Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-05-04
A German Reform Partv,

n oi which this event will make them more pail
fully conscious.
A German Reform Party. :.
The free Germans" of Louisville, XIV
, have issued platform for the or"anizatio
of German Reform party, tie propose
object Of which appears to be to instruct tn
native population of the country in regard Il
what is their duty towards other nations O
the world, and wherein our institutions nee,
amendment. The first section of their plat
form, or declaration of principles, demand
that slavery shall he excluded from all new
territory that the fugitive slave law shall b.
repealed; that steps shall be taken in thu
several States for the gradual extinction O
Slavery. The second denounces the Sabbath
Laws, Thanksgiving. days, Prayers in Con
gress and Legislatures, the oath upon the Bi.
Bile, the introduction Of the Bible into Free
Schools, the exclusion of =" Atheisrns" from
legal acts, &c, rs an open violation of hu.
man rights as we'll as of the Constitution,
and requires their removal; demands that an
end shall be put to the exercise of the power
OF the Pope by the instrumentality of Bish-
ops and other agents within the U. States,
AMI that the Order of Jesuits be treated as a
| declared enemy Of the Republic; and that
no individual shall be allowed to remain in
the United States over five years, without
taking an Oath to support The Constitution.
The third demands the. free ccsson of
public lands to actual settlers, and that the
poor colonsts shall be aided by national
funds; that a special office Of Colonization
and Emigration shall be created rs partc.
ular department Of the U. S. Government,
to provide for the various interests of cmi-
grants that the State shall interfere to pre-
vent the oppression OF the laboring classes
by the capitalists; and that the judicial sys.
tenn shall undergo radical reform.
The Fourth demands the following modi.
ficaiion of the Constitution of the United
States; that all elections shall issue directly
from the people that any eligible citizen of
any State may be elected member of Con.
gress by the citizens of any other State; any
representative may at any time be recalled
BY a majority of his constituents and re.
placed by apothcr. The fifth endorses the
doctrines Gf free trade. The six advoeatGs
the Pacific Railroad as a natioaal measure. !
The seventh declares that ne9sraity as re.
CARDS foreign policy must cease to be. an ar.
tlcle Of our national creed. The eighth ad.
woman'srights. The ninth declares
that free negroes shall hsve the same rights
as white men. The tenth condemns the
death penalty as irrational and barberous-=
The eleventh demands that military jurisdic-
ion shall be abolished in time of peace. The
twelfth and last declares the temperance
avs tyranical encroacbments upon ndividu.
ii liberty, and narrow minded manifestations
If an entire misconceptiOn Of the Legislative
lu'es.
We entirely agree with tha n: Y. Courier,
rom which we copy the above. that it lis Ger.
ain that no party advocating such principles
an meet with the slightest sympathy out.
idc of the German population. The extreme
adicalism of the embryo reformcrs will
rive off many Of the most intelligent and
'urnliaI Germans, whilst it will concen.
rate in bitter and determined opposition to Il
lcir schemes the entire native population q
he more active they may he in advancing q
lelr purposes, the more determined in advo. |
aling their doctrine, the more overwhelming
ND certain will be their defeat Though
oliIicans may truckle to them, and partial :
'iumphs encourage their hopes, yet they :, :,
'ay rest assured that in the end they will :
ave to encounter the odium and suffer from >
lie overthrow of principles that never can, J..
nder any circumstances, secure the respect u I"
: the consideration Of the American people. d d
he revulsion Of feeling produced by these !"
forts is already accommodating with rapidi-
%; every day is adding to its power, and n
cry day is rendering it more uncomfortable. 4 4
not arrested by course OF conrialion L
I'd of acquiescence in the Constitution and Il
ws Of the country, it will manifest itself in a a
e rejection Of everything that has the sup. q, r
'rt or countenanee OF the fQreisn element a
the popuIatioF of the country:-BalH. >
ore American.