Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-01-08
Austria, ireland.

TIC So. Junes' s. tGdzette the following:
Nowadays We often meet in print
ions to tho similarity between Ire
land and Hungary As amatter Of fact,
the SINH not only does not run on
/ nj tours, but has not even q leg to stand
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Hun gary and Austria never had any
r1nstit ona1 come ction IS nations, ex-
eeept that the king Of Hnng gary happened
Is Be also emperor or sovereign of the
ko-cailcd eredHary states. These latter,
before 1913. as after i $40 and until 1860,
did not possess any repr esentatiye insti-
buttons; and when, after the Italian war
of 1859, al attempt was made to create
common parliament for the whole
monarchy, Hungary refused to join it;
her own historical national diet having
flourished up to 1849, and being restored
partially in 1860 and completely in 1867.
Thus the constitutional history of Aus
tria- Hungary is utterly different from
that Of Great Britain and Ireland, But,
If possible, still greater are the ethno-
graphical differences in the two cases.
In Hungary various races exist, but no
Austrian" whatever. Its German
population. partly of ancient and partly
of comparatively modern immigration,
sprang from Tharingia, from Suabia,
and other portions of the Germanic en-
pire outside Of Austria, and, except the
so-called Saxons of Transylvania. they
are more Hungarian than the Magyars
themselves. All the other races inhab-
iting Hungary, are distinct from the
non-German population of Austria.
Some of them belong to the great Slavonic
family, while others, such as the Wal
lachians, are not at all represented in
Austria, even by cognate race. AS
for the Magyars of Hungary, they are
almost completely isolated in Europe,
having but distant affinity to Firms and
Turks. There are thus, SO to speak, no
English in Hungary, if the Austro-Ger-
mans be compared to the English; and
it may be said that there are no Irish in
Hungary, if the latter be considered as a
race subjugated by Britons. The Hun
garian opposition, after the revolution
of 1849, was composed of the whole ma
ton, comprising, with scarcely an ex-
ception, all it's various nationalitics; and
its leaders were Magyars, distinct in
blood and language from any nationality
to be found in the neighboring state
In Ireland, on the other hand, the OPP
position is factional; almost as many
Irish live in Great Britain as in Ireland;
while there exist loyal Britons in the
Emerald isle. In short, there is not a
point of chronological resemblance be-
tween the case of Ireland and that of
Hungary.
Hungary, up to 184S, was about the
freest and most prosperous country in
Europe; having a sparse population and
superabundance of natural produce.
Hungarians have great historical past;
they enjoyed constitutional rule and
privileges, and naturally. therefore, they
wished to keep their independence. In
which of these points is there any
likeness between Hungary and Ireland?
Evidently in none. By force of circum-
stances, Hungary had actually to re-
nounce, in 1867, not uncomfortable
part of her Independence; but, even as it
is, there exists no representative insti-
buttons common to both Hungary and
Austria at this moment, and only the
administration of war, foreign affairs,
and certain departments of finance
such as customs, etc. ARE conferred in
the same ministers for both countries.
The so-called delegations are separate
bodies for the two states; they never
deliberate together, and only in very
exceptional case is it provided that they
should vote together. The bond of
union which has so long subsisted be-
tween Ireland and Great Britain through
their common parliament has never
come into existence in the case of Aus
tria-Hungary.
Now, to abolish the state of things
that has prevailed for generations is a
very different thing from the restoration
OF form of government that had unin-
terrupted authority for centuries, and
was only suspended for ten years; as
happened regarding national rule in
Hungary, held in allegiance from 1S49
to 1859, and then superseded by mere
absolutism.. The well-informed mind
strives in vain to hit upon any single
instance in which the positions of Ire
land and Hungary are alike. A wit,
however, might suggest that the two
countries are very much alike, because
Hungaria and Hibernia, like Monmouth
and Macedon, begin with the same letter.