{"id":14733,"date":"2021-12-28T20:41:23","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T20:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/uncategorized\/metternich\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T16:33:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T16:33:30","slug":"metternich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/the-politician\/metternich\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Metternich"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>E. D.<a href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a><a href=\"#_edn1\">[a]<\/a> Alles \u00dcbel was anjetzt schon auf dem Reichstag statt hat, und das viel gr\u00f6\u00dfer und am Ende gef\u00e4hrlich werden kann, quillt, aus dem Mangel an <em>gegenseitigem<\/em><a href=\"#_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> Vertrauen \u2013 und aus den Mi\u00dfverst\u00e4ndnissen, die nur dann aufh\u00f6ren k\u00f6nnen, wenn man sich <em>gegenseitig<\/em><sup>2<\/sup> ruhig anh\u00f6rt \u2013 Alle Leidenschaften schweigen l\u00e4\u00dft, und gewisse Hauptprinzipien fest setzt, von denen man nicht abweicht.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bevor ich mich in die Ursache des Mangels am Vertrauen einlassen \u2013 und wie die zu begr\u00fcnden ist, untersuchen will, und bevor ich meine Gedanken Ihnen unterbreiten &#8211; wie die Mi\u00dfverst\u00e4ndnisse zu schlichten sind \u2013 will ich \u00fcber den Grundstein mich <em>mit E. D.<\/em><sup>1 2<\/sup> berathen, den wir mit einander legen wollen, um sodann unsere Meinungen darauf stellen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hat Hungarn eine Verfassung die man, in der gewohnlichen Sprache, eine Constitutionelle Monarchie hei\u00dft? Ja oder Nein? Mir scheint ja \u2013 denn der Kaiser hat sie beschworen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In was bestehet aber eine solche Constitutionelle Monarchie, und in was unterscheidet sie sich von einer absoluten<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Haupts\u00e4chlich<\/em><sup>2<\/sup> Dadurch, da\u00df in einem Const.<a href=\"#_ftn3\">[3]<\/a> K\u00f6nigreich \u2013 die St\u00e4nde des Reichs das Recht Gesetze zu geben, abzuschaffen und auszulegen mit dem K\u00f6nig gemeinschaftlich haben. \u2013 Mit einem Wort, da\u00df sie hinein schauen und hinein reden d\u00fcrfen \u2014&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>K\u00f6nnen E. D.<sup>1<\/sup> das L\u00e4ugnen \u2013 so haben die St\u00e4nde Unrecht, \u2014 geben Sie s aber zu, was Sie, wollen Sie gerecht seyn, glatterdings thun m\u00fcssen \u2013 dann werden Sie<a href=\"#_ftn4\">[4]<\/a> <em>den<\/em><sup>2<\/sup> Blutenden K\u00f6rper des hung.<a href=\"#_ftn5\">[5]<\/a> K\u00f6nigreichs mit einmal erblicken \u2013 den K\u00f6rper, \u2013 der seit so langen Jahren, immer durch neue und st\u00e4rkere Verwundungen, anjetzt \u2013 mit dem Tode k\u00e4mpft.<a href=\"#_edn2\">[b]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> Euer Durchlaucht<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a> Interlining afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a> Constitutionellen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref4\">[4]<\/a> One word deleted by Sz\u00e9chenyi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref5\">[5]<\/a> hungarischen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref1\">[a]<\/a> Prince Klemens Wenzel Lothar von Metternich (1773\u20131859) was an Austrian statesman, Foreign Minister of Austria from 1809, chancellor of state (1821\u20131848) and a leading figure in Austrian politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref2\">[b]<\/a> More recently on the relationship between Sz\u00e9chenyi and Metternich in general: Oplatka 2017. 200-206. For more on their meetings at the end of 1825, see Czinege 2009. 173-204.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recommended reference:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Istv\u00e1n Sz\u00e9chenyi to Prince Metternich, Bratislava, 12 November 1825. Edited and annotated by Szilvia Czinege. Published in Correspondence of Istv\u00e1n Sz\u00e9chenyi. Digital edition. Edited by Szilvia Czinege and Zolt\u00e1n F\u00f3nagy. https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/ Abbreviation for further references: SzIL-Digit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everything that happened in the National Assembly stems from a lack of mutual trust. Before explaining why, he wants to talk to him about the basis on which they can base their opinions. Does Hungary have a constitution? It seems to him that it does, because the King has sworn an oath to it. What is a constitutional monarchy, and how does it differ from an absolute one? Most importantly, in a constitutional monarchy, the orders see into and have a say in the legislature. 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