Körmöczi Katalin szerk.: Historical Exhibition of the Hungarian National Museum 3 - From the End of the Turkish Wars to the Millennium - The history of Hungary in the 18th and 19th centuries (Budapest, 2001)

ROOM 11. Reform in Hungary in the First Half of the 19th Century "We Must Extricate Ourselves from the Morass of Decaying Feudalism" (István Széchenyi) (Katalin Körmöczi)

29. Lower Table of the Pozsony (Bratislava) Diet, 1st half of the 19 th century Copper engraving SO. Canvassing in front of the National Museum in support of Kossuth 's election as a deputy, 1847 Lithograph (See opposite page) velopment. Lajos Kossuth and his circle considered the development of industry to be the primary task. Kossuth condemned as harmful the internal tariff frontier enlicize Hungarian produce and manufactured articles. The prizes given at the exhibitions were medals bearing easily-understood symforced since the time of Maria Theresia to impede Hungarian industrial development. In its place, he urged the introduction of a system of protective tariffs to support industrialization in Hungary. Széchenyi organized the Horse-racing Society in 1827. Three years later, in 1830, the Hungarian Agricultural Association was established; this took on itself development of the various branches of agriculture. To further the economic development ideas formulated by Kossuth, the Industry Association was formed in 1841, followed by the Protection Association in 1844. They organized exhibitions to pubbols and allegorical figures, and were made to a good technical standard. The exhibitions and the distribution of prizes became prominent social events. In the second half of the 1840s, the liberal noble opposition became an organized force. The diplomacy of Batthyány, Kossuth and Deák facilitated the Opposition Declaration of March 1847. Here was a programme acceptable to the various opposition political groupings: a responsible government, a Parliament representative of the people, the ending of the nobility's exemption from taxation, and the abolition of serfdom.