ANDRASSY; COUNT JULIUS, 

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i K v,; fnthpr to ob- ing for English customs, and studied attentively 



subsequently was employed b> h , * *" * workings of constitutional government, while 

 tain fore.-!! eapital for imlm ,n 1 sci mes in - himself with the distractions of fashion- 

 were designed to promote the well- eing of .Hun ^sm*, & ^ ^ ^ ^ 

 gary, and on "at account wweim^ by the able ^ JM^ ^ ^ ^^^ War? in 18M> 



S;rih;V, i :-t^t^bur g _from ZempHn, ^^^^^^ 



court. Still, the part that he wished to 



and bv his tir>t. speech won a reputation as a f 

 ,rilliant orator, His character, principles, and penal 



brilliant 



ons led him to - - - 

 Hungarian revolution. He was one of those who 



,Vbrac the cause of the perform, that of the Emperor's special adviser 



associations led him f"u::i A. { n Hungarian affairs, was accorded to Count 



Teleky. He soon came to the conclusion that 

 no active aid was to be expected from France for 

 Hungary, and that England was still less likely 

 to interfere, and having married the Countess 

 Katinka Kendeffy, who had been one of the 

 belles of the season in Paris and who brought 

 him some fortune, he took advantage in 1857 of 

 the amnesty that had been proclaimed in the 

 previous year, and returned to Hungary. Fran- 

 cis Deak, who proceeded on the principle that 

 the Hungarians must do for themselves, wel- 

 comed the returned Andrassy as an exponent of 

 this idea. When threatened with a war for the 

 deliverance of the Italian provinces, the Austrian 

 Government, anxious to secure the support or 

 neutrality of the chief men of Hungary, offered 

 Andrassy his former post of administrator of 

 Zemplin, which he declined, rather than take 

 the oath of allegiance. Humbled by the disas- 

 ters of the Italian campaign, the Austrian court 

 was constrained to enlarge the liberties of the 

 people as a means of appeasing the general dis- 

 satisfaction. A central representative legisla- 

 ture was created and the autonomy of the prov- 

 d on speaking in the Magyar language inces was extended by the rescript of 1861. In 

 and obtained from the Palatine, Archduke John, Hungary, Magyar was restored as the official 

 this ooncessioa, involving the ultimate accom- language, the old courts of judicature were re- 

 plishment of the national aspirations. Kossuth, established, and the legislative powers of the 

 who counted not many members of the higher Diet were made much wider. Such concessions, 



COUNT JULIUS ANDRASSY. 



aristocracy among his adherents, advanced him 

 at oner to' a place among the foremost politicians 

 of the land by nominating him as a member of 



however, only made Deak and Andrassy, who 

 was elected vice-president of the Diet, more eager 

 for the realization of the Nationalist, programme, 



the committee charged with preparing the March comprising an independent Hungarian Parlia- 



laws. After the installment of the Hungarian 

 mini-try by the frightened monarch on March 

 -. Andrassy was appointed administrator 

 of /cmplin. He was indefatigable in organizing 

 and training the national floored army, anc 

 when the Austrian army, under Prince Windisch 

 gratz, advanced on Pesth, none was more valiant 

 on the field, or earnest in council, or laborious author of the dual system that was established, 



men! and ministry. " " Hungary can wait," said 

 the Liberal Premier Schmerling, and the Magyar 

 leaders stubbornly adhered to their demands till 

 the defeat, in 1866, of the Austrian army b the 



y 

 of 



and training the national Honved army, and Prussians shifted the center of gravity of the 



empire to Hungary and gave them the con- 

 trol of the situation. While Deak, who was the 



military administration, or vehement in 

 musing the force of national resistance that hurled 

 back the invaders across their own frontier. At 

 the first indication of Hussion interference, Kos- 

 suth sent him to Constantinople to seek a Turkish 

 alliance. He failed in his effort to persuade Ab- 

 dul M.-djid to undertake a military intervention, 

 but obtained a promise of asylum, upon which 

 Kossuth. with the remnant of his last army, 



expounded his ideas to the Hungarian people, 

 and made secure their adoption by the nation, 

 Andrassy was selected for the not less important 

 part of preparing the court for their acceptance 

 in preference to the ideas of the Old Conserva- 

 tive magnates. Constantly on the road between 

 Pesth and Vienna, endeavoring to bring the de- 

 mands of Deak and the wishes of the Vienna 

 circles into harmony, he developed during the 



by overwhelming odds, escaped to Turk- Ausgleich negotiations a tireless tenacity in con 



\>h territory. Andrassy, who remained faithful 

 to the national cause after most of the nobility 

 had deserted i;, fled to France, while a court- 

 martial p;iM'd -.entencc of death.upon him, and 



iian^ed in efligy. 



II is first years of exile were passed in Eng- 

 land, where Hungarian refugees received the 

 cordial sympathy of all classes, and where he in 

 particular wa< a welcome guest in country houses 

 and London drawing-rooms. lie acquired a lik- 



junction with such pliancy and versatility in es- 

 caping difficulties and accommodating points of 

 difference that without the " providential man," 

 as he was called by Deak, no Ausgleich that the 

 Magyar people would accept could have been 

 settled upon. 



When the ministry was constituted, Deak, 

 who never would take office, proposed Andrassy 

 for minister-president, expecting, as the popular 

 and parliamentary leader of the party, still to 



