The true Democrat., 1854-07-12
l: Slavery is to be prohibited in all the new

l: Slavery is to be prohibited in all the new territories by Congress-
 z. Entlre religious freedom, and as a mean, oi promoting 1t, the abolshment of the Sab. oatn ana tnanksgiving-days, prayers in Con. gross ana State Legislatures, the oath upon the bloie, the introduction of Bibles into schools ana the exclusion of atheists as witnesses in courts oi of justice all of which are called open Vioiatlons of human rights and of the constitution of the United States"
 o' he rlgnt of every man to free farm settle.
 4. To facilitate the right ot becoming a citizen as much as possible"
 Q. Free schools, with laws compelling chil- oren to attend that are within certain ages.
 Q. he administration of justice gratuitously.
 (: The following amendements are demanded to the constitution of the United States:
 All civil officers to be elected directly bv the people.
 Any eligible citizen of one State may be elected to represent in Congress the citizens of district in another State, and any eligible citizen of one county may be elected mem- Der of the State Legislature by the citizens
 
 Any member of any legislative body may at any time be recalled by majority of the citi- zens of the district or county, which he may represent, and an officer may be removed from office, if majority of the citizens desire his removal.
 8. Free trade, when it is reciprocated by other governments.
 9. The National Government should make river and harbor improvements. and construct a railroad to the Pacific Ocean.
 10. Neutrality should cease to be an article in our political creed whenever it is averse to the interests of the United States.
 II. A system of progressive taxation is de- ciared to be the only just and equitable one.- The n'oaus operan>h of this progressive taxation Is thus defined
 progressive income tax increases with the increase of property, 50 that if, for instance, $oOO pay per cent, $6OO pay per cent.
 No property to be exempt except what be- longs to the State and schools ; Every citizen to De allowed to deduct three hundred dollars from the total amount of his taxable property.
 12. All laws peculiar to the military are to be abolished
 Is. Hostility to all temperance laws as an in. fragment of individual rights is the last article mthe creed of the progressive German party"
 The above We believe to be pretty correct outline of the platform of the new German party, through the adoption of which they are to correct the abuses, corrupt relations and open violations of rig hts known by them to ex- lstln the political, moral and social life of the North American Republic" It will be seen at a glance thatlt involves total change in the whole structure of our constitution and laws, opposed by men who have hardly been in the country long enough to observe the workings of our present system, which Is so unsparingly condemed
 The lmpudence and etfrontery of these "pro. aresslve Germans Is therefore unparalleled, and their movement demands some attention on that account Ii on no other They desire that the beautiful fabric of American liberty, of which law forms the cornerstone founded by WASHINGTON, JEFFERSON, and their compatriots should be overturned, and system of govern- ment established in its stead the principal ele- ments Tn which are to be free notions of French lnhdels and Germans socialists which never yet stood the test of experience and whose whole tendency is to lead to anarchy. It is not our intention, however, to now discuss the merits of the creed of the new German party which has been so modestly put forward, but we can not refrain from pointing out one of its singular inconsistencies
 l. denies the right of government to pass laws prohibiting the sale of ardent spirits, but contends that it should compel every parent to send his children to public school. It sees an infringement of individual liberty in the first instance, but none in the second. It calls upon Congress to prohibit slavery in the territories as great evil, but denies its right to prohibit another equally as great, if not greater evil, viz: intemperanoe. Their notions of the power of government seem to vary greatly. according to circumstances instead of any fix ed principle or rule.
 We know of nothing more calculated to in- crease the feeling of dislike againts those fea- lures Tn our laws which open an easy way to the foreigner to become citizen, than to see number of them, that have hardly shaken the dust of despotlsm off their feet, meeting in con- vention and denouncing our political, moral and social life" as corrupt and rotten, and pro- posing an entire change in the government, whose working they have not had time to ex- anime, to be effected through the istrumentalitv of distinct organization of foreigners If they persevere in such movements,' the tre- mendous storm of popular indignation which is already threatened in the political horizon will burst upon them with frightful force, and they will find no political organization to protect them from the consequences of their supreme folly and madness.