Századok – 2012
KÖZLEMÉNYEK - Molnár András: Batthyány Lajos gróf országgyűlési felszólalásainak fogalmazványai, 1839-1840 III/653
664 MOLNÁE ANDRÁS B. Mindenekelőtt azt kell fmegjjegyeznem, hogy nem ezen szókkal: Jobb vagy bal oldalrul, ezen, vagy azon oldalrul" éltem volt, hanem ezen szóval: „onnan"; de megfogom mindazonáltal, hogy még úgy is elegendő oka lehetett előbbi beszédem ezen feleletnek motivátiójára.7 5 Szívesen vissza is vonom ezen kérdéses kifejezésemet, mihányt7 6 méltóságtok azt declarálják,7 7 hogy a törvényhozási munkáknak még nézeteik szerint is célszerű és kívánatos előmozdítását a mi oldalunktul szoknak7 8 várni méltóságtok. S. k. eredeti fogalmazvány. PRMTKL Friedreich hagyaték. Batthyány Lajos ir. Kisebb eltérésekkel közölte: Főrendi napló 1840. 227. p. A napló alapján adta ki: Molnár András 2007. 383. p. THE DRAFT PARLIAMENTARY SPEECHES OF COUNT LAJOS BATTHYÁNY, 1839-1840 András Molnár (Abstract) When, during the parliament of 1839/1840, count Lajos Batthyány assumed the leadership of the magnate opposition then being formed in the upper chamber, his speeches and public appearances were greatly hindered by the fact that it was only in his adult years that he had learnt the native language of his country, and he had difficulties in expressing himself in Hungarian both in writing and speech. According to contemporary rumours, it was with the help of his secretaries that Batthyány translated into Hungarian and learnt his parliamentary speeches. So far, however, not a single original manuscript of his speeches has been known. The drafts which are published here may have been hidden and thus saved for posterity by Batthyány's wife, countess Antónia Zichy in January 1849, when the imperial authorities confiscated the majority of the documents belonging to the arrested prime minister. Among the drafts of the parliamentary speeches of Lajos Batthyány from the reform era, the original manuscripts by the count's hand of six speeches of various length have come down to us among the papers of countess Antónia Zichy. These have recently been discovered in the Central Archives of the Hungarian Province of the Piarist Order, in the legacy of Endre Friedreich OSP With the help of the historical notes of the historian Mihály Horváth, and of a thorough textual comparison and an analysis of subject-matter, the drafts could be identified with the speeches that Batthyány held at the parliament of 1839-1840. The text of four among the six drafts has been already known. One of them was published by the manuscript „Parliamentary Report" (Hung. Országgyűlési Tudósítás) by Ferenc Stuller, whereas the other three by the official diaries of the upper chamber. As for the remaining two, they can be identified as the drafts of the hitherto unknown parliamentary speeches which Batthyányi held on 21 September 1839. 75 Indító okára. 76 így! Értsd: mihelyt. 77 Kijelentik, kinyilvánítják. 78 így! Értsd: szokták.
