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10. A military oath of loyalty to the Constitution, our Hungarian soldiers shall not be sent abroad, foreign soldiers shall be withdrawn from here 11. Political prisoners shall be released 12. Union with Transylvania This was followed by the resolutions of the general meeting, to wit: a. these public demands of the City of Pest shall be submitted by a committee to the national estates in person and without delay. And His Majesty, our beloved crowned king, shall be asked to transfer the Diet to Pest as soon as is possible; b. the general meeting has entrusted the undersigned Committee with the implementation of the resolutions by taking all proper measures for the maintenance of order. In the implementation whereof the undersigned Committee, true to its mandate: a. proceeded at once to Buda, to the Right Honourable Royal Hungarian Council of the Governor-General, and at that same place secured the government decision that the censorship was immediately abolished, the press freed from its century-old bonds, and that until press laws are enacted any breach of the regulations on the press will be judged according to the law by men enjoying the confidence of the nation, who will be appointed temporarily until the law is enacted by the Right Honourable Royal Council of the Governor- General . Indeed, the newspapers themselves bear witness to the implementation of the decision; b. it has been arranged that regular troops will not be involved in the maintenance of order; and in order to ensure this the undersigned Committee has taken measures to increase the present strength of the civic guard of Pest to 1,500 men, and to mark them out as the national guard force with the national colours; c. the Committee has arranged that our compatriot Michael Stancsics (Mihály Táncsics) who on account of his candid articles was arrested in Buda as a political prisoner has been immediately released before the judgment of the court, and returned to his family, accompanied by the people__ Original text in Hungarian. Collection of the Modern Department of Museum of the History of Budapest, Published in Források Budapest múltjából [Sources from the history of Budapest], vol. I, ed. Vera Bácskai, Budapest, 1971, pp. 165-166. VIII Decree by the Minister of the Interior on the unification of Buda, Pest and Óbuda June 24th, 1849 To the Governor of the country For the reasons enumerated in the enclosed decree, the unification of the capitals Buda and Pest has become unavoidably necessary and desirable in the eyes of the government; I therefore hasten to present this decree for approval. Budapest, June 24th, 1849 Bertalan Szemere, Minister of the Interior Approved Lajos Kossuth, Governor 89
