New-York tribune., 1868-04-22
LOELS ROSSUTK

III.
A brief dispatch in our issue of vest.,d.
stated that the Hungarian Diet had yerisod
the election of Kossuth. We suppose that !, !.
Louis KOssuth, the illustrious leader of the MAJ
vars in 1S4S and tSi9, who is referred to in tb.
dispatch, and not one of his two sons who had
likewise been elected deputies of the Diet 70
our suppOsition is correct, and if Louis Ko,.
suth should return from his exile to take nj.
seat again in the Legislature of Hungary. tbs
proceedings of that body would soon attract
greater attention in foreign countries than Ia.
for number of years been bestowed upon II
The reconciliation with Austria, which m.
majority of the Hungarian Diet, under tba
leadership of Deak, has of late brought about.
was not in accordance with the views Of Kos.
suth. AS long as the negotiations were pend.
ing, he strongly dissuaded the people from
sanctiOning the proposed agreement. When tha
compromise had, nevertheless, been effected
Kossuth was one of the few who remained
Internationally opposed to it. Severe letters
were exchanged last year between Deak and
KOssuth, and the majority of the Hungarian
Diet made desperate efforts to destroy the
reputation of KOssutb, going even so far as 10
accuse him of design TO betray Hungary into
the hands of Russia.
These attempts, as was to be expected, have
failed. The majority of Hungarians may diff
fer from the policy which Kossuth defends
aud recommends but they are not likely TO
lose their confidence in the honesty and in the
greatness of the man who has done more than
any other of their race to elevate them in the
estimation of the civilized world Kossuths
name has still great power over the masses, for
whom it represents equal rights before the
law, political emancipation, and the most bril-
liant page in Hungarian history. Where his
name has been proposed for election to the
Diet, he has been returned with acclamation
and without opposition.
A circumstance which may become of great
Importance, in case Kossuth resolves to reentef
the Diet, is the reunion of the two fractions
of the "Left," or the Liberal Opposition. The
party had separated last December on the
question whether the members were to take
part in the delegations to Vienna or not. After
several preliminary meetings, the whole Left on
the first of the present month, agreed upon
common plan of action. They start from the
Pragmatic Sanction, which says that Hungary
" is a free aud independent country, subject q
"no other;r and the party considers as tbeif
first duty to work with all legal means, that
the laws which are in contradiction with this inde-
pendensee should BE altered, c5hseQdehtly that
the institution of the Delegations and the COM
mon Ministry should cease, and that all those
institutions which are necessary for insufng this
independence should be introduced. As such the
party considers the Hungarian army, the indc-
pendence of commercial and financial affairs
and the diplomatic recognition OF the legal IN
dependence of Hungary The party, united
again, will resolutely advance in the direction
indicated; it will choose with deliberatiOn iti
own time and constitutional means, avoiding all
that might indicate hesitation, but avoiding
likewise all such agitation as might make the
constitutional struggle more difficult or dan
gerOus
The united Left constitutes a considerable
portion of the Lower House of the Diet, and
has of late steadily gained ground. That Il
will continue to gain largely and rapidly under
the leadership of Kossuth can hardly be doubted
The success of their programme would have q
decisive influence on the future of Austria and
the reconstruction of all Eastern Europe. Thut
the further movements of KOssuth may yei
once more attract the eyes of the whole civil
lied world.