, 1860-02-25

I uungariaus. Subsequent events have mnds
The peace Less discoureging to the tneud9
! Of freedom everywhere, and IN Hungary
] there has been a renewed hope OF increased lib
foolish and head stronx young; Emperor OF Aus
tfla, who4c empire il Wasting away under oeot
and disadection, refuses TO listen to the reason
able prayers Of hia hungarian subjects, aud he
is thus blindly doing much for the prejudice Of
his sovereignty and for the adEantage OF tree
dom:
In the latter part Of January dcputat!on Of
Hungarian Protestant gentlemen went from
Pcsth to Vienna, to present to the Emperor an
humble and respectful remunstrauce Against en-
forcing the late Imperial patent relative to the
Protestant religion After waiting for several
.!aTs for IN audience, they we're informed that
the Emperor would not receive them. He oder-
ed to receive separately two members Of the
depatatiou as private citizens, but this Was re-
specially declined: The deputation returned to
'esth, whers the news Of the Emperor's treat
ment Of them had created feeling, cons:er-
nation among the Protestant Inhabitants, which,
" the latest accounts, was spreading rapidly
through the country.
since the Concordat between Ausfria and the
Pope, the restraints aud disabilities Of Protes'
tant Austrian subjects have been greater than
before, and that instrument binds the Austrian
government to d certain submission to 1he ou-
thority OF Rome greater than that conceded BY
any other important power OF Europe. The
Imperial patent, which has caused the late trou-
bic, will, il enforced, wholly destroy the legal
basis on which the Protestant church in Aunga.
r. has stood since the reformation. The Pro.es-
tant portion Of the population numbers about
two and half millions, in u total Of about eight
millions. The remaining five aud half
millions are divided among people Of the
Roman, the Greek and the Jewish faith. or
course the Protestant element is IN important
one, numerically, while it is still more By its
superior intelligence aud wealth. ltis this por-
tioil Of his Hungarian subjects that Francis Jo-
seph is now setting ut defiance. Knowing how
desotedly the iIungarians are attached to their
religion, it is easy to see that from this new at
tempt Of the Hapsburgh sovereign to deprive
them Of tho little religious liberty left to them,
the most serious consequences may arise. With
impending trouble In Croatia and Pennsylvania,
with Tenetia far from tranquilized, with the
Zurich treaties concerning Italy still unenforced,
it seems like madness or blindness in Austria
thus to fairly drive the Hungarians into rero.
luton.
Tnat revolution is looked for in Hungary,
by many Of the wisest politicians, cannot 30
doubted. II, simultaneously with it, war
about tue lost papal Territories in Italy should
arise, the two conflicts might easily become
Blended. Austria, Naples and Rome, against
Sardinia, France and reyolted Hungary, would
make one Of the most direful wars Of this CEN
tury-a war, too, of religions; in which, finally,
other European States would become involved.
Such WAT would tc IN awful spectacle to con-
template; but its results could nut fail to be ad-
yauta.eous to the cause Of liberty in Europe
PHILADELPHIA Eulleftn.