON on equal terms with the other portions Of
Hungary. compromise alone can conciliate ami
mositiss and give safeguard 10 peace. The Mag
vars must abandon the idea Of imposing their su'
premacy upon other natonalties Of better ethnic
birtbrght; they must give up tho attempt TO forco
their language upon the Sayi as the exclusive po-
litical and legislative language. But even now the
Mapyars again seem to be averse TO recognizing the
individuality of the Slavic populations, moro than
ever vital question for the Slavi. Such hostile de-
monstrations are sufficient to strengthen anew the
loosened and dissolving relations between the Serbs
the Croats, ETC., and the Hapsburgs. And 80 the
domination of the Kaisers may get chance OF al
most endless proloDgaton.
The Slavic populations in the Austrian Empire
are divided into various branches, distinguished
from each other by variations Of dialect, by differ
emit creeds, and by certain ethnic shades individual"
ling them. These distinctions and the geosraph-
ics distribution of some of them facilitate the
future formation of federatve conglomeration,
similar to that ready to spring from the ruins Of the
Ottoman Empire.
Galicia lies along the northern slopes Of the Car
patbian mountains-a savory mOrsel OF old Poland.
The population more than four millions and bali,
is about equally divided between Polish and Ruth
enan elements. The Church and the dialect con-
stitute the differing characteristics. The Polish
element, embracing the magnates and large number
of the nobility, speak Polish and are Roman Catho-
lic The Ruthenans are the nearest kindred BY bloot
and dialect TO the Little Russians and recognize te
supremacy of the Eastern Church, with the excP-
ton of about 100000 Untes, or Eastern orho-
doxes, who recognize the supremacy of the Roman
Pope. In any emergency, the future of Gaiaa Is
less clear than that Of any other Slavic branch or
territory. Russia bounds Galica on the north and
east. The line of separation is altogether dlpio'
matte; the neighboring Russian territory having
likewise formed part of Poland. tsafintles and
it's attractions run toward its kindred in the Rus
sian Empire. The mobiles and the Catholics are In
mental communion with the Poles proper, and they
worship the same national relics; ihe purely ortho-
dox mass of the people, the peasantry, and the
burgers incline toward the genuine Russian hte
From these circumstances, there is little If any
probability that Galicia will ever become, at
least in any now presumsble combination, an indie
pendent State. Russia may ardently desire to an
mex Galicia, and such longing would be very nat
ural in itself, but Europe would oppose it as ar
IDENTIFY. If the Hapsburgs and portion of Austria
are TO be preserved from utter dissolution the Gov
ernments of Europe will maintain the rights of Aus
tria upon Galcia to the last.
Since the loss of LOmbardy, Bohemia, Morayia,
and Upper SIesia constitute the most populous aud
the most industrious portions of the Austrian do
minions The three countries, albeit they belong
ethnicaly to the Slavic family, thoroughly per-
meated by German culture and by German ele-
ments, for reasons deeply rooted in their geogra-
phcal situation and in the current of events, but
not on account Of any specific ciyilizing agency OF
Austria. At present the confederation OF these
lands with the Slavic stem ia rather historical and
archaeological than vital. Thus, although the fed
Grafton of the Slavic or Moravians lie the Oldest
the record Of Slayi history having been contem-
pOray with if it did not precede the dissolution of
Attilas Empires it is utterly impossible to-day to
separate these lands from the fate of Austria with
or without the Hspsburgs or to rend them from
Germany.
Altogether different are the chances for future
evolution 10 the fate of South Eastern AustroSlayc
possessions. The CrOats stand foremost. They
have an ethnic and geographic individuality. To
them belong Fiume and the Hungarian shores of
the Adriatic. German culture has not permeated
Them neither Croatia nor the other Slavic lands in
that region ore interlarded with German coonists.
The inhabitants Of those countries have preserved
almost wholly unchanged their national peculiari-
ties and characteristics, so much admired by many
independent, unprejudiced, and enlightened histo-
rans, literati, and travellers. Many and various
reasons account for this phenomenon prominent
among them the Magyar rule. Magyarism pressing
down on Croats, Serbs, ETC., has prevented the
termination and development of q virtual culture
from within, from the national womb; but Magyar
lem has likewise prevented any instlling of Ger
manism from without. Thus, the South Eastern
Slavi are approaching the hour when they will take
their stand as a national and political individuality
and bring forth fresh and new cOloriDg-small as
it may be--to the multfarous cvilizng manifesto
tons of the human mind.
Under the Magyar rule as now under Austrian
Capitalization, Croatia constituted separate PROV
ince with separate administration. Its center and
capital is Agram. Besides Croatia possesses power