Austria in 1848-49: Being a History of the Late Political Movements in Vienna, Milan, Venice, and Prague; with Details of the Campaigns of Lombardy and Novara; a Full Account of the Revolution in Hungary; and Historical Sketches of the Austrian Government and the Provinces of the Empire, Volumen1Harper & brothers, 1852 |
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Página 65 - Prussia, contained the following declaration: " The sovereigns recognise as the fundamental principle of the high compact now existing between them the unalterable resolution, neither in their own reciprocal concerns, nor in their relations with other powers, to depart from the strictest obedience to the maxims of popular right; because the constant application of these maxims to a permanent state of peace affords the only effectual guarantee for the independence of each separate power, and the security...
Página 63 - France, and it is not necessary for us to attempt a formal refutation of such pans of the following article as may be objectionable.] The word legitimacy is now commonly used, in Europe, to denote the lawfulness of the government, in a hereditary monarchy, where the supreme dignity and power pass by law from one regent to another, according to the right of primogeniture. In this sense, Napoleon...
Página 194 - Swiss on one side free ; the subjects of the Pope, of the King of Sardinia, and of the Grand Duke of Tuscany on the other, governed by native Italians, and rapidly advancing in their political condition.
Página 281 - Excluding the old council of forty, a regular court of criminal judicature, not only from the investigation of treasonable charges, but of several other crimes of magnitude, they inquired, they judged, they punished, according to what they called reason of state. The public eye never penetrated the mystery of their proceedings ; the accused was sometimes not heard, never confronted with witnesses ; the condemnation was secret as the inquiry, the punishment undivulged like both...
Página 33 - When, in the time of danger, I called my people to arms to combat for the freedom and independence of the country, the whole mass of the youth, glowing with emulation, thronged round the standards to bear with joyful self-denial unusual hardships, and resolved to brave death itself. Then the best strength of the people intrepidly joined the ranks of my brave soldiers, and my generals led with me into battle a host of heroes, who have shewn themselves worthy of the name of their fathers, and heirs...
Página 85 - public spirit," and " nationality." Their corrections are sometimes exceedingly ludicrous, as appears from the following example of a work treating of conflicts quite unconnected with the Austrian empire, where the expression " heroic champions" was cut down to " brave soldiers ;" and " a band of youthful heroes, who flocked around the glorious standard of their country," became " a considerable number of young men who voluntarily enlisted themselves for the public service.
Página 318 - We hailed with infinite joy the account of the emancipation of our generous sister of Lombardy. On the very day when you shook off the Austrian yoke, a Provisional Government of the Venetian Republic was proclaimed here, under the glorious banner of St. Mark. We are influenced by no local prejudice ; we are, above all, Italians, and the ensign of St.
Página 365 - Louis being the last male of his family, Ferdinand claimed both crowns under a double title : the one derived from family compacts, which secured the reversion to the house of Austria, in failure of male issue to the reigning family ; and the other in right of his wife Anne, the only sister of the deceased monarch. But the natives of Hungary and Bohemia were too much attached to their rights of election to respect these compacts, or even to acknowlege his claims as husband of the princess ; and Ferdinand,...
Página 33 - In the early part of the first Congress of Vienna, Austria declared that " the subjects of every German state under the ancient empire possessed rights against their sovereign which had of late been disregarded, but that such disregard must be rendered impossible for the future ;" Prussia deliberately proposed a scheme of almost the same constitution, which, thirty two years after, was revived by the present king ; and Austria, Prussia, and Hanover concurred in placing on record a note (November...
Página 241 - When the terms of surrender were arranged the " garrison" was allowed to march out with the honors of war. To the astonishment of all, one man, the "First Grenadier of France," came forth, and stacked arms.