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motrOpOnthnb, necessarily pressed inc
claims of their people, and occasionally OBJ
tanned a partial sanction Of their privileges.
One function, moreover, of local independ-
ence was always exercised by the emit
grants In the periodical congresses charged
with the election of their metropolitan
and the regulation of ecclesiastical affairs,
and these assemblies, continued to the
present day, have gradually arrogated
wider powers. Notwithstanding, however,
the persistence with which the servians
resident In Austria have urged their right
to self-government, and the bad faith
which has repeatedly baked their desires,
they have rarely wavered In their loyalty
TO the dynasty. They furnished, for in
stance, most Of the squadrons which, I'M
der the name OF pdndours, acquired q
reputation for ferooious bravery in the
wars ofthe seventeenth and eighteenth GEN.
turtles, aud their support contributed not
little to the ultimate triumph OF Austria
In the Hungarian revolution of 1s4s But
IL is probable that the House of HAPsBuRo
has lost its hold on the affections OF it's
servian subjects, now that the latter have
been totally abandoned TO Hungarian con-
troll, and that even the Magyar language
has been substituted for their own In the
public schools.
The attempted displacement OF the Ser
Wan tongue under the law OF 1863, pro-
vokes the greater Indignation, because
during the past century national litera-
ture has grown out OF it, This had its
origin. not in the territory covered by tho
modern principality, nor in free Mon
tenegro, but among the Serbs OF Austria.
The first to write the popular language
was OBRADovITCII, who was born in Hun
gary in 1889. Previously, the only written
idiom used by Serbs was the liturgic Scla-
vonian, or mongrel tongue of which the
old Sclavonic formed the principal ele-
ment. OBRADovITCH was followed by
VoUK, who published "A collection of songs
and popular tales, as well rs grammar
and dictionary which coiihed the prn-
ciples and usages of the new language.
This speedily dispossessed the antique
Sclavonic, which, like Latin In the West,
had been common to all Sclavic churches,
and was understood by ecclesiastics in
every Sclavic country. AZ early as 1881
books were printed in the Serb dialect at
INoNl-Nuls iut CtINhu toWU III
Hungary; and some years afterward lit
erary association was founded, which has
promoted the publication Of numerous
works and newspapers. Since the repres-
sive legislation of the Hungarian Diet in
1868, the intellectual activity OF the Ser
Wan people has tended TO centre in Bel
grade; nevertheless, in 1874 there were
eleven reviews and newspapers printed in
Hungary. A signal result of this literary
movement has been the dissemination Of
political life. formerly confined TO the
clergy, among the various classes OF the
nation. At the last Congress OF the Aus
trian Serbs, even the choice OF n metro
politan was controlled by the lay mem
bers.
Not only are the several divisions of the
Servian name conscious Of satisfying the
essential conditions of n homogeneous ma
tionality. contcrminous boundaries, and
identity of race. language, and religion,
but they are endearcd to one another by n
long series OF reciprocal sacrifices. The
intense sympathy of the nations of the
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cent events, but the experience of the Ias I
half century may well nave justified the
expectation Of vigorous, although covert,
cooperation on the part of the Austrian
Serbs. The insurrection which gave sub
stantial independence to The State now
governed by Prince MILAN, could hardly
have been successful without the assistance
derived from beyond the Save. Again
when the Serviaus IN Hungary revolted
against the Government of Kosst-Tu
twelve thousand Of their kinfolk from the
principality joined their ranks in body.
In those cases II proclamation of neutrality
had proved utterly futile, and there is no
doubt that in the present contest the
authorities Of Belgrade considered them
selves certain Of strenuous support from
the whole Scrvian population, and above
all from those brave borderrrs who had
proved their quality by preferring exile to
Ottoman domination.
Unhappily forsuch calculations, the Mag
var statesmen who ut present shape Aus
trian policy are vitality interested TO
prevent the formation Of n strong Servlan
kingdom, toward which the Serbs of Hum
gary would irresistibly gravitate. They
have no objection 10 conquests in tho
south. but they must be won by Magyar
arms and take the form OF Hungarian
annexations Accordingly, the military
power OF the empire has been so far con
centrated on the line OF the Save and Dan.
ube, as to make those rivers quite mpass-
able. Not only are recruits and supplies
out of the question, but all overt demon-
STATIONS OF sympathy with the Servian
cause are treated by the Hungarian Off
Gals rs evidences of conspiracy.
II, as seems probable the Scrvian punci-
pality is destined to succumb in the pres
ent struggle, there is plainly one Christian
nation from which she need expect no
sympathy. There is, indeed, II striking
analogy between the Magyars and the
Turks. In both cases non-Aryan horde
OF Aslatlcs has secured "A Judgment among
Aryan nations, and III both cases minority
governs elements whose collective strength
would oveTpower II. II IL. moreover. in
large part the same races whose subsection
constitutes the greatness Of the two en-
pres, If not the condition Of their exist
enCe
The Sioux Disgrace.