The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-30

his gardens on the Tiber to the Roman people.
viii the Commissioners remember Caesar, aud
give US that report?
The GERMANS IN THE POLITICAL FIELD
Our friends the Germans, or portion Of them
out West, are trying to see how ridiculous they
can make themselves, and we are bound to say
they are succeeding to perfection. We pub
lisbed yesterday the constitution of union of
free Germans, which seems to have originated
at Louisville, Ky, and to comprehend most of
the German population in the cities Of the
West. It's object is Of course to revolutiOnize
the country.
The free Germans are convinced that the
United States are going to the dogs and that
nothing can save them but energetic action on
the part of the German immigrants. The plan
they propose to pursue is to obtain control of
the federal legislature, as q preliminary mea-
sure; then to put down slavery gradually; to
throw open seats of honor and trust to athe-
iste, to abolish the laws for the observance of
the Sabbath, to get rid Of the Bible; to abolish
the "ruinous traffic in the public lands" by
giving them to all who choose to settle on
it sum of money out Of the national treasury
to start in life with; to establish a new State
department to look after the immigrants to
render citizenship as easy as possible to immi
grants; to establish minimum of wages for
labor, and to declare by law that no man shall
be compelled to work more than ten hours q
day; to give all State contracts to associations
Of workmen, or, where no associations COM
pete to oblige contractors to give security
that they will pay high wages to their
men; to appoint German teachers in the
free schools; to abolish fees in courts of
justice; to render any citizen eligible to
office in any State or county; to establish
free trade with nations who Us the like towards
us; to abandon the principle of international
neutrality and get into trouble with foreign ma
tions on the earliest pretext; to concede to wo-
men the same rights as men; to give the full
right Of suffrage to the blacks; and finally to
abolish capital punishment.
Here is pretty fair platform for Fritz and
Hans to work upon. Jolly good fellows, how
they will slash and hash at our rotten old institu
tions and what splendid government they will
set up, when they have accomplished their pre-
liminary object Of obtaining the control of Con-
gress and electing thoroughbred Dutchman to
the Presidency.
The Free Germans Of the West are entitled
to the thanks Of the country for having proved
conclusively the truth of the principle for
which the Know Nothings contend-namely,
that residence Of five years does not fit q man
for American citizenship. No man, properly
imbued with the spirit of American institu-
tions, would think of organizing an isolated
German nationality in this country; or would
seek to abolish the Sabbath laws; or would want
to give away all our public lands to Germans;
or would seek to embroil the nation with TO
reign powers; or would desire to see Legislative
Interference between capital and labor. There
are Americans, we believe, who advocate these
absurdities; but they are men who have shaken
off their Americanism and become imbued with
the very spirit which is innate and apparently
ine1 adicable among the Germans. As to the
latter, they may thank themselves if Congress
puts it out Of their power to do further mischief
by quietly pronouncing them what they show
themselves to be-mere foreigners
The MAYOR GONE TO SARAToGA.-His Honor
May or Wood has gone to Saratoga, to try, for
week or ten days, the virtues Of country air
and Congress water. Very well. We hope
they will do him much good, after his late Sc
we're labors concerning our dirty streets, and
street contractors and street sweeping ma
chimes, that "haven't got vote" Jus.
tice to the Mayor-even handed Justice
requires us to say, that he has left the
streets in much better condition than he found
them. We respectfully suggest to our vigilant
Mayor, meantime while at Saratoga, the expo
diency of investigating carefully the working OF
the new liquor law up there. 1t has been al
legged that the general effect and the leading
virtue of the Congress water is the thirst which
1t creates for French brandy, and that bottle
of the one before breakfast creates vacuum
for bottle or two after, in broken doses, before
dinner. In this connection, we are assured,
that the liquor law at Saratoga Springsis look
ed upon with unmitigated contempt and disgust,
and that more liquor, from Scotch whiskey
down to lager bier is drank there than ever
before. Let our active Mayor, therefore, m AXE
out report as to the relative and com.
gTess water and distilled and fermented
liquors. before and since "the glorious
Fourth" for the enlightenment of our fellow
citizens in the November election. 1t will be
very interesting.
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE PoLIcE.-VERY FUNNY
Our model policemen, under our, present
benefcent city administration, have a right
jolly time Of it, after all. By way of amuse-
ment once in two, three, four, five or six weeks,
an agreeable surprise is planned for the benefit
of some particular establishment or two among
" the fancies" Of the respective districts. On
one night, for example, general descent ia