Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-11-29
FOREIGN INFLUENCE.

noticeable and alarming shape. The true and I'M
sophisticated doctrines of American republcanism,
as they established by ancestors, defended
by the men Of '76, and carried out practically in
the administration Of our Government by the
soundest American statesmen, will be ever, SO
long as they remain mistaken, the firm bulwarks
Of liberty, law, and social order II is from wild
political fancies and crude theories, which spring
from other and foreign resources, that the clear
sighted observer foresees the great peril which
menaces the fabric Of American liberty. Our at
tention has been recently drawn to this topic by
programme of operations which has been put
forth by society Of Germans in Richmond (Vs.)
in the following language:
Re6ym IN lie zasvs efAe Generol Gopensent. az 4ceu
"a those Of the States
We demand: l. Universal suffrage. 2 The election Of
81 ofceu By The people. The abolition Of he fres-
ssss :b. u: .S1.S q ssas g. that The Leg
people . ses Ill k.rs:sa;ssisss cashier sSs% !. hs
iuticn when they like T. All awsuis conducted with
expense g. department of the Government to be ct
up for The purpose Of protecting immigration O. reduced
Refor,s Il lie ,srsign rrlafions Of the Gorernmen
/. Abolition Of al neutrality. 3 Intervention in favor Of
every people struggling for liberty.
Reform IN tchaf relates to Religions.
L. perfect development of the principle Of personal
freedom and liberty Of conscience consequeny-a. Adolf
ton Of laws for the observance Of the Sabbath Abolition
of prayers in Congress Abolition of oath upon the Bible
d. Repeal Of all laws ensctng religious before taking
an Office.
o Taxation Of church property g. prohibition Of an
corporations Of all church property in the name Of ecces
astics.
Reform IN the social conditoa
J. Abolition Of land monopoly. 2 AID valorem taxation
Of property. g. Ameloration Of the condition Of the work
ing class By esseung the time Of work to eight hours
for grown PERSONS and five hours for children b. BY
corporation of mechanics associations and protective soce
ties By granting preference mechanics before ali
other creditors By establishing asylum for superannu-
ated mechanics without at the public expense.
4. Education of poor children by the State. s. Taking
possession of the railroads by the State g. The promotion
Of education By the introduction of free schools with
the of enforcing the parents send their children to
school, and prohibition Of all clerical influence. b. BY in
struction in the German language. BY establishing
German University.
T. The supporting Of the aveemancpstion exertons of
Cas.ius Clay by Congressional laws g. Abolition Of the
Christian system of punishment and Introduction Of the hu
man amelioraon system g. Abolition Of capital punish
ment
Here we see regular " bill for giving every
thing to every BODY No President, no Senate,
no Representatives, Constitution no neutrality,
no Sabbath, no prayer, no oaths, no owning Of
land, no christian" punishment, which prob
ably means no punishment at all, &c. In SUBJ
mob-rule at home and eternal war abroad This
tissue of extravaganza is announced as comprising
the fundamental principles Of REFORM, in the name
of |" the Social Democratic Society,"
Such wild Authorizations may excite only smile
from ordinary observers, who see in them nothing
more than the momentary whims of knot of pc
daniic visionaries, without any practical import.
This matter is, however, of much graver charac-
ter, and is one which demands the serious attention
Of all American statesmen.-Boston Courier.
The importance Of the operations for the remo-
val Of the rocks in I" the Gate," near New York,
may be understood by the facts mentioned in
letter from Mr.. EBEN merriam, Of New York, to
scientific friend in this city !:
son Tuesday schooner ran on the Bread and Cheese
and received injury On Wednesday morning six
sells went Middle Reef, and got off with more
less injury AT the time soop laden with oil
the "Negro Head" When left the Gate last evening
lighters were al,neside discharging the cargo"
The operations are under the charge Of Mr..
MAHLEFERT, and the expense is borne by contri-
buttons from the public-spirited merchants of New
York.
We perceive by Mr.. MERIAMs letter that the
oheiCh' uoAAC Vi oNdit, txlCH Odtc,
very naturally, if not in good taste, bestowed on it
by the early Dutch navgators, has been modified
simply to "the Gate" 1t was first, for long
time, tried much to the Indignation Of FENNIMoRE
CooPER) 10 substitute Hurl Gate but, though the
original term was rather strong for " ears polite"
and was always pronounced with hesitation by
ladies and fastdious gentlemen, the change did not
obtain general adoption; and now the expedient is
started Of dropping all descriptive adectives, and
simply calling the surging. boiling passage " the
Gate though we doubt if the old Dutch prefix
do not hold its ground against all change-unless,
indeed, Mons. Mailefert shall so dvest the strait
OF its terrors as to render it longer necessary to
resort TO the lower regions for descriptive name
Nor can we say any more for the nomenclature of
the different rocks of the strait, as given by Mr..
Merriam, than we for that of the strait itself.
lhey are all in shocking bad taste as well as some
OF the Others not named, such as the . Pot Rock"
me Frying Pam" &C., which by no means mend
the matter. We think, indeed, that our country
men have not maintained their high inventive ge-
MUS IN the department of nomenclature. In this
they have been content, in great part, to copy the
names of the rest Of the world, both ancient and
modern Thus the State of New yort hoe .ln,o.,