American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-10-11

dred and sixty FIVE,
A. G. CURTIN.
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Manifesto Of the Emperor of Austria
TO My PEOPLE: To maintain the pow
er of the monarchy, by a participation of
all in the management Of the highest
questions of the State; to insure the uni
ty of tha realm, by respecting the mani
foldness Of its component parts and the
historical Development of their several
laws ond rights, this was the leading idea
expressed In my diploma of October 20,
1860. and which, for the welfare of my
faithful subjects, will still continue to be
my guide. In that diploma, the right Of
the different people to have share and
vote in the legislature and in the admins,
tration of the finances, sure pledges for
furthering the Interests both of the sub
lect and of the different countries, was
solemnly guaranteed and established
irreyocably. The fundamental law for
the legal representation Of the Empire,
which was promulgated in my Patent Of
February 20, 1861, laid down the form
according to which this right was to be
exercised, and in the 9th article of the
said Patent | announced that the pre-
existing Fundamental laws, as well those
then revised and those which now pub
lish, were, all taken together and in their
embodiment, to be considered as forming
the constitution of my Empire. 70 vivi-
fly this dead form, to shape harmoniously
the constitutional structure in all It's parts
was the task committed to the combined
free action of all my people. cannot
but remember with warm acknowledges
ment the readiness with which, during a
series of years, large portion of the
realm, following my behest, sent its de-
puted representatives to the capital of the
Empire, there to debate on and solve some
important questions about the laws, the
State, and its economy. Yet my inten-
ton, to which | still unchangeably adj
here, the intentionof offering to the in
tention of offering to the interests of the
age the sure guarantee afforded by a con
stitutional form of government, whose
strength and whose signigcati6n should
lie in the free participation of all the diff
ferent peoples in the work, has remained
till now unful6lled. A large portion of
the Empire, warm and patriotic as were
the hearts that beat there, persisted in
holding aloof from the common Legislative
action, eudeavoring to confirm scruples
about legality by acting separately, and
thus finding differences of meaning in
those fundamental laws which were in
tended in their collective form only to
make up the sum of the constitution of
the realm.
My duty as a ruler forbids me any lon
ger to ignore fact which binders the re-
alization of my intention, that Of aiming
to develop free constitutional life, and
which uenaces also the rights Of all the
nations in their very foundations. But
also for those countries which do not be-
l
long to the Hungarian crown, it is the
fundamental law, which at article 6 Of
the Patent Of February is designated as
the Constitution of the realm, that the
legislative rights comuion to all arc vested
Fand there only As long as the first con-
dition for vital embodiment Of the fun
damental law, as well as clearly discerni-
bic harmony of its parts is wanting, the
great work contemplated, which would
assuredIy bring 50 many blessings, cannot
become reality, the task, namely, Of
giving to the Empire durable constitu-
tioBal form.
In order now to redeem my imperial
word, in order not to sacrifice the essence
to the mere form, have resolved to aim
at coming to au understanding with the
lawful representatives Of my people in the
eastern part of my Empire, and to lay
before the Hungarian and the Croatian
Diet, for their acceptance, the diploma ol