Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-04-20
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THE BULGARIAN PARLIAMENT.

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April Second may be a day in tho history Of
Hungary as eventual ms the Fourth Of July 10
American annals. By a revolution as silen, as
the change from winter to spring. tina. country
has thrown OF ske Austrian rule and reSained its
own self-goyornrDg Institutions. The people have
met in their county assemblies, tho old centres Of
Hungarian liberties they have chosen their dele.
gates en- the broad and liberal basis OF the Consti-
tuition of 1913 even their old Slavouic and Croa-
lian rivals have united with them and now, for
the first time since tho days Of 40, the great rep
rcsentative body Of the whole Hungarian ueople
meets together. What years these have been for
the nation, and what changes have occurred in
the personnel Of the parliament itself during this
time How many households have been made
desolate how much wrong has been perpetrated
how much oppression how much persecution BY
the Austrian officials, through these years How
has the country been sucked Of les liGe-blood By
foreign tax gatherors and army-recruiting ofHcersl
What indignities and Insults have been heaped on
tho national pride And the leaders, the stAtss-
men and orators and generals, who stood in the
front ranks OF the last Parliament-how have
they Jared 2 How many are in exile aud poverty;
how many have suffered ON The soaffold or the
gallows! OF oil whose voices then rang through
the people, only Deak and Eotyos appeal among
the leading members now. As we contemplate
this almost melancholy reunion Of the patriots OF
Hungary, the mind naturally goes back to our
Continental Congress, and we ask might not
sueh have been the next meeting Of our own Con-
gGess, had Yorktown and Saratoga ended other
wise ?"
The Hungarian Parliamen. has the grea. task
upon it of recoustructing a nation. Through al
the long yeara of subsection the national pride
and hope of the people have never died out. They
have chung 10 the beloved colors they have surg
even "as in a strange land" the national songs
and have looked forward with answering faith tC
the time of their independence. Now the DAY
has come, and the representatives Of the people
must build up a new government wisely apd
carefully. They will not, probably, attempt &c
proceed too rapidly There will be no sudden
efforts made to wrench away from the Austrian
empire. They will demand, perhaps, a Hunga
rian ministry at Pes,h, who will be responsible t
the Crown. Next they will claim The privilege o
determining and voting their own taxation. AZ
ter this they will insist that Hungary be governed
W hOA NhD PV4iCS anu neE ONu eVluleIy. 1ueB
With the restoration of her comitats, or county as
%semblies, with q Parliament, elected like tn,
present, on a liberal basis and from all the nation
a%lities in Hungary, sho will be substantially al
Independent constitutional monarchy, ccnneclc,
with Austria az Norway with Swedes, or a
Scotland was formerly with England.
This will do well as a beginning. bul il is no
sufficient. Everything that bears the 1name 0
Austria is detested in Hungary. and thu peopl
will never endure thus to be an appanuA Of lha
smpire. When at length shere iAa responsible
Hungarian ministry, with the power Of raisiuI
money, and with an army from their ovs people
then will the long-deferred cry be raisSd of Hun
: garian 1ndcpendence.r Then Austria, with banl
rupt treasury, dissatisfied provinces, 4 arm
revolutionized and q people rebelliousj will b
obliged to admit that Hungary is free and sell
governing
Such may be some of the results Of the even
ful meeting of the ancient Hungarian Dnt on tn
n heights Of Buda.