The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-06-27

procured the passage of resolution rcauest.
ing the President, "if in his opnion not
moons stcnt with the public interost 70 com
municatc TO the Senate any recent correspon-
dence of Mr.. BANCROFT, the Minister OF the
United States in Berlin, relating TO political
ouestions in Germany" The President, on
receiving this request referred II IN due
cours,a 10 Secretary FIsu, and he TO his
a,sstsnt, MIR. BANCROFT DAYS., who took
bdbc of sixty thousand dollars 10 betray his
trust when Director of che Eric Railway
Company, aud the result has heen the publ
cation of letter--upon what docs the reader
suppose upon "the internal political con-
dltion of the Translcithan part Of the Aus.
TRAN c,nptrel" What an ambassador to
North Germany has to do with the affairs Of
Austria, and what the Translcithan part OF
that empire il to the United States, Is not
explained but there the letter is, filing six
octave pages Of fine print, headed Amer.
can Legation, Berlin, April IS, 1870" and
signed at the end in large capitals, "GEo.
BANCROFT"
Aperusal Of the document shows That it is
very nice little treatise on the present con
ditiou and prospects Of Hungary, written in
Mr.. BANcrorr's usual philosophical style,
and admirably adapted to serve as the pre-.
liminary penance by which tile members OF
the New York Historical Society earn, or
used TO earn, once a month, the right TO
partakc of chocolate and sandwiches The
following paragraph, taken from near the
beginning, may serve TO give some idea Of
what II is like:
Within three hours after tho news Of the
Austrian defeat at sadowa reached Bnda-pesth the
structon OF the empire the basis OF POLITICAL ncr-
sonal, and constitutional liberty. The system, which
hal been thoroughly digested, and which DEAK, NJ
least, If no other, knew how IN deduce from the
pragmatlc sahction or CHARLES VI, was an acknowl
TIE equality OF the two separate parts, WITH con-
stitutona concert of action in general affairs, ef'
fected by mestine OF their resnectiye deleios an
archy OF 81. Stephen was TO raise its head through
the Nacyars on the one side, aud what was called
the crown lands, or hereditary PROVINCES, which
are seventeen In number, were 10 constitute
themselves az one Organism under the lead o, the
stream which divides them, though for 4 few mics
only, took their aamcs Of Cseitha or the Austrian
hereditary provinces. aud Transeitha. or Hungirt,
nj Glance an exact idea Of this division, hava
caused to he so cooreI N represent vivid
70 exc NE s sir,iS9 a 5hS As, ,S spTS
military boundary 70 Hungary, or fran-letha, and
Dalnatia. for the present NJ least. TO Csleita.
annex second map, SO cJlored as 20 exhibit the
great Commitment elements OF Transleitha on tho
Que site and the seventeen separate provinces OF
Cisleitaa on the other" ..t,.... a.... ...
And so forth, and 30 on. We have eulog y
of DEAK, the Hungarian Statesman; glow.
| ing description of the natural advantages Of
the Hungarian territory. and of the city of
| Buda. Pesth; gloomy account of the rest
| Of Austria, to serve as background TO the
picture; and some excellent advice TO tho
Austrian politicians, which no doubt they
will gladly receive and profit by. Our &C.
complished Minister at Vienna, the Hon.
! JouN JAY, of Revolutionary descent, will
also, We arc sure, feel obliged to Mr. BAN
CROFT for pointing out 10 him how he to1
might exercise his otherwise useless talents
and we may expect before long to hear a
call in the Senate for the publication, all
no: inconsistent with the public interest,"" OF
n learned dissertation by him upon Polish
nationality and antiquities. or some Other
equally rccondite subject.
Undoubtedly any of our eminent American
dplomntists had better he concocting httlc
essays Ike this upon Hungary, and getting ~
colored maps, than remaining idle or gamb
ling at Badcn.Baden or Homburg But We
protest against the system that pays mor
thousands Of dollars year for such trifling