HUNGARY. 



891 



Even on tho ground of expediency alone the i 



on military n-oix'am/.ation .-limilil U676T liiivr IH-I-M 



-trm-i- of a Mad- is imt H-ciiivil l.y 



the i: .-n-lh mill vul'ir "I' iu army mili->'s 



,\o a coiiti -ntt-il people at its back, ami 



liun produced but u general fuelinc <>t' irri- 



r, tin- nriri'iiry 1. 1' a iv. .r.'ani/ation 



of tlii' army is luit a fresh reason for a restoration of 



tin- i-.iiiMiiution. iii;^imii-li a- Hungary, without a 



utioii, is, li\ ( 'aM' ni' need, but a weak source 



<!' n-lian.-i , ami thi^Dict ran lay m. bunli-im upon 



ition M' Imiir as tln> latter continues deprived of 



Hungary recognizes the necessity for a 



in tin- military system, and will sanction all 



KuitaMe modifications, l>nt looks upon the measures 



which luivo been ordered without the consent of the 



as illegal. 



Tin- addrc<>. in conclusion, prays the Em- 

 peror not to make an arrangement between 

 Austria :ind Hungary impossible by absolute 

 decrees, but to withdraw the present patent and 

 all other illegal ordinances, and to immediately 

 .Mi.-h tho constitution, on the grdhnd that 

 the strengthening of the state and the objects 

 of the pragmatic sanction will only be attain- 

 able by a return to tho constitutional state of 

 things, both in Hungary and in the countries 

 on the other side of tl/e Leitha. 



The address was adopted almost unanimously 

 by tho Lower House on January loth, and unani- 

 mously by the Upper House on January 17th. 

 The Emperor, in his reply to the deputation 

 which presented this address, held out the hope 

 of a speedy agreement. This agreement was 

 arrived at on February 8th, when the Austrian 

 Government signified its acceptance of the 

 draft of a law touching the common affairs of 

 Austria and Hungary, elaborated By the com- 

 mittee of 07,* of the Hungarian Diet, which 

 had concluded its labors on February 5th. Deak 

 accepted .-in invitation to have a conference with 

 tho Emperor, and was received with groat 

 marks of attention. For himself Dcak declined 

 all j>osts of honor, but he gave his advice as to 

 the selection of the members of the cabinet 

 from the majority. On February 17th Count 

 Andrassy was appointed Prime Minister of 

 Hungary, and on February 20th the other places 

 in the cabinet were filled. On February 18th an 

 Imperial rescript (dated February 17th) was read 

 in both Houses, which officially informed the 

 Diet of the restoration of the Hungarian con- 

 stitution. The rescript announces that the 

 Emperor assents to the demands embodied in 

 the Diet's address of the 17th of January last, 

 relative to the reorganization of the army, ami 

 has ordered that the question be adjourned for 

 parliamentary treatment. The rescript ex- 

 presses, however, the hope that the Diet will 

 the more readily lend their support to the pa- 

 ternal intentions of the Emperor in this respect 

 from a consideration of the urgent nece*-ity 

 that exists for filling up tho gaps in the differ- 

 ent regiments, and entirely remodelling the 

 military forces of the country. The document 

 proceed^ as follows:' "Tho Diet having de- 

 clared its resolve to make every effort for the 



See the article Hungary, In AirarAi. CYCLOP JSDIA forlSCO. 



preservation of the empire, to draw up oeh 



propositions on the subject of common affair* 

 as should not In- oppOMQ to tin- vital condi 

 of tho monarchy, and, lastly, to fulfil < 

 articles of tho laws of 1848, the Jimj: 

 doubts at once disappeared, and he now restores 

 the Hungarian constitution. Hi- M.-ijo-ty ex- 

 pects that the Diet will fulli] the terms of the 

 arrangement as promised in its address, carry 

 out the objects of the pragmatic sanction, and 

 grant an indemnity to the mini-try." The re- 

 script concludes as follows : u The Emperor de- 

 sires the integrity of Hungary, and will defend 

 her constitution, but expects that his people 

 will also defend the throne, the crown, and the 

 empire." 



The restoration of the constitution was re- 

 ceived throughout Hungary with immense 

 enthusiasm. On February 27th Count Andrassy 

 laid before the Diet four Government bills. 

 Tho first demands authority for the mainte- 

 nance in force of the present system of tax- 

 ation until the end of 1867, promising by 

 that period to present a regular budget. The 

 second asks authority to levy 48,000 recruits. 

 The third proposes that the municipalities be 

 reorganized by means of committees on the 

 basis of 1861, and that the exclusive character of 

 the Hungarian municipal meetings be abolished. 

 The fourth bill provides for the ree"stablish- 

 ment of trial by jury as it existed in 1848. 

 All these bills were passed in both Houses ; 

 serious opposition being only made in the Lower 

 House to the second, which was adopted, on 

 March 4th, by 256 against 57 votes. On May 

 29th the Lower House of the Diet adopted by 

 209 against 89 votes the draft of the bill upon 

 affairs common to Hungary and Austria. The 

 Upper House, as usual, concurred. In June the 

 Diet adopted the draft of the inaugural diplo- 

 ma, the coronation oath, and of the bill in 

 reference to the abdication of the King. The bill 

 in reference to the abdication prescribes that fu- 

 ture abdications shall always take place with a 

 special notification of the fact to, and the con- 

 stitutional cooperation of, the Hungarian Diet. 

 The inaugural diploma and the coronation 

 oath are both drawn in accordance with the 

 ancient form. The former consists of an 

 introductory paragraph and five articles. In 

 the introductory paragraph his Majesty declares 

 that he ascended the throne in 1848, after the 

 abdication of Ferdinand and Francis Joseph, 

 but that his coronation having been postponed 

 by grave events which have occurred since 

 that time, that ceremony, however, has now, by 

 the restoration of the constitution, been ren- 

 dered possible. The difficulties arising from the 

 faulty form of the late King's Abdication Act 

 are to be removed by a special law on the 

 subject. The first article of the oath declares 

 a legal succession to the throne of Hungary and 

 the adjacent countries; the constitution, the 

 independence, freedom, and integrity of the 

 country ; the strict maintenance of all laws, 

 whether passed prior to the present time or in 



