Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-05-13
A GERMAN REFORM PARTY.

nave Issued platform for the organization
OF German Reformed party; the proposed
oplect oil which appears TO be 10 instruct the
native population Of the country in regard TO
what is THEN duty towards olher nations Of
The world, and wherein institutions need
amendment. The fist section of then
platform. or declaration of principles, de-
mands that slavery shall be excluded from
all new territory that ihefugiivc slave law
snail be repealed; that steps shall be taken
IN the several States for the gradual ex,inc-
ton OF slavery. The second denonnccs the
Sabbath Laws, Thanksgiving.day Prayers
IN Congress and Legislatures, the oath upon
the Bible, the introduction of the Bible inio
Free Schools, the exclusion of "Alheists"
IRON legal acts, &c, as an open violation OF
human rights as well as of the Constitution,
and requires their removal; demands tha, an
end shall be put TO the exercise of the pow
er OF the Pope by the insirumeniali,y of
Bishops and other agents within the United
States, and that The Order of Jesuits be treat
| ed as n declared enemy Of the Republic !;
and tha, no individual shall be allowed to
| remain in the United States over five years,
without taking an oath 10 support the Con.
sttulion.
The third demands the concession of
public lands 10 actual settlers, and that poor
colonis;s shall be aided by national funds
that special Office of Colonization and Emf
grafton shall be created as a particular de-
partmcn, of the U. S. Government, TO pro-
vide for the various interests of emigrants
that the State shall interfere 10 prevent The
oppression of the .laboring classes by the
capitalist; anduhat the judicial system shall
undergo Il radical reform.
The fourth demands the following modii
cation of the constitution of the United
States That all elections shall issue directly
from the people; that any eligible citizen Of
any Stale may be elected member of Con.
gress by the citizens OF any other Stale any
representative may at any time be recalled
by a aiorly Of his constituents, and re-
placed by another The fifth endorses the
doctrines of free trade. The sixth advocates
the Pacific Railroad as national measure
The seventh declares that neutrality as re-
CARDS foreign policy must cease 10 be an ar
ticle of our national creed. The eighth ad-
vocates women's rights. The nigth declares
that free negroes shonld have the same
rights as white men. The tenth condemns
! the death penalty as irrational and barbar-
ous. The eleventh demands that military
| jurisdiction shall be abolished in lime Of
peace. The twelfth and last declares the
| temperance laws tyrannisal encrouchments
upon individual liberty, and narrow. minded
manifestations Of an entire misconseption Of
the legislative duties.
We entirely agree with the New York
! Courier, from which we copy the above, that
| it is certain that no party advocating such
! principles can meet the slightest sympathy
outside of the German population. The ex-
treme radicalism OF the embryo reformeTs
will drive of many OF the most intelligent
aud influential Germans, whilst it will con-
ceniraie in bitter and determined opposition
To their schemes the entire native population
! The more active they may be in advancing
their doctrine, the more r-whelming and
certain will be their defeat. Though polil
clans may trucke 10 them, and partial tri
umphs encourage their hopes, YET they may
rest assured that in the eud they will have tC
encounter the odium and suffer from tht
overthrow OF principles tha, never can, unde
any circumstances, secure the respect or th,
consideration OF the American people. The
revulsion of feeling produced by these effort
is already accommodating with rapidity every
day is adding 10 It's power and every day i
rendering il more uncomfortable. II not ar
rested by course OF cancellation and of ac
oiesence in the Coslilution and laws Of th,
country, il will manifest itself in the rejec
lion of everything that has the support o
countenance of the foreign element in III
population Of the country.-Baltimore Amcr
ican.
DEATH OF CAPT. CANFIELD.-A Detroit pa
per says:- Another heavy blow has iale
on the family of Gen. Cass, and oar city ha
y